Deborah Henson-Conant - Invention & Alchemy Sale

2-DAY PRE-THANKSGIVING SALE!
Get Deborah's "Invention" for the Holidays!

This holiday season, families with a non-football contingent have an inspiring new way to spend family Tube-time. Hip Harpist Deborah Henson-Conant's all-original PBS Special "Invention & Alchemy" on interactive DVD takes viewers into the inventive, quirky mind of a harp-slinging composer and the 80-piece orchestra who inhabit her unique imagination. Learn more below!

We're so excited about the feedback we're getting from families who've watched the DVD that we want you to share it with YOUR friends and family this Thanksgiving. It's the PERFECT experience for ALL AGES after a Holiday dinner, so we created this special 2-day sale to help you get copies before Thanksgiving!

SALE DETAILS: Buy three copies of the "Invention & Alchemy" DVD at $15 each and we'll throw in the Grammy-Nominated CD soundtrack for FREE! That's only $45 - a savings of $45! And you'll get a FREE UPGRADE to Priority Shipping (you pay for standard shipping, we'll send it priority)!

HOW TO ORDER:
1. visit the online order page
2. order before the sale is over
3. and enter the discount code -- "2-Day Invention" -- in the "Special Requests Box."**
4. If you prefer to talk to a real person, call 888-DEB-STUF.

*You can order as late as Noon on Monday, November 19th and we'll still honor the sale, but you're less likely to get your order in time for Thanksgiving, so please order soon. Overnight and Fedex/DHL 2nd-day shipping also available, but rates vary. In other words, if you want Overnight or Fedex/DHL, we'll charge you the actual cost of shipping plus a $2 S/H fee.
**Sale prices don't show up on our computerized confirmation, but a bonafide human being takes the orders and will email you with the correct total. If you have any questions or concerns, you can call Bea, our merchandise manager, at 888-DEB-STUF.

Since it appeared on PBS earlier this year, “Invention & Alchemy” has won awards, including a Grammy Nomination, and appeared on TV stations across the U.S. The DVD version goes far beyond the 60-minute TV Special, combining education, entertainment and interactivity — a combination that doesn’t just cross-generations, but connects them.

Henson-Conant, a dynamic composer/performer, looks as unusual as she sounds. Her long hair streaming with ribbons, she slings on her electric blue harp, sings, tells stories and takes the viewer deep inside her own imagination, and closer than the front row of the orchestra. But this is no staid and stodgy orchestra -- these musicians meet their imaginative soloist measure for measure with styles from Blues to Flamenco and a show that fuses music, theater, humor and virtuosity.

The musicians even LOOK like they’re having a blast! They dress in lab coats for a music-science experiment, the conductor turns into a Sultan for an Arabian tale, the timpani and harp duel in the back of the orchestra before intermission — and for the encore, “Garbageman," percussionists come downstage center for a garbage can tribute to a most unlikely muse.

The DVD includes nearly two and a half-hours of footage, all of it shot in Hi-Definition, "the kind of lush production that was made to sell 60-inch plasma screens and Blu-ray disc players" according to Film & Video / StudioDaily.com. The 11 segments of the DVD’s feature program play like a movie, or can be viewed scene-by-scene like a book of musical short stories. The DVD also includes over 45 minutes of special features, including interactive “White Rabbit” icons, especially intriguing to kids, that take the viewer backstage for casual, intimate segments, one-on-one with the composer - segments that give insight into the process of composing and producing the music.

"Invention & Alchemy" is a contemporary reinvention of the kind of entertainment that existed before the specialization of “kids” and “adult” entertainment -- when classical greats like Leonard Bernstein popularized orchestral music for a new generation, the Marx Brothers mixed comedy and music, Danny Kaye brought music, song and story to the orchestra stage and Victor Borge had stuffed-shirt audiences laughing out of their seats. Seeing Henson-Conant in action, it’s easy to understand why NPR’s Scott Simon described her as “The love child of Andre Previn and Lucille Ball”

The Grammy-Nominated companion CD was designed to play like a combination radio play and soundtrack, and includes stories, music and even some sing-along moments. The CD was created especially with car-trips in mind, so for folks who have to drive to their holiday destinations, it’s a great listen.