Audio Version of this E-Newsletter Deborah Henson-Conant is a Grammy-nominated recording artist, and the world's premiere electric harpist. Together with the CAMAC Harp company, she developed the world's first commercially-produced carbon fibre electric harp which now carries her name, the "DHC Blue-Light." AT THE WEBSITE Home Page Visit the Store Buy Instant Download Collections Buy Limited Edition Gifts Visit the Gift-o-Matic See Tour Dates STUDIES & COACHING Holiday Gift Certificates for Studies Single Coaching Sessions Multi-Month Intensives Summer Workshop Ongoing Studies. Email for more information UPCOMING SHOWS January 2011: McPherson Opera House, KS March 2011: Tacoma Symphony, WA March 2011: Shedd Center for Arts in Eugene, OR April 2011: Nicholls State University, Thibodeaux, LA May 2011: Mother's Day Show, Regent Theater - Boston Area Visit the Tourpage for details HOW TO STAY IN TOUCH Email Questions & Comments Join Email List Dec. 16, 2010 Dear Friends & Fans -- I woke up with fuzzy-mouth this morning ... but it wasn't the flu, and it wasn't a late night party. It was a shoe. I'll tell you all about it ... but first a word from our sponsor.... HOLIDAY GIFTS at HipHarp.com INSTANT Gifts: Christmas Download Collections RARE Gifts: Limited Editions & One-of-a-Kinds PERSONAL Gifts: Experiences with Deborah PLUS Free Christmas CD with every order over $50 - Free Priority Shipping on every order over $75 - Order by midnight, Sunday Dec. 19th for best chance of pre-Christmas Delivery! - Secret gift: scroll to bottom of "Downloads Page" to find a hand-made multi-harp Original DHC Ringtone you can download for free! So ... the shoe. It was a tiny one, about the size of a prune. Green. Felt. Remember last week's e-newsletter, about our Elf Invasion? Well, we thought they were gone. They're not. The ones who left? They just went to get more elves. And when I came down this morning, they'd set up shop in the kitchen. All except the one who'd been sleeping on my head. Sounds great, right? A kitchen of elves. Sure, if they were the normal Santa-type elves. But these are management elves. They're bossy, and they have clipboards. I'm not complaining. They've got our Christmas spirit shining -- they've got me personally wrapping each and every one of our "Alter Ego" Limited edition sets, with a one-of-a-kind personal gift card, the way I do with my own family’s gifts. I see their point - it does makes it a lot more fun. But the singing is a bit much. Nice voices if you like ‘Alvin & the Chipmunks’ -- which I do but not incessantly. Thank goodness for our new instant Christmas Downloads! The elves downloaded a double set of my Christmas Collections "Flute & Harp for Christmas" and "The Gift." That sure mellowed them out quick! So my only worry now is if they leave before Monday -- see, everything has to ship by Monday for the best chance of Christmas arrival ... which is why they insisted we send every out-of-state package Priority Mail, not just for those over-$75 orders that get FREE priority shipping. Oh wait, I gotta go. The cutest elf just grabbed my arm and pulled me to the computer. “Check this out,” she said “You got any friends in Kansas? Because we’ve got the deal of a lifetime on a show-CD package in Kansas! And how about Tacoma? Seattle? Arlington, MA??" Sounds like she's practicing to be a carnival barker after the holiday. A very small carnival. So ....here's a picture of me in my Christmas Sweatpants, wrapping the Limited Edition "Alter Egos" just like the elves suggested. See you soon! - DHC