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New YouTube Birthday Project!

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 Hey there!

I'm back from tour and gearing up for my Boston-Area "11-11-11" Birthday Concert (Fri. Nov. 11).

To warm up for that, I just posted my Birthday Song on YouTube (click link at right).

And I invite YOU to videotape your own version of the song to help me celebrate!

To make that easier, until my birthday on Fri. Nov. 11, you can download the sheet music to the song for free, then sing it on YouTube and send me the link so I can enjoy it on my birthday.

I'll also be posting video and stories from my tour in the coming weeks, and below is the first installment ... my 'brilliant idea' to lie down on the floor and play during the middle of an improv on "Take 5" ... only I ran into a little problem as you'll see in the video below.

So here's what I'd love you to do:

1. Come to my birthday show Fri. Nov. 11th in the Boston-Area! If you want, come to the open rehearsals and "Pluck University" pilot project the week before the concert. Details are here.

2. Tape your own version of my birthday song "Congratulations, You Made it This Far!", post it to YouTube and send me the link so I can enjoy it on my birthday! Details & music download here.

3. Strap on a harp in the Pilot Project of Pluck University - Sunday Nov. 6th in the Boston area!

4. Join me in in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Georgia and Mississipi! Newtown, CT at the "Flagpole Radio Café" show Sat. Nov. 5th, in Arlington, MA this Saturday Oct. 29 for an impromptu cameo appearance with the "Ultra-Sonic Rock Orchestra"and share Southern hospitality with me Nov. 17 & 19 in Georgia and Mississippi.

5. And ....don't try this at home:

 

 

 

My Birthday Week plans at the Regent Theatre
Sun. Nov. 6 thru Fri. Nov. 11

In a combo Birthday-and-Rock-n-Roll Circus gesture, the Regent Theatre in Arlington, MA gave me an entire week to play with, leading up to my show on Fri. Nov. 11. So here's my plan:

Now thru Nov. 11 - "Congratulations, You Made it This Far"
YouTube Singing Challenge!

Sun. Nov. 6th: 6pm - 8pm - "Pluck University Pilot Project!"
Do you play the harp (or just wanna look like you do?)
This is the night you get to play my new electric harps, learn how to use my gear and take pictures of YOU rocking out, electric harp style, on the stage of the Regent Theatre! Details are here ... and NO, you do not have to be a harpist to come to this -- but you'll sure FEEL like a rockin' harpist by the end of the night!

Tue & Wed / Nov. 8 & 9: "Open Rehearsals"
Come see open rehearsals for my Nov. 11th show, including the electric harp "Harp-Breakers Duo!" Do I have details (like when we'll be rehearsing)? Nope! But I'm working on them! So make sure you "like" me on Facebook and/or follow me on Twitter, because that's where I'll post details as I get them. Well, also on my tour page, of course!

We're also trying to live-stream parts of the 11-11-11 Birthday show, so we're planning to test the Live-Stream during these open rehearsals. So if you're a Live-Stream expert, please let us know and we'd love your help!

Thu. Nov. 10: "Dress & Audience Rehearsal" - 7:00 - 9:30 pm
If your theater experience isn't complete without a chance to actually get on the stage, come to the Dress & Audience Rehearsal Thu. Nov. 10th 7:00 - 9:30 pm. Bring your own costume, or we'll give you one - and I'll give you an important part in the show! Want details? I'm still working on those, too, but email and we'll get back to you this week for sure! (And to the people who've already emailed ... Thank you for emailing! This week I promise you'll hear from me!! I'm excited about this!)

Fri. Nov. 11: The Big Birthday Show!
Join me for a show and celebration. Hear the new tunes I'm about to record, including new audience favorites "Cirque du Lune" and "I'll Be Your Sous-Chef, Baby!" See the new "Electric Harpbreakers" and wish me a Happy Birthday! This birthday marks the beginning of a BIG YEAR for me, including my new "Re-DHC Project" (details coming soon), my "Blues Harp" Project, 3rd annual West Coast Tour and my 59th year on this planet!!!

It's all part of the first "Regent Theatre Rock & Roll Circus!"

Check out my tour calendar for a list of all shows.

Guitar legend Steve Vai calls her the "Jimi Hendrix of the harp." The New York Times credits her with shaping the serenely Olympian harp into a jazz instrument by warping it closer to the Blues."

Deborah Henson-Conant's music ranges from Blues to Flamenco, in a relentless exploration of the instrument that was invented specifically for her by the CAMAC company in France: a 32-string, 11-pound electric harp she slings on like an electric guitar.

She combines music, theater and humor - with a voice, which has been compared to Carly Simon and an onstage energy that's been compared to Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry.

"The instrument forced me to rip apart any preconceptions. Nobody had ever tried to get these sounds out of a harp, so I simply had to stop thinking of it as a harp, and open my mind to everything else it could be," says the composing performer. That led to the development of music that's won her a GRAMMY nomination, PBS television music special, first prize in the International Songwriting Competition, and invitations to perform worldwide as a solo performer and with orchestras.


 
 


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