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The 2022 “Vision to Action” Challenge
Jan. 10 – Jan. 16 2022

THU. JAN. 13: LIVE Q&A  (3:30 PM ET) – REPLAY HERE

SUN. JAN. 16: “How to Build Creative Resonance” (3:30 PM ET) – Zoom Link, Handout & Replay

MON. JAN. 17 “Grand Prize & Wrap-Up” (2 PM ET) – ZOOM LINK

On this page you’ll find all the replays from the “5-Day Vision-to-Action Challenge” as the replays are uploaded -PLUS replays of  Q&A sessions and your NEXT STEPS with Improv and putting your Vision to Action.  The first 3 things to do are:

1. If you’re not already a member of the “Harpists Who DARE” Facebook Group, please join now. Answer all the membership questions after you request to join, and you should get right into the group without having to wait for approval.

2. Sign up for the “5-Day Vision-to-Action Challenge” if you haven’t already. It’s important to do that so you get the daily emails and are part of the challenge events.

3. Join me for the  LIVE “How to Build Creative Resonance” Webinar – Sun. Jan. 16  at 3:30 pm EST.  Register & Attend at this link 

4. Join me for the  LIVE “Grand Prize & Wrap-Up” Session – Mon. Jan. 17  at 2 pm EST.  Register & Attend at this link 

CHALLENGE TIMELINE

The challenge offically ‘ends’ on Sunday January 16th. The Grand Prize Wrap-Up Webinar will occur on Monday January 17th.

Learn your Next Steps to expanding what you learned in the Challenge
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE EACH DAY’S CHALLENGE TRAINING
AND ANY REPLAYS

“VISION-MUSIC” PRE-CHALLENGE KICKOFF (Warmup Webinar)

As a kickoff for the “Vision to Action” Challenge we have a play-along workshop. This is the 2022 replay for you to enjoy now!

Handout

THE 5-DAY CHALLENGE SESSIONS

Each challenge will appear below on the day it opens. Click to open each toggle.

If you don’t see each new toggle as the challenge progresses, then click the “Refresh Your Page …” link at the top of this page to refresh your browser page and see the new content.  If it still isn’t appearing and you think there may be a problem, please use our “Ask a Question” form to give a detailed description of what’s happening, including a link to this page.

 

DAY 1 - Discovering Your Creative Values (Mon. Jan. 10, 2022)
  •  Link here to the Day 1 Post where you can post your answers  Make sure you post as a comment on that thread (instead of creating a new post, or posting somewhere else) so your answer is eligible for this day’s prize. You’ll know it’s the right post because it says **OFFICIAL 2022 DAY 1 THREAD ** at the top and has a big “Day 1” image on it.
  • Use this PDF play-sheet (version 3) to help you keep your notes from this session.  (Note: I updated this TWICE after I made the training video because of requests for a place to take notes and a little bit of staff paper. This is Version 3 – this version is slightly different than what’s in the training video)
  • DAY 1 WINNER IS JULIA CUNNINGHAM! Congratulations, Julia! We’ll be reaching out to all the prize winners at the end of the Challenge to get you your prizes.

Once you finish watching the video below…

1. Spend at least 10 minutes exploring what you learned in the video with your instrument – make sure to focus on staying at your personal level of technical ability and focus on connection – not complexity or perfection.   

2. Go to our Facebook group: “Harpists who DARE” and post your answers to the following three questions in the Day 1 thread (I’ll try to pin it to the top of the group page, and you can also find it under Announcements and Photos). The winner will be chosen at random – and I’ll love reading your takeaways!

  • What are 3 of your deepest creative values that you discovered in this session?
  • What helped you remember the musical idea of the meditation?
  • What were your biggest takeaways from today’s session?

3. If you want to really challenge yourself (and earn extra points, which are each worth a gazillion dollars in the International Space Station canteen) do one or both of the following

  • A. Share a short video of you playing the challenge music (15-30 seconds) and share it with your post.
  • B. Share a picture of the notes (handwritten, scribbled, however they are) that will help you remember the fundamentals of this improv. I encourage you not to create 

4. Give love to other challenge participants.

Training Video:  https://youtu.be/z3Vbnq_l7qs
Improv/Meditation Video: https://youtu.be/aqoaQm7iEZU 

For those who feel totally lost without notes on a page, this is how I scribbled it out for myself:

 

DAY 2 - The Vision Journey - with guided meditation (Tue. Jan. 11, 2022)
  •  Link here to the Day 2 Post where you can post your answers  Make sure you post as a comment on that thread (instead of creating a new post, or posting somewhere else) so your answer is eligible for this day’s prize. You’ll know it’s the right post because it says **OFFICIAL 2022 DAY 2 THREAD ** at the top and has a big “Day 2” image on it.
  • Use this PDF play-sheet to help you keep your notes from this session.
  • The video links are at the bottom of this page
  • DAY 2 WINNERS ARE HANNAH de VOS-BECKERS and JULIA CUNNINGHAM! Congratulations, Hannah and Julia! Since our Day 1 winner had such incredible luck, I picked two winners for Day 2.We’ll be reaching out to all the prize winners at the end of the Challenge to get you your prizes.

Once you finish watching the training video…

1. Spend at least 10 minutes exploring what you learned in the video with your instrument. You can do that by playing along with the MEDITATION video (the link is at the bottom of this toggle). Make sure to focus on staying at your personal level of technical ability and focus on connection – not complexity or perfection.  Then write down your ‘findings’ on the play-sheet. 

2. Go to our Facebook group: “Harpists who DARE” and post your answers to the following three questions in the Day 2 thread (I’ll try to pin it to the top of the group page, and you can also find it under Announcements and Photos).

  • What were 3 elements of your vision that you saw or discovered during the meditation?
  • What surprised you the most when you did the meditation or the training?
  • What were your biggest takeaways from today’s session?

If you want to really challenge yourself (and earn extra points, now worth 5 gazillion dollar-pods on the Vogosphere) do one or both of the following

  • A. Share a short video of you playing the challenge music (15-30 seconds) and share it with your post.
  • B. Share a picture of any part of your ‘findings’ that you’re comfortable sharing: the vision elements, the demon pot or the notes you’ve written for yourself to help remember the motif and what you can do with it

3. Give love to other challenge participants.

4. Post by Midnight EST to be eligible for the Day 2 prize. The winner will be chosen at random – and I’ll love reading your takeaways!

Training Video:  https://youtu.be/CophdWFA4ls
Meditation Video: https://youtu.be/qCpvc7fo_E0 

For those who feel totally lost without notes on a page, this is how I scribbled it out for myself:

 

DAY 3 - Creative Mission & Motivation - with a Bluesy twist (Wed. Jan. 12, 2022)

Once you finish watching the training video…

1. Spend at least 10 minutes exploring what you learned in the video with your instrument. You can do that by playing along with the MEDITATION video (the link is at the bottom of this toggle). Make sure to focus on staying at your personal level of technical ability and focus on connection – not complexity or perfection.  Then write down your ‘findings’ on the play-sheet. 

2. Go to our Facebook group: “Harpists who DARE” and post your answers to the following three questions in the Day 3 thread (I’ll try to pin it to the top of the group page, and you can also find it under Announcements and Photos).

  • What’s the difference between a creative MISSION and a creative VISION?
  • What did you learn about your mission, your motivation … and your de-motivation?
  • What were your biggest takeaways from this day’s challenge?

If you want to really challenge yourself (and earn extra points, worth a small fortune in the Andromeda Gallaxy)  do one or both of the following

  • A. Share a short video of you playing the challenge music (15-30 seconds) and share it with your post.
  • B. Share a picture of any part of your ‘findings’ that you’re comfortable sharing: the vision elements, the demon pot or the notes you’ve written for yourself to help remember the motif and what you can do with it

3. Give love to other challenge participants.

4. Post by Midnight EST to be eligible for the Day 3 prize. The winner will be chosen at random – and I’ll love reading your takeaways!

For those who feel totally lost without notes on a page, this is how I scribbled it out for myself:

 

DAY 4 - Goals, Strategies & Actions - with a Celtic Twist (Thu. Jan. 13, 2022)

Once you finish watching the training video…

1. Spend at least 10 minutes exploring what you learned in the video with your instrument. You can do that by playing along with the MUSIC video (the link is at the bottom of this toggle). There are TWO music videos with this training. 4B is me playing . 4C is a looped accompaniment that you can play along with for over 10 minutes. Make sure to focus on staying at your personal level of technical ability and focus on connection – not complexity or perfection.  Then write down your ‘findings’ on the play-sheet. 

2. Go to our Facebook group: “Harpists who DARE” and post your answers to the following three questions in the Day 4 thread (I’ll try to pin it to the top of the group page, and you can also find it under Announcements and Photos).

  • What’s the most important part of the Goals, Strategies and Action Process?
  • What did your internal voices say when you played today’s music? Were you surprised at any of it?
  • What were your biggest takeaways from this day’s challenge?

If you want to really challenge yourself (and earn extra points, worth a small fortune in the Andromeda Gallaxy)  do one or both of the following

  • A. Share a short video of you playing the challenge music (15-30 seconds) and share it with your post.
  • B. Share a picture of any part of your ‘findings’ that you’re comfortable sharing: the vision elements, the demon pot or the notes you’ve written for yourself to help remember the motif and what you can do with it

3. Give love to other challenge participants.

4. Post by Midnight EST to be eligible for the Day 4 prize. The winner will be chosen at random – and I’ll love reading your takeaways!

There are 3 videos: Training, Play with DHC & a Loop-Accompaniment Video (11 minutes of looped accompaniment)

The training video is longer than usual as we went over how to work on the Goals, Strategies and Actions AND on how to play the music. If you’re pressed for time, remember that you should be able to watch the video at a faster speed in YouTube

For those who feel totally lost without notes on a page, this is how I scribbled it out for myself:

 

DAY 5 - Completion & Reward (Fri. Jan. 14, 2022)

Once you finish watching the training video…

1. Spend at least 10 minutes exploring what you learned in the video with your instrument.  Make sure to focus on staying at your personal level of technical ability and focus on connection – not complexity or perfection.  Then write down your ‘findings’ on the play-sheet. The 2nd video is a play-through of ALL FIVE of the pieces from the challenge.

2. Go to our Facebook group: “Harpists who DARE” and post your answers to the following three questions in the Day 5 thread (I’ll try to pin it to the top of the group page, and you can also find it under Announcements and Photos).

Remember: there are no wrong answers. Just write what you learned and then enjoy seeing what other people wrote.

  • What will it take to truly ‘complete’ this challenge?
  • What happens when you play all 5 of the motifs together, one after another
  • What were your biggest takeaways from this day’s challenge?

If you want to really challenge yourself (and earn extra points, worth a family-pack of anti-matter pops)  do one or both of the following

  • A. Share a short video of you playing the challenge music (15-30 seconds) and share it with your post.
  • B. Share a picture of any part of your ‘findings’ that you’re comfortable sharing: the vision elements, the demon pot or the notes you’ve written for yourself to help remember the motif and what you can do with it

3. Give love to other challenge participants.

4. Post by Midnight EST to be eligible for the Day 5 prize. The winner will be chosen at random – and I’ll love reading your takeaways!

There are 2 videos: The Training Video and an optional playthrough of all the motifs.

Remember: If you’re pressed for time, remember that you should be able to watch the video at a faster speed in YouTube

For those who feel totally lost without notes on a page, this is how I scribbled it out for myself:

 

GRAND PRIZE INFO

 The Winner is: TBD

TBD wins a VIP Coaching Session with DHC ($525 value), $100 Digital Catalog Shopping Spree & a winner’s badge personally drawn by DHC.

TO QUALIFY:

In order to qualify for the Grand Prize you need to do two things:

1. Make sure you’ve posted assignments for Days 1-5 on the proper threads. This Facebook Live video  will show you how to see if you’ve done that.: https://www.facebook.com/groups/hipharp/permalink/635085587219333/

2. Post the following 3 question on the GRAND PRIZE THREAD:   Make sure you post as a comment on that thread (instead of creating a new post, or posting somewhere else) so your answer is eligible for this day’s prize. You’ll know it’s the right post because it says **OFFICIAL 2022 GRAND PRIZE THREAD ** at the top and has a big “Grand Prize” image on it.

These are the Grand Prize Questions:

1) What are your 3 biggest takeaways from this challenge that will have an impact on your playing and creative life?
2) What was your favorite part about this challenge?
3) What would you say to a friend who’s considering participating in one of DHC’s challenges or classes?

DEADLINE:

Midnight EST on Sun. Jan. 16

GRAND PRIZE & WRAP-UP SESSION:

Mon. Jan. 17 at 2 PM ET DHC will draw the winnerr for the 2022 5-Day Vision-to-Action Challenge! Register to attend here

 The Challenge is just the beginning!

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Q&A SESSION REPLAY

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