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Blues is where Game and Music Meet
This is an archive post ~ originally published May. 6, 2017 and updated in 2018 If you ever played a game as a kid: jumprope, jacks, hopscotch – you know that the rules are simple, that you can play it alone or with others, and that the fun is in the PLAYING of...![Blues is language](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/BLUES-is-a-language-anyone-can-speak.jpg)
Blues is language
What do you think ‘the Blues’ is? It’s a style of music, for sure. You could even call it a mode of expression. I was always drawn to music that sounded ‘Bluesy,’ but I didn’t know what ‘the BLUES’ was ‘til I started playing the harp and...![Our Favorite Harp Hunk – and Passionate Collaborations – in Hong Kong](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/jakez-shelly-ellie-dhc-cheesecake-ed.jpg)
Our Favorite Harp Hunk – and Passionate Collaborations – in Hong Kong
It’s a fascinating community: the international harp community – and it’s NOT just harp players. When we get together anywhere in the world – like in Hong Kong earlier this month – the events connect players, builders, composer,...![A Concert at the Hong Kong Airport](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/DHC-1-Airport-Hong-Kong-Shelleys-pic-fb-960x675.jpg)
A Concert at the Hong Kong Airport
July 14, 2017 For many years I dreamed of stress-less trips to the airport with my harp – being able to hand the instrument over to luggage carriers, easy, turbulent-free flights – but I’d never ever dreamed of playing a concert at the airport. I’d NEVER...![A Durian Adventure in Hong Kong](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/durian-smell-elevator-shelley-dhc_v2-1080x675.jpg)
A Durian Adventure in Hong Kong
Dateline: July 13, 2017 – Durian Adventure Hong Kong – Wan Chai – Hong Kong, China I don’t quite know how we do it, but whenever U.K. harpist ,Shelley Fairplay and I are together, we seem to get in some kind of trouble. I think it must be her...![Elevating Harp Transport in Hong Kong](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Picture1.jpg)
Elevating Harp Transport in Hong Kong
July 12, 2017 – Hong Kong – World Harp Congress As harp players, we spend a lot of time thinking about transport. Stuffing harps into elevators, taxis, trunks, vans, station wagons. This particular elevator was a tiny one, a slow 14 floors, and it was the...![A New Generation of Dreaming Harps](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/girl-white-harp-blog-mother-22-1024x675.jpg)
A New Generation of Dreaming Harps
July 11, 2017 – Hong Kong – World Harp Congress This may look like a simple photo of a mother, a daughter and a harp — but what I see is a new generation of dreaming. Last week I was in Hong Kong at the World Harp Congress. After a lunchtime harp...![Just Strumming Around on Edmar’s Harp in Hong Kong](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/DHC-Hong-Kong-Anna-Kwa-pic-3-fb-cropt-369598_665x675.jpg)
Just Strumming Around on Edmar’s Harp in Hong Kong
It’s not every day you have a signature harp built for you, and I’m so deeply proud of my signature harp, the CAMAC “DHC” – it’s changed my life and given me a way to fully express my creative voice. It’s a creative marriage...![Ida Yang lets my “Nightingale” sing at TEDx](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ida-yang-nightingale-youtube_text.jpg)