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HipHarp Downloadable Gift Wrap (And How to Wrap a CD in One Piece of Letter-Sized Paper)
How To Giftwrap A CDin One Piece of Letter-Size Paper PLUS! Printable “Santa Bags the Harp Lady” Giftwrapyou can print out and use! Enjoy this VINTAGE POST from my old blog. I don’t even remember when we first published this post, but it was back...![I Found Christmas for you in the “Season of Celebration”](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/season-celebration-pittsburgh-dhc-square-500-w.jpg)
I Found Christmas for you in the “Season of Celebration”
I was talking with one of the artist I coach back in 2013, when she asked me if I’d ever considered playing a holiday program and I said sure, that I’d written two holiday suites I really love – for harp and string orchestra, called “Season of...![So What’s to Celebrate???](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/birthday-cake-hanuka-lion-flame-harp-464137_1080x675.jpg)
So What’s to Celebrate???
It’s my birthday month, and like other years in November, I’ve been promoting the art of celebration through a single song – which was why I first published this post a year ago under the title “Crisis of Conviction.” Last year my...![How to Musically Self-Medicate (on your Birthday)](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/congrats-words-on-balloon-smlr-for-blogpost-86952_1080x675.jpg)
How to Musically Self-Medicate (on your Birthday)
You-Tube Sing-along Video Download the FREE MP3 It’s true that I grew up with singing as my first language. It’s true that singing was celebration. It was solace. It was communion. And it was often a kind of healing. So do I self-medicate with song today? You bet I...![My Dad Sings](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Burt-DHC-at-wedding-edited-colorized-taller-746x1024.jpg)
My Dad Sings
About five years before he died, I asked my Dad if he’d make a recording for me of the songs I heard him sing when I was a kid. Did he just make a recording? No. He sat down and filled two sides of a cassette with the story of his life and all the songs in it. It...![Holiday Harp Greetings – Final Beginning Projects – HHT 2016](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/smithjones-charlotte-square.jpg)
Holiday Harp Greetings – Final Beginning Projects – HHT 2016
I want to share some Final Beginning Projects from students in my Hip Harp Toolkit course that just ended. It’s a 10-week course that covers the basics of arrangement and the “Final Beginning Project” is a 3-Part medley of contrasting tunes. The goal...![Celebrate December with Me](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/elf-head-trilogy.jpg)
Celebrate December with Me
Here are my timeless Holiday treats that I love sharing! Each year the list grows: Gifts ideas, Holiday medleys created by students, “The Gift and The Giving” – a story to get you in the right mindset for a wonderful holiday month… and of course – my...![So What’s to Celebrate???](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/birthday-cake-hanuka-lion-flame-harp-464137_1080x675.jpg)