Yay for Marriage Equality! It would be my great pleasure to play harp at any same sex wedding ceremonies coming up this year!

Washingtonians voted progressively last fall on a number of issues, one of them being legalizing same sex marriage. So… to anyone gay reading this wondering if I’m the right harpist for you at your nuptials? – YES. I’m extremely in favor of love overruling bigotry, repression, stagnation and negative thought patterns. Finally, a little righteousness has been given the main stage. Congratulations!

January is a major network-y month for me. I worked at the monolithic Seattle Wedding Show (in high attendance despite a Seahawks playoff game) and am poised for this weekend’s wedding show up in Everett, where you can find me on Sunday. Anthony at Monte Cristo Ballroom in Everett has asked me to play as a preferred vendor for his clientele, so I’ll be playing there for an open house on Thurs. March 8th.

In non-wedding news, I’m lining up a therapeutic harp internship at  NW Kidney Center in Sea-Tac for patients on dialysis. Music in clinical settings has been proven to alleviate anxiety and pain, not to mention help family and staff feel more at ease. This is ongoing work for me – more news to come in the coming months- so I’ll just leave it at that for now.

I’ve spent the past three Tuesday afternoons over at Bright Water Waldorf School playing music for play rehearsals – pictures from the upcoming performance forthcoming. Its pretty adorable to see 5th graders dressed up as gypsies, fairies and ducks!

Onward and Upward!