I recently performed for Ribchester W I performing music from The Book of Anon by the Author David Widdop. (Who is also my husband)
(David is currently writing his third book which we hope to publish early next year along with some more musical tracks .Unfortunately David is not well at the moment and was today diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism ( A blood clot in the Lung) Get well soon David x
I will be performing in leeds next more news shortly
Monday 19 May 2014
Sunday 27 April 2014
Harp cleaning
Started on the task of cleaning 37 harps today .
It takes several hours to clean each one so will probably take at least a month to
clean all 37
Busy with weddings over the next few weeks
Fion Katie
It takes several hours to clean each one so will probably take at least a month to
clean all 37
Busy with weddings over the next few weeks
Fion Katie
Thursday 24 April 2014
Dusty Harps and a New Kitchen
Finally after several months of hard work and good old honest graft my kitchen is nearing completion.
In January following the heavy rains first one crack appeared in the floor then another and then one morning we got up to find part of the kitchen floor had dropped so Dave decided to investigate and before long pretty much all of the floor was up!!
So we decided on a kitchen revamp or rather rebuild ,this included replacing the Rayburn Oven which was 60 years old with something a bit more economical that burns wood and does great chips !!
The trouble of course with doing any DIY or work is the amount of dust an harps do not like dust but they certainly act like magnets for dust and are a nightmare to clean once they get covered and with great gusto I have begun the task of giving them a jolly good old fashioned clean using plenty of elbow grease, several feathers and dusters to get in between all the strings.
Thankfully it will probably be another 50 years before the kitchen needs such a major revamp again and who knows the harps may well still be around then but hopefully it won't be me doing the cleaning of all 37 of them!!!
Bookings continue to come in and a lovely lady from the local newspaper has asked if she can come up to do an article on me I will keep you posted on that one ..
Pop back soon
KT
In January following the heavy rains first one crack appeared in the floor then another and then one morning we got up to find part of the kitchen floor had dropped so Dave decided to investigate and before long pretty much all of the floor was up!!
So we decided on a kitchen revamp or rather rebuild ,this included replacing the Rayburn Oven which was 60 years old with something a bit more economical that burns wood and does great chips !!
The trouble of course with doing any DIY or work is the amount of dust an harps do not like dust but they certainly act like magnets for dust and are a nightmare to clean once they get covered and with great gusto I have begun the task of giving them a jolly good old fashioned clean using plenty of elbow grease, several feathers and dusters to get in between all the strings.
Thankfully it will probably be another 50 years before the kitchen needs such a major revamp again and who knows the harps may well still be around then but hopefully it won't be me doing the cleaning of all 37 of them!!!
Bookings continue to come in and a lovely lady from the local newspaper has asked if she can come up to do an article on me I will keep you posted on that one ..
Pop back soon
KT
Friday 18 April 2014
Website Update , Harp Lessons , and other stuff
As you will see over the next few days we are having some major changes done to the website.
As well as the changes going off on the website we have made a decision no longer to work with the agency called Alive Network this is due to a difference of opinion and also because Alive Network does not consider me for work outside of Yorkshire -( I do actually cover the whole of the UK.)
Booking me direct is also cheaper as you do not have to pay the commission that the agency puts on top and I have no hidden extras my prices are clear cut .
I have insurance through the Musicians Union and I am fully insured as well as CRB checked .
I do not just perform at weddings I also perform in schools, workshops, concerts, fund raisers and in addition to this I also offer Private Harp tuition and I currently have over 35 harps which is probably the most harps owned by one person in the UK.
If you have ever fancied learning the harp , or would perhaps like to purchase one of my cd's then please do not hesitate to get in touch
i am also currently working on a exciting project with the Author David John Widdop performing works from his book The Book of Caris and his latest book The Book of Anon which was released late last year
I hope you will enjoy the new website and will continue to support me as many of you have in the past
Fiona Katie x
As well as the changes going off on the website we have made a decision no longer to work with the agency called Alive Network this is due to a difference of opinion and also because Alive Network does not consider me for work outside of Yorkshire -( I do actually cover the whole of the UK.)
Booking me direct is also cheaper as you do not have to pay the commission that the agency puts on top and I have no hidden extras my prices are clear cut .
I have insurance through the Musicians Union and I am fully insured as well as CRB checked .
I do not just perform at weddings I also perform in schools, workshops, concerts, fund raisers and in addition to this I also offer Private Harp tuition and I currently have over 35 harps which is probably the most harps owned by one person in the UK.
If you have ever fancied learning the harp , or would perhaps like to purchase one of my cd's then please do not hesitate to get in touch
i am also currently working on a exciting project with the Author David John Widdop performing works from his book The Book of Caris and his latest book The Book of Anon which was released late last year
I hope you will enjoy the new website and will continue to support me as many of you have in the past
Fiona Katie x
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