  Friend,• What Carolyn Is Up To: Home to Australia! • Upcoming Events: Performance At The Distinguished Speaker Series With Peter Greenberg • Feature Article: Valentine's Day: The Most Romantic Instrument For The Most Romantic Holiday • About Carolyn: Meet The Artist • Carolyn Recommends: "Vitamin C" - The Mignon Chocolate Shop! Please add "carolyn@pacificharps.com " to your white list or address book in your e-mail program, so that you have no trouble receiving future issues!  Home To Australia!  The trip to Australia is 18 hours long - and worth every one! As I'm sure many of you have read, there have been major floods all across much of the country, yet thankfully I and my family were fortunate to be safe from them. I travelled back to Melbourne at the start of the year and stayed for three weeks. Kathy and I had a wonderful time visiting my family and going to favorite haunts, seeing friends and going to the theatre. We all went down to the coast for a few days and saw this kukaburra in the bush - so lovely! The sunsets were amazing and the coastline spectacular. I highly recommend this lovely country to a nyone who loves to travel - just be sure and let me know so I can fil you in on the must-see places! Performance At The Distinguished Speaker Series With Peter Greenberg  This February 22nd, Carolyn will be playing at Pasadena's Distinuished Speaker Series! This tradition began in 1997 so that audiences could have opportunity to experience and learn from remarkable individuals who have changed the world and shaped our lives, and this month the speaker is Peter Greenberg. The event begins at 8pm, and you can find more information including ticket prices at www.speakersla.com. About Peter Greenberg: The Emmy Award-winning travel editor for CBS News and the author of the New York Times best-selling Travel Detective book series, Greenberg is the nation’s preeminent travel expert. The consummate insider, Travel Weekly has named him on of the 33 most influential people in the travel industry, along with Al Gore and Sir Richard Branson. The consummate insider when it comes to reporting the travel business as news, no other journalist brings his level of expertise and extensive experience to the travel process. Currently he is the host of the nationally syndicated “Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio Show”, which broadcasts each week from a different remote location around the world. He is heard on more than 150 radio stations. See more at www.speakersla.com .  Valentine's Day: The Most Romantic Instrument For The Most Romantic Holiday Everything is perfect - the light of the candles on the table, the flowers, the food - and the beautiful, ethereal and elegant music drifting through the air from the golden harp being played softly in the corner. This is exactly what your Valentine's Day could look like this year! Every holiday has its own meaning and ambiance, and Valentine's Day - the most romantic of holidays - is the day specifically set aside for us to show our loved ones just how much we care. What a fantastic idea! Throughout history and namely Hollywood, the harp has been considered one of the most romantic instruments - just take a look at this list of romances that wouldn't have been the same without the harp.  Gone With The WindGone With the Wind boils down to a story about a spoiled Southern girl’s hopeless love for a married man. Gone With the Wind opens in April of 1861, at the palatial Southern estate of Tara, where Scarlett O’Hara (Vivien Leigh) hears that her casual beau Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard) plans to marry “mealy mouthed” Melanie Hamilton (Olivia de Havilland). Despite warnings from her father (Thomas Mitchell) and her faithful servant Mammy (Hattie McDaniel), Scarlett intends to throw herself at Ashley at an upcoming barbecue at Twelve Oaks. Alone with Ashley, she goes into a fit of histrionics, all of which is witnessed by roguish Rhett Butler (Clark Gable), the black sheep of a wealthy Charleston family, who is instantly fascinated by the feisty Scarlett. The movie’s famous action continues from the burning of Atlanta through the now-classic closing line, “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.” Sleepless In Seattle When Sam Baldwin’s wife dies, he decides to move to Seattle with his son, Jonah. When Jonah sees how sad his father is, he calls a radio psychiatrist, who dubs him Sleepless in Seattle cause Jonah says he can’t sleep. He starts to talk about his wife and women over the country hear his tale and one woman Annie who lives in Baltimore can’t help but fascinated by his tale. Annie despite being engaged can’t stop thinking of Sam and soon tries to find all she can about she even goes to Seattle to see him. And once she gets off the plane, Sam who was in the airport to see someone off, sees her and can’t keep his eyes off her. Letter From An Unknown Woman Perhaps the finest American film from the famed European director Max Ophüls, the film stars Joan Fontaine as a young woman who falls in love with a concert pianist. Set in Vienna in 1900, the story is told in a complex flashback structure as the pianist, Stefan Brand (Louis Jourdan), comes upon a letter written to him by Lisa Berndl (Fontaine), a girl who has been in love with him for years. Stefan is in the process of fleeing Vienna on the eve of fighting a duel. As he prepares himself for the nocturnal journey, the letter arrives. As Stefan sits back in his study to read this letter, it turns out to be a confession of unrequited love from Lisa. Don't wait - book your harpist for Valentine's Day today! It's our pleasure to make your day the most special it can be. Happy Valentine's Day! See http://mubi.com/lists/6707 for more movies that include the harp.   Australian harpist Carolyn Sykes has been performing in Australia, Asia, Europe and the United States for the past 30 years. She came to Los Angeles fifteen years ago to study for her Masters Degree at the California Institute of the Arts. Since then she has established her private teaching and performing studio Pacific Harps, teaching, supplying harps and performing in orchestras, on concert stages and for special events, both locally and abroad. Carolyn plays solo, as well as with other instruments such as flute, bass, violin and string ensembles and vocalists. Visit Carolyn's website at www.pacificharps.com for more information on lessons and harps, her harp retreat in Mexico, and much more!  "Vitamin C" - The Mignon Chocolate Shop!  This family business was established in 1910 in Kharkov, Ukraine. It was established by Hovsep Ter-Poghossian Sr. in a modest middle class neighborhood. The business started as a bakery with white bread and baguettes being the main products, but as the business grew rapidly, the bakery portion was added and other baked goods and sweets were served to the community. Now it serves Old Town Pasadena as one of the best little chocolate shops where you can choose from an array of collections or build your own! Visit them online at www.mignonchocolate.com, or in Old Town at the address below. Mignon Chocolate Boutique 6 East Holly Street Pasadena, CA 91103 USAEmail: Pasadena@MignonChocolate.com Phone: 626-796-7100 Fax: 626-796-7788 Store Hours: Tues-Sat 11am-7pm Sun 12pm-5pm Mondays Closed @ Copyright Pacific Harps |
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