Sylvia Woods’ Blog and Podcasts

In January, 2008, I will be giving concerts and harp workshops at three locations in Florida: 
Marco Island: Saturday January 19, 2008
North Fort Myers: Sunday January 20, 2008
Orlando: Sunday January 27, 2008

You can see the complete schedule, locations, times, and prices at www.harpcenter.com/FloridaTour.htm.  I hope to see all of you Floridians there!  Many thanks to Kim Adamson, Barbara Kraichy, and Jan Jennings for setting up this tour for me.  I really appreciate all of their hard work!

Although I have lived in California since kindergarten, I have had several ties with Florida. I lived in Talahassee from the age of 3 until 5 when my father was a physics professor at Florida State University.  I only have a few memories from that time . . . one of them was hiding under the bed when I heard on the radio that a hurricane was coming!  Luckily, my mother found me an assured me that it wasn’t going to come anywhere near us. 

I have many more memories of Florida from when we spent the summer of 1961 at Cape Canaveral.  By that time, my father was working at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, but he was often sent to the Cape for rocket and moon mission launches.  We spent the summer in a small house on Cocoa Beach, playing in the ocean and being bitten to death by mosquitos!  Our favorite pasttime was to wade through the water out to a sandbar, wiggle our feet in the sand, and find sand dollars.  I also remember several times being awakened by my father in the middle of the night so we could go out and sit on the beach and watch a rocket being launched from Cape Canaveral.  It was quite a magical summer! 

 Here’s a picture of me from that trip.  My father loved to take “trick” photos of us.  This one shows that I’m almost as tall as a rocket!  Yup, that’s me!

 I’m looking forward to seeing you all in Florida in January.  Be sure to check the schedule and make your reservations in advance!  See you soon!

 Happy New Year to you all!