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This topic has 20 replies, 13 voices, and was last updated 14 years ago by Stephanie Bennett.

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April 15, 2009 at 12:48 am #106165

Kathleen Clark
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Was that Stephanie Bennett playing harp onstage on American Idol?

April 15, 2009 at 1:39 am #106166

Julie Koenig
Participant

I think so. She was playing a Venus Paragon.

Julie in Atlanta

April 15, 2009 at 3:23 am #106167

kathy-chanik
Participant

And Simon said the harp was boring!

April 15, 2009 at 11:31 am #106168

david-crookston
Participant

Of course, at other times Simon keeps mentioning that “this is a singing competition”….

April 15, 2009 at 10:40 pm #106169

Stephanie Bennett
Participant

Yes, that was me all right, thanks for noticing, Kathleen! It was exciting! The stage looks just as flashy and fabulous in person as it looks on TV (all those flashing video screens and spinning globes and…).

April 16, 2009 at 1:29 am #106170

dawn-penland
Participant

Thank you Stephanie.

April 17, 2009 at 2:45 am #106171

Christian Frederick
Participant

I was impressed that you were playing by memory! Wow. That takes a lot of trust of yourself, and the singer has to trust you.

Did you have a lyric-chord chart-sheet music monitor just in case of a “senior moment”?

Flawless!

April 17, 2009 at 3:46 am #106172

Stephanie Bennett
Participant

Thanks, Christian! No, I did not have a sheet (or visual monitor) with me on stage, but we rehearsed from 10:30 am till 1, and I was only on that one song, and it’s pretty simple, so I had plenty of time to practice backstage and memorize it. (Then lunch at 1, then change into wardrobe, then dress rehearsal at 2:30, then live at 5.) So I felt pretty confident.

April 17, 2009 at 6:23 pm #106173

Saul Davis Zlatkovski
Participant

Simon Cowell is a man of high pronouncements and low taste.

April 17, 2009 at 6:36 pm #106174

Kathleen Clark
Participant

Woo hoo, I thought that was you, Stephanie! I was watching the live east coast feed with a couple friends and got so excited. I bought the video right away as soon as it was available as I am an iPod fanatic, but also American Idol takes down the videos from other sites because they have the iTunes performance videos viewing for free on their own official site. Here’s the link for the wondrous Stephanie…

http://www.americanidol.com/videos/season_8/performances/danny_gokey_endless_love

My friends were so impressed that I knew you, because that means they’re all just a couple degrees of Adam Lambert now. Because of YOU! So much fun.

April 17, 2009 at 6:47 pm #106175

kay-lister
Member

Stephanie,

WONDERFUL JOB!

April 17, 2009 at 6:48 pm #106176

tony-morosco
Participant

Stephanie,

An excellent job. It was a thrill to see a harp on American Idol. I have often listened to some of the arrangements and thought, “that would have been so much better if there were a harp”. But of course I am a bit biased.

Anyway it was great to see you on the show, and while I can appreciate Simon’s critique of the singing, his views on the overall arrangements of the music always leave a lot to be desired. You brought real class to the show.

May 6, 2011 at 3:04 am #106177

Christian Frederick
Participant

Was that Stephanie last night? I still haven’t watched it but will in a few days….

May 6, 2011 at 10:53 am #106178

Elizabeth L
Participant

The guy can’t sing his way out of a paper bag, but the harp was lovely.

May 6, 2011 at 2:03 pm #106179

sherry-lenox
Participant

Is it on YouTube? I love to see and hear the harp but I had a paper due this coming Monday, so no TV until it’s done!
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