Stamford Harp Festival Highlights 2008 This year's Stamford Harp Festival was a larger event again! We found harpists in Sweden willing to come over and play for us. Eric Ask-Upmark and Anne Rynefors brought their harp, rebec, nyckelharpa and Swedish bagpipes, and were accompanied by dancer Anton Schneider. They played twice, in the Stamford Arts Centre Ballroom and at Northborough Church concert, and taught Swedish folk music and dancing. You can download the music for some Swedish tunes, courtesy of Erik Ask-Upmark. Classes were held in Jazz harp, Beginner's harp, Jamming with a harp, Swedish harp and dance... and people just came along to have a try on the harp for the first time. Thank you to all our teachers John Dalton, Keith Beechey, Jon Letcher, Stephanie West and to Adam Cade and family who supported a dance theme to this years festival and made it happen. Thank you also to: Webmaster Tim Gray Maeve Lowings Stamford Arts Centre Staff Northborough Church Ladies group Jennifer Sturdy Peterborough Council and Stamford Town Council for supporting the event Rutland Radio for broadcasting us throughout the length and breadth, of the smallest county in UK.         Eric Ask-Upmark and group Dram   Abigail Martin and her new band   Anton Schneider with crashing heels and slapping Swedish thighs   Amazing John Dalton exploring new ideas still, ten years after our first concert   Beautiful and talented Stephanie West, teacher and player, of Oxford