This is Grover Week!

Sep 13, 2016

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Grover is coming to my house. No kidding. There is a very special harp that I named Grover who is coming to my house this Thursday. And I’m so excited. Unlike all the other pedal harps I played in the past, Grover, my Camac Athena EX concert harp, is my very own brand new pedal harp I bought from the Virginia Harp Center through the Allegro Credit program. To celebrate this special milestone, I decided to designate this week as “Grover Week.” A week long celebration honoring Grover.

To honor Grover, I posted images of Grover from Sesame Street on Facebook like this one. A photo showing Super Grover 2.0 in an awesome setting.

He looks cool in his new Super Grover costume.

That’s not all. I’ve also been watching and downloading Youtube videos of Grover working as a waiter at Charlie’s Restaurant where his main customer is Mr. Johnson gets exasperated every time Grover ruins the order Johnson placed for him to take. Here’s a video of one of the best examples of this. This is perhaps my favorite of the Waiter Grover scenes that I remembered watching on Sesame Street years ago. This is a Mexican restaurant scene where Grover had to sing and dance whenever he brings out a plate to give to the customer who orders it. In this case, it’s Mr. Johnson who ordered 3 out of 4 specials that went all over the floor every time Grover dance while singing “Olè Olè Olè Olè!”

When my harp Grover comes on Thursday, this site will be full of harp photos of Grover and me dressed as The Punisher.

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Sherry Konkus lives in Owosso, MI. She is the proud owner of the Camac Athena EX Concert Grand Harp named “Grover” and Camac Mademoiselle named “Ernie.” She’s also the proud author of The Punisher Harp Zone. Sherry is the one who came up with the idea of portraying The Punisher from Marvel Comics as the punishing harpist who plays the harp in memory of his family who was killed by the mob years ago.

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Why does The Punisher play the harp?

It’s easy to imagine The Punisher shooting up criminal hideouts and blowing off the heads of thugs and mob bosses as the ultimate punishment for their crimes. But it’s hard to imagine (and believe) that there is also very gentle side to The Punisher no one knows about except for The Defenders (Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist), Microchip (aka David Linus Liberman), and Spider-man (aka Peter Parker) who actually saw and became amazed at him doing something no one has ever thought he could do with his violent hands– play the harp. A gentle stringed musical instrument no one could ever believe that The Punisher would have such talent and ability to use his otherwise destructive hands to gently and tenderly pluck and caress its strings.

Indeed, it’s very hard to imagine and believe that the Punisher’s violent hands that brake bones, strangle necks, and punch out guts are the very same hands that softly and tenderly pluck, caress, and gracefully sweep across the strings of the harp.

Why does he do it, you asked? Because Frank is doing this in memory of his family whom he communes with through songs, poems, and prayers as he gracefully wave his battle-scarred arms and hands across the strings to fill his private family shrine with harp music that moves The Punisher to joyful tears.

Where did the Idea of The Punisher and his Harp come from?

It’s a concept I, Sherry Konkus made up myself. It combines my new found obsession with The Punisher that I had since 2014 and my life long love for the harp. It is the very best concept I ever made. This is my version of The Punisher from Marvel Comics who is portrayed by me as the punishing harpist who plays the harp in memory of his late family who got killed by a criminal mob years ago and whenever he needs a break from waging a one man war against organized crime.

The Punisher was created by Gerry Conway with the help of artists John Romita, Sr. and Ross Andru. His name coined by Stan Lee. The Punisher is owned and trademarked by MARVEL.

The idea, concept, and inspiration behind The Punisher’s portrayal as The Punishing Harpist who plays the harp in memory of his family is in fact my own. Sweetest. Idea. Ever.

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This is Grover Week!