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Children’s Music Network: Partner Spotlight on Confetti Park
Read more: Children’s Music Network: Partner Spotlight on Confetti ParkChildren’s Music Network: Partner Spotlight on Confetti Park Confetti Park is affiliated with The Children’s Music Network, which celebrates the positive power of music in the lives of children by sharing songs, exchanging ideas, and creating community. The Children’s Music Network maintains a blog series to shed light on its partners. This is a Q&A with…
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Storytime: Little Laveau, a magical bedtime story by Erin Rovin
Read more: Storytime: Little Laveau, a magical bedtime story by Erin RovinIt’s storytime from Confetti Park! In this episode, we hear the sweet and clever tale of Little Laveau, narrated by the author, Erin Rovin. Little Laveau is an enchanting little bedtime story set in the Louisiana bayou. Laveau is a lovable character who draws on her deep family roots and the magical environment for inspiration as she helps…
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A few curve balls, then we knocked it out of the Jazz Fest park!
Read more: A few curve balls, then we knocked it out of the Jazz Fest park!The Confetti Park Players had their New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival debut on Saturday, April 23, 2016. And it was wonderful. But there were a few curve balls…. The Confetti Park Players is a children’s chorus based in Algiers Point. We like to do fun, interesting collaborations with New Orleans musicians. We have been doing…
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Pizza Poetry Project encourages writing by New Orleans school kids
Read more: Pizza Poetry Project encourages writing by New Orleans school kidsQuestion: What’s better than getting a hot pizza pie delivered to your front door? Answer: Getting a hot pizza pie delivered with a side of poetry! LISTEN TO POEMS BY NEW ORLEANS SCHOOL KIDS Anyone ordering a pizza in the city of New Orleans on April 15 got a bit of lagniappe with their pie… they…
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Katy Ray Engages Kids with Confetti Park Players
Read more: Katy Ray Engages Kids with Confetti Park Players…..from Main Street News The Confetti Park Players were recently profiled in the Spring 2016 issue of “Main Street News,” the newsletter of the Old Algiers Mainstreet Corporation. Thank you, Valerie Robinson, for the profile! We are very proud to represent our community through music. You can view the newsletter here. Text of article is…
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Storytime: The Little Louisiana Pine Tree
Read more: Storytime: The Little Louisiana Pine TreeIn this episode of Confetti Park, we hear an old folk tale told with Louisiana flair. This is the old-time tale of a little pine tree who cannot be satisfied with what she has. This pine tree wishes for new leaves, because she wants to be different from all the other pine trees. Somehow she…
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New Orleans-created Confetti Park CD wins a Parents’ Choice Approved Award
Read more: New Orleans-created Confetti Park CD wins a Parents’ Choice Approved AwardNEW ORLEANS-CREATED CONFETTI PARK CD WINS A 2016 PARENTS’ CHOICE APPROVED AWARD CD featuring world-class New Orleans musicians collaborating with kids on Louisiana-inspired songs is honored for its wholesome entertainment value. Contact: Katy Hobgood Ray, kathryn@bienvilleray.com New Orleans, LA – April 11, 2016 —We’re Going to Confetti Park!, the first musical release from New Orleans-based…
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Music Memory from Foots Quinn
Read more: Music Memory from Foots QuinnTerry “Foots” Quinn is a singer-songwriter from Bogalusa, Louisiana. Foots plays guitar and harmonica, and considers his biggest influences to be the Rolling Stones, Van Morrison, Allman Brothers, and rural blues and country players such as Jimmie Davis and Jimmie Rodgers. Foots is the nephew of an important pioneer of early jazz guitar named Snoozer Quinn. Foots writes…
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Watch Out for the Pirates – the music video!
Read more: Watch Out for the Pirates – the music video!Enjoy this music video for “Watch Out for the Pirates” featuring the Confetti Park Players and the NOLA Pyrates, filmed on location in Pirates Alley in the French Quarter, New Orleans, La. (Additional footage from Mardi Gras 2016.) This catchy pirate tune was written by Greg Schatz, a fabulous and prolific songwriter living in New…
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Interview with Hungry for Music founder Jeff Campbell
Read more: Interview with Hungry for Music founder Jeff CampbellJeff Campbell: transforming lives with the gift of music This month, you might see a happy-looking RV around New Orleans (and traveling the highways and byways of Louisiana) wrapped in decals of guitars, trumpets, and violins and positive messages of music empowerment. It’s the “Hungry for Music” RV, aka the “Magic Music Bus,” and for…
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Louisiana children’s authors meet up in Lake Charles for Just Imagine!
Read more: Louisiana children’s authors meet up in Lake Charles for Just Imagine!Travel Blog by Katy Hobgood Ray I was recently invited to speak at a conference in Lake Charles hosted by the Southwest Louisiana Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Guild. What an honor! It was an opportunity to meet new creative people working in children’s entertainment and education in Louisiana, and also an opportunity to share…
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Music Memory from C.C. Adcock
Read more: Music Memory from C.C. AdcockIn this episode of Confetti Park, we hear a childhood music memory from C.C. Adcock, Louisiana native and cultural champion, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer. C.C. recalls the positive memories of neighbors who shared their music with him when he was just a kid, in endless front porch jam sessions, and how early on, he…
