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Music Medley: Vampire Frostbite
Read more: Music Medley: Vampire FrostbiteConfetti Park is a community radio program out of New Orleans. We feature local storytellers and songs that kids love, songs created for kids, or created by kids, right here in Louisiana. This medley of kids music shows the diversity of Louisiana musicians. Songs featured in this episode, in order: Pretty Purple Possums – Angela…
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Storytime: Gumbo, Fried Cheese, the Saints and Drew Brees by Patricia Reece
Read more: Storytime: Gumbo, Fried Cheese, the Saints and Drew Brees by Patricia ReeceEvery year when the leaves start to fall, I visit my Grandpa and we have a ball. With snoballs, streetcars, beignets, and the Dome, New Orleans is a place he is proud to call home. So begins this adorable love letter to New Orleans, as told through the eyes of a child who is visiting…
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LSU Homecoming features book signing with children’s author David Eugene Ray
Read more: LSU Homecoming features book signing with children’s author David Eugene RayChildren’s Author and LSU Alumnus David Ray to Sign The Little Mouse Santi at LSU Barnes & Noble Before Homecoming Game on October 24 Louisiana-native children’s book author David Eugene Ray will be at Barnes & Noble to sign copies of his award-winning children’s book The Little Mouse Santi on October 24 from 1-3 p.m. David Eugene…
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Candy Land Ball – the song!
Read more: Candy Land Ball – the song!Enjoy this story and song, “The Candy Land Ball,” which will be on the upcoming children’s CD We’re Going to Confetti Park. The CD features Katy Hobgood Ray & the Confetti Park Players singing fun Louisiana-inspired songs. There are guest performances by many wonderful New Orleans musicians, and a solo by Mr. Okra! More [dt_sc_one_half…
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Santi won a Moonbeam Children’s Book Award!
Read more: Santi won a Moonbeam Children’s Book Award!Confetti Park is honored and so delighted to announce that our first published children’s book, The Little Mouse Santi, has won a Moonbeam Children’s Award! The Moonbeam awards are dedicated to the notion that reading to and with your children will inspire them to become lifelong readers and learners. Author David Eugene Ray and illustrator…
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Music Memory from Jayna Morgan
Read more: Music Memory from Jayna MorganNew Orleans jazz vocalist Jayna Morgan shares a music memory from her childhood in this episode of Confetti Park. Jayna, who sings with the Sazerac Sunrise Jazz Band and the Swing Setters (among others), recalls the happiness of sharing music with her mother. When Jayna was a child, they would go fishing together, and whenever they…
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Confetti Park is coming to Shreveport in October!
Read more: Confetti Park is coming to Shreveport in October!On October 9 and 10, Confetti Park host Katy Hobgood Ray will be at the Renzi Education & Art Center (445 Egan St.) and at the Red River Revel in Shreveport to record musicians, storytellers, folklorists and others, including children. Please contact confettipark@gmail.com to schedule an interview. The Confetti Park radio program and podcast features…
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Music Medley: Porcupine Kiss
Read more: Music Medley: Porcupine KissConfetti Park is a community radio program out of New Orleans. We feature local storytellers and songs that kids love, songs created for kids, or created by kids, right here in Louisiana. This medley of kids music shows the diversity of Louisiana musicians. Songs featured in this episode, in order: Dump Truck – Imagination Movers A…
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Guitarist David Rosser shares some early childhood musical memories
Read more: Guitarist David Rosser shares some early childhood musical memoriesIn this episode of Confetti Park, we hear a childhood music memory from David Rosser, a talented guitarist and multi instrumentalist who lives in New Orleans. Dave shares about how his big brother was one of his greatest musical influences—and how they bonded and he learned from listening to records—especially the Beatles! Dave has toured the…
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Storytime: The Ice Cream Cow by Mel Lecompte, Jr.
Read more: Storytime: The Ice Cream Cow by Mel Lecompte, Jr.What do you do with a cow that does not moo? Westwego’s own Mel Lecompte, Jr. explores this conundrum in his colorful children’s tale, The Ice Cream Cow. Here he narrates for Confetti Park! Available for purchase on Amazon Living on a farm with her friends the Chocolate Chip Chicken and the Soda Pop Duck, the…
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Music Memory from Tom Stagg
Read more: Music Memory from Tom StaggIn this music memory for Confetti Park, jazz researcher and music promoter Tom Stagg shares how he became fascinated with New Orleans music in 1949, as a youngster growing up in England. Blame it on Louis Armstrong! He moved to New Orleans in the 1960s. Tom Stagg is one of the owners of the New Orleans music…
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Storytime: The Ghost Tree by Yvette Landry
Read more: Storytime: The Ghost Tree by Yvette LandryFrom the swamps of the Atchafalaya Basin comes The Ghost Tree, a tale so terrifying that children will never forget its warning, and will never look at oak trees the same. The story of three brothers who defy their parents on All Hallow’s Eve was written by musician Yvette Landry of Breaux Bridge. We are so…
