• Storytime: The Ice Cream Cow by Mel Lecompte, Jr.

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    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

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    In 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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    Tom Stagg experimenting with an iPod.
  • Storytime: The Ghost Tree by Yvette Landry

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    From 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…

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    The Ghost Tree by Yvette Landry
  • Music Medley: Holes

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    Confetti 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: Iko, Iko – Buckwheat Zydeco…

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  • The Little Mouse Santi Receives GOLD Mom’s Choice Award

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    The Little Mouse Santi, written by New Orleans author David Eugene Ray, has earned the prestigious gold Mom’s Choice Award®. Having been rigorously evaluated by an MCA judging panel, The Little Mouse Santi is deemed to be among the best products for families. The Mom’s Choice Awards® has named The Little Mouse Santi, a children’s…

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  • Storytime: The Fifolet by Johnette Downing

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    In this edition of Confetti Park, we have a very special reading by Louisiana children’s author Johnette Downing. This is a narration of her new book, The Fifolet. The fifolet (or feufollet) is a very spooky Louisiana legend that appears frequently in Cajun and Houmas Indian folklore. The say that the fifolet are swamp spirits…

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  • Music Memory from Annie Hardy Calais

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    Annie Hardy Calais was born in 1927 in rural Southwest Louisiana. She recently shared many true stories of her childhood growing up in Cajun Country with Confetti Park. Here is a great music memory: “When I was 8 or 9 years old, I loved music….my niece had a radio at her home, but we had…

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    Annie Hardy Calais of Cecilia, La.
  • Music Medley: Crawfish Holes

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    Confetti Park is a community radio program and podcast 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: Wishing To Go…

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  • Storytime: The Little WHO DAT Who Didn’t by Alex McConduit

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    Hey Saints fans! Football season is here! And we have a very special book to celebrate. In this episode of Confetti Park, Alexander Brian McConduit narrates his original story, The Little WHO DAT Who Didn’t, which is all about one little boy’s love/hate relationship with his favorite team. The book takes you through the Saints’…

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    Who Dat who didn't
  • Music Memory from organist Louis Mayer

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    Louis Mayer has been a church organist for over 45 years. From a very young age, Louis had a fascination and love for organs. In this Music Memory for Confetti Park, Louis, who grew up in New Orleans, recalls taking piano lessons at Werlein’s Music Store at 605 Canal St. (today the site of Palace…

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    Louis Mayer playing a Golding and Woods pipe organ at First English Lutheran Church in Metairie.
  • Storytime: T-Boy & the Terrible Turtle by Mel Lecompte, Jr.

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    T-Boy was just a Louisiana kid. One with a terrible turtle that ran away! Oh yes, he did… but exactly where did that pet run off to? Mel LeCompte, Jr. narrates his original story, T-Boy and the Terrible Turtle, a delightful adventure that doubles as a fun geography lesson of the Bayou State, for Confetti…

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    T-Boy and the Terrible Turtle
  • Music Medley: Frogsy Wogsy

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    Confetti 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: Go to Camp – Ph Fred…

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