Category: Podcast

Music Medley “Pudding” from Confetti Park

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:

This Little Light of Mine – Ingrid Lucia
Wake-Y-Up-O – Kevin Griffin
“A Peanut Sat on a Railroad Track” – Confetti Park Players
Spoonbread – Lil Band of Gold
Noce A Josephine – Renaissance Cadienne
Puddin Man – Ph Fred
She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain – Jeremy Lyons
ABC et 123 – Michael Doucet and Family
Musique a Bouce – Renaissance Cadienne ftg. Beth Patterson
“Apple on a Stick” – Confetti Park Players
Zipa Dee Do Da – Ivan Neville’s Dumpstafunk
Storytime: The Sideways Oak by Tiger Chaplain

Children climb on the branches of the Sideways Oak.

In a beautiful park in Louisiana, a wonderful old oak tree grows sideways. While the other magnificent oak trees rise out of the earth straight, tall, and proud, this one very special oak tree twists and turns out of the earth, parallel to the ground.

What happens? The little children flock to her…. she provides them with a magical haven in the sky.

In this episode of Confetti Park, New Orleans children’s author Tiger R.R. Chaplain tells us the story of how The Sideways Oak came to be.

Tiger Chaplain is the author of several children’s books, including Tristan and the Wise Little Dragon. Connect with Tiger on Facebook.
Music Medley “Dinosaur” from Confetti Park

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:

“Confetti Park”   – Confetti Park Players
“Hokey Pokey” – Big Sam’s Funky Nation
“Miss Mary Mack”
“Rock Paper Scissors” – The Freddy Fred Show
“If a Dinosaur Was My Friend” – Philip Melancon
“Your Mama” – Schatzy
“An Extra Smile” – Vanessa Kaster and Beth Patterson
“Garden Song” – Amanda Shaw
“It’s Watermelon Time” – Confetti Park Players
Field recording of New Orleans street performers (recorded by Jason Rhein)
Storytime: Thorn in My Horn by Alex McConduit

Thorn in My Horn by Alex McConduit

This episode of Confetti Park features the children’s story Thorn in My Horn, by Alex McConduit of New Orleans, La.

Thorn in My Horn is a book about a young musician in New Orleans who LOVES to play his horn. His mother, on the other hand, cannot stand to hear the noise! She’s a thorn in his horn! This fun rhyming book includes illustrations by Darrell Rollo that showcase the French Quarter, Jackson Square and other iconic places in The Big Easy.

Thorn in My Horn was written by Alex McConduit and published by Big Boot Books. Learn morn about Alex and his books at http://bigbootbooks.com/about/

Confetti Park is a radio show out of New Orleans, featuring children’s and kids books narrated by the author. The Confetti Park podcast, hosted by Katy Hobgood Ray, features music and stories spun in Louisiana. It showcases songs that kids love, songs created for kids, and songs created by kids. Sparkling interviews, in-studio performances, delightful music medleys, jokes, local author storytime, and a little surprise lagniappe make for an entertaining show!
Confetti Park: The Lightning Bug Episode

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.

A great children’s song doesn’t have to be classified in the kids genre. A lot of the music in Louisiana is naturally kids music… Full of whimsy, silliness, and fun. And danceable, too!

This medley of local kids music shows the diversity of Louisiana sounds. Songs featured in this episode in order:

“This Little Light of Mine” – Kermit Ruffins
“Today is Monday in Louisiana” – Johnette Downing
“Lemonade” – Confetti Park Players
“Swahili Baby” – Los Poboycitos
“We are the Lightning Bugs” – The Lightning Bugs
“Little Sally Walker” – Leadbelly
“Itty Bitty” – Susan Cowsill and Paul Sanchez
“Dansez, Codine ” – Renaissance Cadienne
Storytime: The Rainbow Fairies

This week’s featured children’s author is Gypsy Damaris Boston, a folklorist born in 1919, still living today in Ida, Louisiana. The book is called The Rainbow Fairies. Mrs. Boston has published several books for children and for adults, most of them showcasing the beauty of nature and celebrating the details of every day life.

She is the grandmother of Kathryn Damaris Hobgood Ray and one of the inspirations for the show Confetti Park!

Gypsy Damaris Boston, Louisiana folklorist
The Confetti Park Podcast

We are very excited to announce the debut of the Confetti Park podcast—a show for kids of all ages. We will feature magical, locally-spun music and stories created right here in Louisiana. Subscribe on iTunes!

The radio program version launches on the air on April 2015. Listen for us in New Orleans on WHIV 102.3 FM New Orleans every Saturday at 12:30 p.m.

Community radio stations, interested in carrying Confetti Park? Contact Katy Ray.

Here is a sneak preview of things to come.