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Imagination Mover Scott Durbin – A Childhood Music Memory
Read more: Imagination Mover Scott Durbin – A Childhood Music MemoryMusic can carry powerful memories and emotions through generations, as Scott Durbin of the Imagination Movers shares with us. Scott, whose grandmother was Native American, recalls participating in powwows at a very young age. His family’s tribe would come together to honor their cultural traditions, and music with drumming and dancing was a central component.…
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Storytime: The Mardi Gras Tree by Melinda Taliancich Falgoust
Read more: Storytime: The Mardi Gras Tree by Melinda Taliancich FalgoustHappy Mardi Gras, everybody! Wherever you’re watching the parades– whether it’s out in the parishes, Slidell, Metairie or along beautiful St. Charles Avenue–chances are you will need some shade and respite after a long day of truck floats. Find a tree, have a rest, look around, and enjoy the show. And keep your eyes peeled…
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Steven Scaffidi on why authors should self-publish their books—and advice on how to do it!
Read more: Steven Scaffidi on why authors should self-publish their books—and advice on how to do it!In this episode of Confetti Park, we connect with the creative mind of Steven Scaffidi, a veteran of the entertainment industry. For decades Steven has worked in film and television—writing, directing, and producing. Based out of New Orleans, Steven has deep connections to the industry in South Louisiana, but his work extends nationally as well.…
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Storytime: Can We Take A Road Trip? By Papa Dude
Read more: Storytime: Can We Take A Road Trip? By Papa DudeSummertime means road trips! In this episode of Confetti Park, we take a road trip with Papa Dude and his best friend Charlie Crab. They take us on a trip across America, and we to get visit some of the most interesting and fun places the continental United States has to offer. Who is Papa…
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Valerie James Abbott on the shocking realization that her two-year-old had hearing loss
Read more: Valerie James Abbott on the shocking realization that her two-year-old had hearing lossIn this episode of Confetti Park, Katy Hobgood Ray interviews Valerie James Abbott, a mother whose journey with her own daughter’s hearing loss inspired a children’s book called Padapillo. Parents should be aware that hearing loss in young children can go undetected for quite a while. Do you know the signs? “My daughter Bridget passed…
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Storytime: Padapillo by Valerie James Abbott
Read more: Storytime: Padapillo by Valerie James AbbottIn this episode of Confetti Park, we hear the children’s book Padapillo narrated by the author, Valerie James Abbott. Based on the true life events of the author and her family, Padapillo is the story of a family discovering the hearing loss of a child. Told through the eyes of her sister, this is the…
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Storytime: The Loup Garoup
Read more: Storytime: The Loup GaroupLoup garoups are also knows as rougarou in Louisiana, and most famously as werewolves. It’s almost Halloween, the time of year when the doors between the living world and the spiritual world are open wide. Soon we will observe Allhallowtide, when we remember the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed. It’s…
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Storytime: Le Lutin
Read more: Storytime: Le LutinIn this episode of Confetti Park Storytime, we hear about Le Lutin, a fairytale figure and a trickster spirit! Contributor Kathleen Welch shares some of the legends about this hobgoblin who has a knack for pranking. Le lutin could change his appearance whenever he wanted. So you never know when you are seeing a lutin.…
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Rosemary The Garden Fairy: The Early Bird
Read more: Rosemary The Garden Fairy: The Early BirdHi everybody, it’s Rosemary the Garden Fairy, and I’m here to share fun gardening tips and interesting information about the natural world around us. Have you ever heard the phrase ‘the early bird catches the worm’ ?For people who like watch birds, the early birder catches the bird! Between the time the first gray light…
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Storytime: Lucky Enough by Dr. Chris Yandle
Read more: Storytime: Lucky Enough by Dr. Chris YandleNarration by the author of a dad’s daily notes of encouragement and life lessons to his daughter
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Storytime: Sometimes Even Elephants Forget by Kathleen Welch
Read more: Storytime: Sometimes Even Elephants Forget by Kathleen WelchIn this episode of Confetti Park Storytime, we hear the loving and endearingly bittersweet Sometimes Even Elephants Forget: A Story about Alzheimer’s Disease for Young Children, narrated by the author Kathleen Welch. You’ll love the main characters: two elephants, Grandma Bawa and grandson Mookie, and Kip, a kind and clever hedgehog, who have an adventure…
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Storytime: Samuel Morse, That’s Who! by Tracy Nelson Maurer
Read more: Storytime: Samuel Morse, That’s Who! by Tracy Nelson MaurerIn this episode of Confetti Park Storytime, you’ll hear the fascinating and fun story of the inventor Samuel Morse, who used electricity to power the telegraph and who invented Morse Code. Way back in the 1800s, he was teaching the world how to do instant messaging! Tracy Nelson Maurer is the author of this fun…
