• Music Medley – Beets at the Door

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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: Woody, Lead Belly & Pete…

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  • Storytime: To Dream of Dancing: Desdemona’s Dreams by Z.W. Mohr

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    In this episode of Confetti Park, we hear an excerpt from the enchanting fairy tale To Dream of Dancing: Desdemona’s Dreams, Volume 1. Z.W. Mohr, the author, narrates for us a dream poem and an introduction to Desdemona. This is an excerpt from the first book in his original series co-created with illustrator Aaron Damon…

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  • Music Medley: Desert Snow Man

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    Confetti Park: Children’s Music Radio Show from Louisiana This medley of kids music shows the diversity of Louisiana musicians. Songs featured in this episode, in order: Walking the Dog – Buckwheat Zydeco Training Wheel Rag – Asylum Street Spankers featuring Dr. Sick Tuba Lullaby – Jazzy Ash Mellow Down Easy – Jeremy Lyons A Little…

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    Listen to this music medley "Desert Snow Man" from Confetti Park!
  • Music Medley: Worm in My Apple

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    This medley of kids music shows the diversity of Louisiana musicians. Songs featured in this episode, in order: Summit of Sound – kids at the Renzi Center in Shreveport Mardi Gras – Mr. Michael’s Class of Young Audiences Raps Nobody Likes Fun More Than Me! – Don Hoffman and Bryan Wagar Big Hola – Imagination…

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  • Music Medley – Lettuce In!

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    Confetti Park kids radio This medley of kids music shows the diversity of Louisiana musicians. Songs featured in this episode, in order: Whole World in His Hands – George Porter, Jr. Kazoo Song – Judy Caplan Ginsburgh I’m a Puppy – Mel Lecompte Louisiana Catahoula Leopard Dog – Don Abney & the Louisiana Pollywogs Messy…

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  • Storytime: The Beaver’s Tale of Greed narrated by Iran Martin

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    In this episode of Confetti Park, we hear “The Beaver’s Tale of Greed” by Iran Martin, from his book Grand’s Fairy Tales. This is an adapted version of a Grimm’s fairy tale called the “Fisherman and his Wife.” In the older version of the tale, which was first written in Germany in the 1800s, a…

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  • Music Medley: Dickory Dock

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    Louisiana Kids Music This Confetti Park medley of kids music showcases the diversity of Louisiana music. Songs featured in this episode: I Was Born To Blow This Horn – Michael-Leon Wooley Ballin’ the Jack – The Swing Setters Throw Me Something Mista (Feat. Mista Cookie Jar) – Jazzy Ash This Land is Your Land –…

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  • Trombonist David Phy recalls turning sheet music for the church organist–his dad

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    In this episode of Confetti Park, New Orleans-based trombonist Dr. David Phy shares early music memories of learning how to read sheet music with his dad. David is a professional musician who has performed with national acts and jazz artists such as The 4 Tops, The Temptations, Bonerama, Delfeyo Marsalis, The Yin Yang Twins, Chip…

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    Dr. David Phy plays trombone
  • Music Medley: A Dog & a Dictionary

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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: The St. Charles Streetcar Song –…

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  • Music Medley: Frog on a Lily Pad

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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: Down in New Orleans – Anika…

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  • Storytime: Diamonds in the Rough—1800s Memories of Minnie Carter

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    A very long time ago, my great-grandmother Minnie Carter Boston shared for posterity some of her memories of life growing up in rural Arkansas in the late 1800s, in the piney woods and rolling hills. Her daughter-in-law (and my grandmother) Gypsy Damaris Petty Boston transcribed the memories while they lived in Shreveport, Louisiana. Arkansas is…

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    Minnie Maude Carter Boston, born in Nathan, Ark., August 18, 1888.
  • Music Medley: Royal Bees

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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 celebrates the mighty bee! The songs also showcase a diversity of Louisiana musical styles. Songs featured in this…

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