• Look for Katy & the Confetti Park Players at Jazz Fest!

    Katy Hobgood Ray and the band and some of the Confetti Park Players will be performing at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival this year! We perform at the Kids Tent on Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 3 p.m. SCHEDULE This year Katy is leading a smaller troupe of Confetti Park Players in an…

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    Photo of Katy and the Confetti Park Players at Jazz Fest, by Sally Asher (those are her feet in the foreground)
  • New song from Confetti Park Players: “Riding on the Mississippi River”

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    Exciting news from the Confetti Park workshop! The Confetti Park Players have just released their brand new single, “Riding on the Mississippi River.” The track is available on iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby, Google Play, and other digital music services. “A song inspired by life along the Mississippi River, where beautiful riverboats & big ships rule,…

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    Cover, Riding on the Mississippi River
  • Scenes from Family Pyrate Day

    [View the story “There be Pirates in NOLA!” on Storify]

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    Dianne and John read Captain Deadeye
  • Interview with Ol’ Chumbucket, co-creator of Talk Like a Pirate Day

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    In this episode of Confetti Park, Katy Hobgood Ray interviews Ol’ Chumbucket, the co-creator of International Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 19. Chumbucket, also known as John Baur in certain circles, lives in New Orleans today (he has lived in many places including the Virgin Islands) and spends much of his time traveling the pirate…

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    Ol' Chumbucket reads to kids at Hubbell Library in Algiers Point
  • The Confetti Park Podcast

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    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…

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