Tag: folk

  • Storytime: Lafitte’s Restless Ghost narrated by Ted Lindsay

    Storytime: Lafitte’s Restless Ghost narrated by Ted Lindsay

    You’ve heard of Pirate Jean Lafitte, a French pirate who gained infamy in the bays and swamps off the Gulf of Mexico. He lived from 17080-1823. He is often featured in tales of treasure hunters and is part of many legends from Louisiana and Texas.

    Here is one that takes place in Laport, off the coast of Galveston Bay… in the 1800s, many years after Lafitte;s death. We learn thatt he ghost of the smuggler continually wanders the earth searching for a worthy inheritor. Only when he finds a person who is worthy can he at last rest.

    The story is narrated for you by Ted Lindsay of Mooringsport, La.

    We begin with a weary travel who is approaching an abandoned house at dusk, and he enters it to take shelter from the cold wind. He can hear the waves tearing at the bluffs of Galveston Bay…. After stabling his tired horse, he enters the old house and builds a fire for comfort.

    He wakes to find a strange man standing over him, who beckons him to follow. The weary traveler, in a stupor, is so commanded by the presence and entreaty in the eyes of the stranger that he does….

    The strange man says to him,

    “Here more gold lies buried than is good for any man. All you have to do is dig, and it is yours. You can use it; I cannot. However, it must only be applied purposes of highest beneficence. Not one penny may be evilly or selfishly spent. Do you understand?”

    I said “Yes.”

    Then the visitant was gone, and I was shivering with cold.

    What happens next? Listen to the full story as featured on Confetti Park!

  • Storytime: Foolish John, A Louisiana Folktale narrated by Ted Lindsay

    Storytime: Foolish John, A Louisiana Folktale narrated by Ted Lindsay

    jesterFoolish John is a literal-minded character who appears in American folk stories as a fool who always gets things right somehow. In Louisiana folk tales, he was called Jean Sotte, and he had many misadventures that resulted in happy outcomes despite all of his foolish interpretations of situations.

    A later year character who might have been inspired by the Foolish John stories is America Bedelia: “Everyone loves Amelia Bedelia, the literal-minded housekeeper! When she makes a sponge cake, she puts in real sponges. When she weeds the garden, she replants the weeds. And when she pitches a tent, she throws it into the woods!”

    In this Foolish John tale, which is narrated by Ted Lindsay of Mooringsport, Foolish John is sent by his mother to sell a cow hide. What does he do? He strings it up on a tree, like a sail blowing in the wind above the woods. The misadventure continues from there, leading to great riches for John.

  • Storytime: The Little Louisiana Pine Tree

    Storytime: The Little Louisiana Pine Tree

    Pine TreeIn this episode of Confetti Park, we hear an old folk tale told with Louisiana flair. This is the old-time tale of a little pine tree who cannot be satisfied with what she has. This pine tree wishes for new leaves, because she wants to be different from all the other pine trees.

    Somehow she gets her wish one night, and wakes up covered in different kinds of leaves. Then the little pine tree finds that she has different kinds of problems.

    If only this pine tree could realize how beautiful she is… We know that her green needles are so fragrant in the spring and summer. We appreciate the soft, quiet carpet created on the forest floor when she drops her needles. And we love the soothing song she sings when the wind blows through her needled treetop, high above us.

    If only we all could see our beauty, as others see it in us, and be happy with who we are.

    Thank you to Magpie Baccinelli for narrating this Louisiana folk tale for Confetti Park!

  • Music Medley: Frogsy Wogsy

    Music Medley: Frogsy Wogsy

    Frog and flyConfetti 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
    • Jambalaya (On the Bayou) – Papillon
    • Froggy Went a Courtin –  The Radiators
    • Little Red Caboose – Buckwheat  Zydeco
    • Hush Little Mockingbird – Nancy Tabb Marcantel


    Confetti Park is a children’s media workshop, podcast, and weekly radio program based out of New Orleans. We gather and tell stories, through music, art, puppetry, animations, and more. We are particularly inspired by the unique culture of Louisiana.

    The Confetti Park 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!

  • Music Medley: Counting Things

    Music Medley: Counting Things

    Let's count apples!1, 2, 3, 4, 5….10! Counting things!

    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:

    Kick Rocks – Wardell Quezergue
    Twenty Bees –  Johnette Downing
    Ten Green Bottles – Jeremy Lyons
    Frere Jacques – Swing Setters
    Hey Little Girl – Jason & Layla
    Walking in the Woods with my Parrain – Cajun Ron Black Guidry

  • Music Medley: Stars & Stripes & Crabs

    Music Medley: Stars & Stripes & Crabs

    CrabConfetti 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:

  • Music Medley: Pelican’s Bill

    Brown_PelicanConfetti 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 Confetti Park 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!

     

  • Music Medley: Trains and Sheep

    train on chalkConfetti 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:

    Choo Choo Boogaloo – Buckwheat Zydeco
    Choctaw Choo Choo – Confetti Park Players
    Big Brown Cow – PH Fred
    Ice Cream – George Lewis’ Ragtime Band
    Music Memory Ben Schenk
    Pig Latin Song – Leadbelly
    La chanson ee cinquante Sous – Michael “Beausoliel” Doucet With Family & Friends
    You Are My Sunshine – Confetti Park Players
    Circle Of Life – Johnette Downing

  • Music Medley: Songs of Donuts & Brains

    Glazed-DonutWelcome to Confetti Park,  a magical playground of music and stories for kids everywhere. What’s unique about these songs, and these stories, is that they all come from Louisiana. This medley of kids music shows the diversity of Louisiana musicians. Songs featured in this episode, in order:

    • If I Only Had a Brain – Paul Sanchez
    • Buckwheat Zydeco – Skip to My Lou
    • Sue – Michael Doucet
    • A Long Time to Come, performed by PH Fred and Friends
    • Floating in a Donut Hole – Philip Melancon
    • Buttermilk Drop – Confetti Park Players
    • Baby You Wait on Your Mama – Alan Dyson
    • Music Memory: Jason Rhein
    • Renaissance Cadienne – J’ai du bon Tabac
    • Storytime: Why the Possum has a Large Grin – Johnette Downing

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  • Music Medley “Baby Astronaut”

    Baby AstronautConfetti 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:

    • Jack & Jill – Wardell Quezergue
    • Cool Man – Los Po-boy-citos
    • Jenny Had a Rocket – PH Fred
    • Dancing on the Moon – Confetti  Park Players
    • Radio Controlled Airplanes – Jimmy Cousins
    • Airplane – Confetti  Park Players
    • Red Bird – Leadbelly
    • Five Little Butterflies – Johnette Downing

  • Music Medley “Pirate’s Favorite Letter”

    Pitot the Pelican, from the Swamp Quest app
    Pitot the Pelican, from the Swamp Quest app

    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:

    • Sally Brown – Valparaiso Men’s Chorus
    • Louis Lafitte – Confetti Park Players
    • Drunken Sailor – Jeremy Lyons IN-STUDIO PERFORMANCE
    • The Rooster & the Chicken – Kandice Chester
    • Circling Alligators – AJ Loria
    • Alligator Snap – Johnnete Downing
    • Emus – Lightning Bugs
    • L’arc en Ciel – Michael Doucet and Family

  • Music Medley “Darn, Spider” 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
    • Okra Man – Mr. Okra & Confetti Park Players
    • Playing Possum – Johnette Downing
    • Itsy Bitsy Spider – Jeremy Lyons
    • Days of the Week – Jason & Layla
    • Ol’ Blue – Jimmy Cousins
    • Aveine, Aveine – Renaissance Cadienne
    • Buttermilk Drop – Confetti Park Players
    • Zydeco Gris Gris Rap – Michael Doucet
    • Evangeline – Feufollet
    • When I See an Elephant Fly – Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes.
    • How is the Housecat – Schazty