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Confetti Park Players at the New Orleans Jazz Fest!
Read more: Confetti Park Players at the New Orleans Jazz Fest!The Confetti Park Players will be featured at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in 2016! We will be at the Kids Tent on Saturday, April 23 in the morning. More details coming soon.
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Music Memory from Emily Estrella
Read more: Music Memory from Emily EstrellaEmily Estrella is a singer who has spent the last several years singing traditional jazz and original tunes around the French Quarter and Marigny music clubs. You can even catch her busking on the streets of New Orleans on occasion. She “has an ‘old soul’ voice evoking the Dixie ghosts of a previous century. Charismatic…
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If Ever I Cease to Love by AJ Loria & the Confetti Park Players
Read more: If Ever I Cease to Love by AJ Loria & the Confetti Park PlayersIt’s January 6… Twelfth Night! Officially Carnival Season! To celebrate, the Confetti Park Players have created this very special video to share with you. Here, they perform “If Ever I Cease to Love” with the great A.J. Loria, King Nino, a.k.a. the Louisiana Lounge Lizard. “If Ever I Cease to Love” is the royal anthem…
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If Ever I Cease to Love by AJ Loria & the Confetti Park Players
Read more: If Ever I Cease to Love by AJ Loria & the Confetti Park PlayersIt’s January 6… Twelfth Night! Officially Carnival Season! To celebrate, the Confetti Park Players have created this very special video to share with you. Here, they perform “If Ever I Cease to Love” with the great A.J. Loria, King Nino, a.k.a. the Louisiana Lounge Lizard. “If Ever I Cease to Love” is the royal anthem…
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Music Memory from Hazel Schlueter
Read more: Music Memory from Hazel SchlueterHazel Schlueter is well known for her old time country music and bluegrass show on WWOZ (90.7 FM in New Orleans) and for her musical performances as the band leader of Hazel & the Delta Ramblers. In this episode of Confetti Park, Hazel shares a music memory from her early childhood. When she was just…
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New Orleans musicians collaborate on kids album
Read more: New Orleans musicians collaborate on kids albumPRESS RELEASE: New Orleans musicians collaborate on kids album We’re Going to Confetti Park! Album features Katy Hobgood Ray, Mr. Okra, a chorus of New Orleans children, and world-class musicians such as Johnny Vidacovich, Jon Erik-Kellso, Evan Christopher, Matt Perrine, Patti Adams, Roger Lewis, David Rosser, Brian Coogan, Tim Robertson, Sarah Quintana, and others. Contact: confettipark@gmail.com or…
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Storytime: Gumbo, Fried Cheese, the Saints and Drew Brees by Patricia Reece
Read more: Storytime: Gumbo, Fried Cheese, the Saints and Drew Brees by Patricia ReeceEvery year when the leaves start to fall, I visit my Grandpa and we have a ball. With snoballs, streetcars, beignets, and the Dome, New Orleans is a place he is proud to call home. So begins this adorable love letter to New Orleans, as told through the eyes of a child who is visiting…
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Guitarist David Rosser shares some early childhood musical memories
Read more: Guitarist David Rosser shares some early childhood musical memoriesIn this episode of Confetti Park, we hear a childhood music memory from David Rosser, a talented guitarist and multi instrumentalist who lives in New Orleans. Dave shares about how his big brother was one of his greatest musical influences—and how they bonded and he learned from listening to records—especially the Beatles! Dave has toured the…
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The Little Mouse Santi Receives GOLD Mom’s Choice Award
Read more: The Little Mouse Santi Receives GOLD Mom’s Choice AwardThe Little Mouse Santi, written by New Orleans author David Eugene Ray, has earned the prestigious gold Mom’s Choice Award®. Having been rigorously evaluated by an MCA judging panel, The Little Mouse Santi is deemed to be among the best products for families. The Mom’s Choice Awards® has named The Little Mouse Santi, a children’s…
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Storytime: The Little WHO DAT Who Didn’t by Alex McConduit
Read more: Storytime: The Little WHO DAT Who Didn’t by Alex McConduitHey Saints fans! Football season is here! And we have a very special book to celebrate. In this episode of Confetti Park, Alexander Brian McConduit narrates his original story, The Little WHO DAT Who Didn’t, which is all about one little boy’s love/hate relationship with his favorite team. The book takes you through the Saints’…
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Music Memory from organist Louis Mayer
Read more: Music Memory from organist Louis MayerLouis Mayer has been a church organist for over 45 years. From a very young age, Louis had a fascination and love for organs. In this Music Memory for Confetti Park, Louis, who grew up in New Orleans, recalls taking piano lessons at Werlein’s Music Store at 605 Canal St. (today the site of Palace…
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Music Memory from Cynthia Girtley
Read more: Music Memory from Cynthia GirtleyCynthia Girtley is a well-known gospel singer and music minister in New Orleans. Raised in a family with strong spiritual beliefs and church traditions, Cynthia started singing at age three and joined her church’s gospel choir when she was four. In this music memory, Cynthia talks about how it was that she came to be…
