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Music Medley: To Catch a Squirrel
Read more: Music Medley: To Catch a SquirrelConfetti Park: A music medley of children’s music from Louisiana… lots of variety! This medley of kids music shows the diversity of Louisiana musicians. And today’s music medley features songs about raccoons, emus, animals at the aquarium, lullabies, irresistible dance tunes, and more. There are also sweet poems and jokes and jumprope jingles throughout. …
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Music Medley: Pink Carnation
Read more: Music Medley: Pink CarnationConfetti 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, inspired by life here Louisiana. This medley of kids music shows the diversity of our state sound. Songs featured in this episode, in order: Super Frog – Asylum Street…
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Music Medley: A Dog & a Dictionary
Read more: Music Medley: A Dog & a DictionaryConfetti 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: Royal Bees
Read more: Music Medley: Royal BeesConfetti 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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Pizza Poetry Project encourages writing by New Orleans school kids
Read more: Pizza Poetry Project encourages writing by New Orleans school kidsQuestion: What’s better than getting a hot pizza pie delivered to your front door? Answer: Getting a hot pizza pie delivered with a side of poetry! LISTEN TO POEMS BY NEW ORLEANS SCHOOL KIDS Anyone ordering a pizza in the city of New Orleans on April 15 got a bit of lagniappe with their pie… they…
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Sunday Afternoons – a poem by Darrell Bourque
Read more: Sunday Afternoons – a poem by Darrell Bourque“It was the sound of horses’ hooves that drummed and lodged…” Louisiana poet laureate Darrell Bourque narrates a poem of childhood for Confetti Park. This is “Sunday Afternoons,” a memory of his own experiences growing in a rural Cajun community near Sunset, Louisiana. Mr. Bourque is Professor Emeritus in English at the University of Louisiana…
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Frog Hunting – a poem by Peter Cooley
Read more: Frog Hunting – a poem by Peter CooleyLouisiana poet laureate Peter Cooley reads for Confetti Park! This is “Frog Hunting,” a poem of childhood. Peter is a professor of English and director of the creative writing program at Tulane University in New Orleans. He was named the state poet laureate in 2015.
