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Soundzania June Newsletter

Preschoolers Love Ukelele

First, we performed at another local preschool.  Yes, this is becoming a habit  I really enjoy seeing the looks on everyone faces as I introduce them to instrument after instrument.  This time, the ukelele brought the house down - they got out of their seats and started dancing.  Wonderful!  I recorded the show and posted a portion of it on soundzania.com for you to view here.  Forward this email to your child’s preschool - or let them know about Soundzania - I’d be happy to perform there

A Magic Carpet at a Birthday Party

Second, like we’ve said in some of the past newsletters, we’ve been working on a new instrument.  Well, it debuted, live at a birthday party!  It was a hit! The Magic Carpet showed up and the kids jumped on it to make all sorts of fun sounds.  We also used it to play games during the party.  For this birthday party, we rallied two of the other Dads who helped compose the Soundzania CDs - Ken Hougasian and Andy Berry.  The three of us performed several favorites at the birthday party.  We have couple of clips from the performance here.  If you know of a birthday party coming up soon that could use a little Soundzania - let us know - we’d be happy to help celebrate!

And the moment you’ve all been waiting for…

As always - thanks for your support!  This month’s coupon code will be [click here to sign-up for the newsletter to get coupon codes] That code will bring you $3 off ANYthing in the Soundzania store.  Enjoy !!  Please - share this email with friends you know who might also enjoy Soundzania.

So, until next time - sounds good and good sounds!

Scott

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Soundzania was invited to perform at a friend’s birthday party - what fun !!  We recorded it, of course, and can share a clip here with you.

We debuted a new instrument - the Magic Carpet… thats right, a magic carpet!  The kids had a good time jumping on the carpet and making crazy sounds.  We’ve got lots of ways to make the magic carpet part of the fun of a birthday party.

If you have a little one with a birthday coming up, let us know !  We’d love to come out and perform for the party!

Enjoy!

Sorry for the late post, but things have been very busy at Soundzania.  New instruments are arriving at an alarming pace - but more about that later.

Knollwood Preschool had Soundzania come visit in May.  We, well I, came in and brought the standard fare of instruments:  stand-up bass, acoustic guitar, banjo, ukelele, kazoo and a new one…. the accordion.

I performed on two different days and everyone had a wonderful time.  I loved it when the kids just got up and started dancing during the Soundzania theme song - that was a blast!  I think its the kazoo that does it

I’ve included a video here to show to some of it as it happened.  I will likely be coming back to Knollwood at some point next year as well, so if you’re kid goes there, they’re in for a treat next year

So, long for now, and enjoy the video.

If your child goes to a local preschool, and you would like Soundzania to come visit, please let me know - scott@soundzania.com

Thanks

 

 Soundzania at Knollwood Preschool: Play Now | Play in Popup

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Whats been happening in Soundzania?  A few  interesting requests, that’s what.  We are now working on plans for three more performances to bring our love of music to the little ears around us.  We will be doing another performance for another local preschool, we will be performing at a private birthday party (that one will include some fun games!) and are working on plans for performing at a theatre (again, bringing an interactive component into the show).

We’re very excited about these opportunities and certainly welcome more requests for performances like these.  We will try to post some more video clips from these performances to share some of the event if we can.

We’ll keep it brief this month and move right along to the coupon code.  From now through Mother’s Day (May 10th) take $3 off any purchase in Soundzania!  Use this money to take your Mom out for coffee on Mother’s Day!  Just enter the coupon code ** during checkout to earn the discount.  So, visit the Soundzania Store today!

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So, until next time - make sure Mom is happy - buy some fun kids music so she won’t tear her hair out listening to …. well… you know the music she can’t stand after 30 repeats in the car

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A little late this month, but it is now officially spring - and the weather is starting to look good!

I recently gave a musical presentation to a local preschool.  It was a blast, so many good questions and quotes from the audience!  Like, after guessing the animals in one song, someone yelled out “we have very large brains”.  Of course they do!

While I was showing them the accordian, and letting them hear how it sounded, a girl in front raised her hand and said that it looked like a trumpet…  I said “Really?” eyebrows raised… she replied, “a square trumpet!”  Wow, nice perspective, I love it.

They were definitely enjoying the fun we had.  In all, I played acoustic guitar, stand-up bass, banjo, ukelele and kazoo, and I closed with accordian.  For the last song, I played a song the preschoolers were all familiar with (that they sing in the school regularly anyway) - This Little Light of Mine.  It brought down the house - if you can do that at a preschool!  Everyone was singing along.

So, I will be doing this again I am sure, and if you’re reading this and know of a school that would like a visit, give us a holler.

I captured it on video and have uploaded a clip of the part of the presentation with the ukelele and kazoo.  Give it a watch, its fun.

Soundzania - performed at a preschool

We are working on getting a performance together.  For the past few years, I have performed at my kid’s preschool (Church of the Good Shepherd in Burke, VA) and it has always been rewarding to see the kids smile and clap with the music.  In the performance I introduce the banjo, ukelele, guitar and stand-up bass.  I play a song with each one of them and talk about the instrument and how much fun it is to play music.  At the end, they all line -up and get a chance to say hello to the instruments up close, strum the strings, hear the sounds.  They love it!

The CDs have arrived a few days early!  I just started opening up the boxes and will start distributing the orders over the next few days.  If you’ve ordered one - it should be coming soon - if you haven’t, you still have till December 12th to get them at the special discount price of $6 !!

Whoa - cool shoes, this one has got to be my favorite.  The first time I heard Lee play it for me - I was hooked.  The call and response backups, the perspective on choosing shoes for different things - when it comes down to it, it doesn’t matter much does it… just pick some shoes you like and run with it.

 

 Cool Shoes (sample): Play Now | Play in Popup

This one’s a gem to be sure. Lee wrote this one, I tried to sing, and eventually, we got Cecy Snyder (a great singer from our old band Help Wanted) to come in and really show us how to sing.

Her silky voice is perfect for this song as it rolls along with a driving rhythm and banjo. Enjoy this weeks song, and please give a comment to let us know you’re listening !

 

 Little Flower (sample): Play Now | Play in Popup

Thanks,

Scott

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