Other great CD’s that came out in 2009 that we just didn’t get a chance to play, but listen for them in upcoming episodes of the Hilltown Families Variety Show: Read the rest of this entry »
Family concert on October 18th in Northampton with Uncle Rock and the Playthings, his first local appearance by his great trio, the Playthings. Check out Uncle Rock at http://www.unclerock.com — it’ll be a great time. Sunday afternoon at 2:00 (1:30 doors) at the Iron Horse (downtown Northampton).
AudraRox – “Moms & Dads” [Park Slope Parents: The Album]
Peter Himmelman – “Main Dish” [My Trampoline]Music
Uncle Rock – “Hippie Harvest Kitchen” [Uncle Rock U]
PSA – DINNER ON US: In Amherst there will be a free weekly roundtable discussion series for campus and Amherst Family Center families with young children called Dinner on Us, Monday evenings during the academic year in the UMass Student Union Building in Amherst, MA. As far as I know it’s open to all, but if they run into over enrollment, I’m sure that they will prioritize UMASS students, staff, and alums, as well as AFC families. Sessions are free and include: dinner, supervised children’s activities and parking. Family Dinner: 5:15-5:45pm, Supervised Children’s Activities: 5:45-7:30pm, Roundtable Discussion: 6:00-7:30pm. Space is limited. To pre-register call: 413-545-4466 OR email cshrc@stuaf.umass.edu.
PSA – FAMILY DAY: A DAY TO EAT DINNER WITH YOUR CHILDREN: Did you know that the more often children and teens eat dinner with their families, the less likely they are to drink and use illegal drugs? They are also more likely to do better at school. Dinnertime is a great time to connect with your kids. Celebrate Family Day – A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children on Tuesday September 29th with a meal at home or at one of the participating restaurants offering family discounts on Tuesday the 29th. Visit communitiesthatcarecoalition.org for a listing.
PSA – POSITIVE DISCIPLINE: Positive Discipline Monthly Free Drop-in Parenting Circle in Florence, MA. Click here for more info.
Tune in to the Hilltown Family Variety Show on Saturdays from 9-10am on Valley Free Radio (VFR), 103.3FM (Northampton, MA), or listen via streaming audio at www.ValleyFreeRadio.org.
Every Saturday VFR offers four hours of commercial-free, quality family program from 6-10am, including Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child from 7am-9am. It’s better than Saturday morning cartoons! Turn off the T.V. and turn on local community radio!
Tune in to the Hilltown Family Variety Show on Saturdays from 9-10am on Valley Free Radio (VFR), 103.3FM (Northampton, MA), or listen via streaming audio at www.ValleyFreeRadio.org.
Every Saturday VFR offers four hours of commercial-free, quality family program from 6-10am, including Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child from 7am-9am. It’s better than Saturday morning cartoons! Turn off the T.V. and turn on local community radio!
Steve Weeks – “Someday” [Alphabet Songs Vol. III: Rabbit Run]
Rebecca Frezza – “Take A Ride” [Tall and Small]
Justin Roberts – “Willy Was A Whale” [Yellow Bus]
Justin Roberts – “Meltdown” [Meltdown!]
Tune in to the Hilltown Family Variety Show on Saturdays from 9-10am on Valley Free Radio (VFR), 103.3FM (Northampton, MA), or listen via streaming audio at www.ValleyFreeRadio.org.
Every Saturday VFR offers four hours of commercial-free, quality family program from 6-10am, including Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child from 7am-9am. It’s better than Saturday morning cartoons! Turn off the T.V. and turn on local community radio!
HILLTOWN FAMILY VARIETY SHOW
Mélange of Music Episode
08/15/09 PLAYLIST
This week's episode is a mélange of music with many colorful new songs, including "Farmer's Market" by Laura Doherty, the very place this beautiful bouquet of flowers were found in Florence, MA this week! (Photo credit: Sienna Wildfield)
Saturday from 9-10am
WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio
Northampton, MA
Robbie Schaefer – “Sally, Can I Walk You Home?” [Songs For Kids Like Us]
Billy Jonas – “Some Houses” [What Kind of Cat Are You?]
The Hipwaders – “Educated Kid” [Educated Kid]
Ben Rudnick & Friends – “A Frog Named Sam” [A Frog Named Sam]Music
They Might Be Giants – “Hot Dog!” [Here Come the 123s]
Tune in to the Hilltown Family Variety Show on Saturdays from 9-10am on Valley Free Radio (VFR), 103.3FM (Northampton, MA), or listen via streaming audio at www.ValleyFreeRadio.org.
Every Saturday VFR offers four hours of commercial-free, quality family program from 6-10am, including Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child from 7am-9am. It’s better than Saturday morning cartoons! Turn off the T.V. and turn on local community radio!
This week’s episode is a great sampler of music by Ben Rudnick & Friends. If you weren’t already a fan of this great band, how could not be now! We love this band and were thrilled to have Ben back in the studio with us this week. Visit Ben Rudnick and Friends on-line at www.benrudnick.com where you will find all of their award winning CD’s, including their new release, A Frog Named Sam.
LOOKING BACK: Click HERE to discover his playlist from the last time he was in the studio with us.
HILLTOWN FAMILY VARIETY SHOW Bicycle Episode 06/06/09 Playlist
"Vehicle for a Small Planet: The History of the Bicycle" at the Wistariahurst Museum in Holyoke, MA from June 4th-10th, 2009. This exhibition will present information on bicycle safety, bicycles as green transportation, bicycle racing and the wonderful history of bicycles.
WXOJ LP – 103.3 FM – Valley Free Radio
Northampton, MA Saturday mornings from 9-10am
Bill Harley – “Macaroni and Cheese” [Down in the Back Pack]
Spike Jones and His City Slickers – “Holiday for Strings” [Anthology]
Bill Harley – “Everybody is a Baby About Something” [Live in Studio]
Stan Freberg – “The Yellow Rose of Texas” [Greatest Hits]
Bill Harley – “You Saved My Life” [I Wanna Play]
Bill Harley – “Everything is Music” [Down in the Back Pack]
Grammy award winning story teller Bill Harley was this week’s guest DJ for HFVS with six year old star-struck Zen HFVS co-host! Check out Bill Harley’s web site at www.BillHarley.com to discover more, including a place to by his CD’s, DVD’s and books.
We wanted to thank Bill and his lovely wife Deb for coming to the studio to host the show. We had a wonderful time!
Congratulations to Laura Mazza of Florence, MA on winning two free tickets to see the Pioneer Valley Symphony (PVS) featuring Grammy winning storyteller, Bill Harley and Peter and the Wolf in Greenfield, MA at the Greenfield High School Auditorium on Saturday, March 28th, at 7 pm, courtesy of PVS.
Two more tickets are being awarded to Helen Kahn, also of Florence, MA who was the second name to be selected from our random drawing.
And congratulations to Victoria Worth of Ashfield, MA who won a copy of Bill Harley’s DVD, Yes to Running! Bill Harley Live, which won the 2009 GRAMMY AWARD for Best Spoken Word Album for Children.
Thanks to PVS for offering tickets and to everyone for posting a comment to enter to win. Be sure to check back for upcoming promotions and giveaways … or better yet, subscribe to our newsfeed and local listserv and don’t miss our next media contest/giveaway!
Special Family Performance
with the Pioneer Valley Symphony featuring
2009 Grammy Storyteller BILL HARLEY
and Peter and the Wolf
Greenfield High School Auditorium in Greenfield, MA
On Saturday, March 28th, 2009 @ 7pm
We are pleased to offer four free tickets to see the Pioneer Valley Symphony (PVS) featuring Grammy winning storyteller, Bill Harley and Peter and the Wolfin Greenfield, MA at the Greenfield High School Auditorium on Saturday, March 28th, at 7 pm, courtesy of PVS. Deadline to enter is Wednesday, 03/25/09 @ 7pm (EST). More details below.
This PVS Special Family Performance line-up will includes:
JOHN WILLIAMS – Harry Potter Symphonic Suite
BILL HARLEY – There’s a Pea on My Plate
BILL HARLEY & PAUL PHILLIPS - Come On Out and Play
SERGEI PROKOFIEV – Peter and the Wolf (narrated by Bill Harley)
BILL HARLEY – You’re In Trouble
BILL HARLEY
Two copies of the DVD, Yes to Running! Bill Harley Live, which won the 2009 GRAMMY AWARD for Best Spoken Word Album for Children, will be offered too.
Bill Harley uses song and story to paint a vibrant picture of growing up, parenting and family life. Poignant and hilarious, his work spans the generation gap, reminds us of our common humanity and challenges us to be our very best selves. A prolific author and recording artist, Bill is also a regular commentator for NPR’s All Things Considered and featured on PBS. Harley’s newest recording, a live performance CD set and DVD, Yes to Running! Bill Harley Live won the 2009 GRAMMY AWARD for Best Spoken Word Album for Children, and has been the featured storyteller on Hilltown Family Variety Show numerous times! Click HERE to see videos of Bill’s live performances.
Bill Harley will be narrating Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf at the PVS Special Family Performance. Sergei Prokofiev was a great twentieth century Russian composer. He composed a number of pieces for young listeners and performers. The director of the Moscow Children’s Musical Theater asked him to compose something for them to perform and they decided to have a story about a child and a group of animals, in which each animal would be given a theme using a different instrument of the orchestra so that the audience would learn how the instruments look and sound.
Prokofiev wrote the story of Peter and the Wolf, becoming one of his best-loved and most popular orchestra work for children.
Minnesota Orchestra has put together a 52-page curriculum to accompany Peter and the Wolf.
LIVE (TOWN/STATE)PLEASE include your town and state to be eligible. We’ll randomly draw a winner(s) from those who leave a comment (along with their full name and town/state) and post the results below.
We have up to four free tickets to offer, so be sure to include how many tickets you would like to win.
ACCURATE EMAIL (we never share your email address).
The winner will be contacted with details on how to retrieve tickets via email upon the close of the contest.
IT’S THAT SIMPLE! — Deadline is Wednesday, 03/25/09 @ 7pm (EST).
Two runner ups will receive a copy of Bill Harley’s DVD, Yes to Running! Bill Harley Live which won the 2009 GRAMMY AWARD for Best Spoken Word Album for Children.
If you don’t win you should still go! Tickets are available here.
At the beginning of February the Mid-Winter 2009 Episode of the Hilltown Family Variety Show did not air due to technical difficulties. This week’s show is that episode (with an update of events), and you can find our playlist HERE.
Congratulations to Laine Romero-Alston of Northampton, MA on winning a set of 4 tickets to see the Golden Dragon Acrobats present Cirque D’Or at the Calvin Theater in Northampton, MA this Sunday, March 1st, 2009 @ 4pm. Thanks to Deanna Scarfe and my daughter for being our random drawers. If you didn’t win tickets and you still really really really want to go, contact the nice folks over at IHEG to purchase yours. Click here to find out how.
Thanks IHEG for offering tickets and to everyone for posting a comment to enter to win. It was great hearing from so many families in the area! Be sure to check back for upcoming promotions and giveaways … or better yet, subscribe to our newsfeed and local listserv and don’t miss our next media contest!
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