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.
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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.
"If we wish to create a lasting peace we must begin with the children." - Mahatma Gandhi
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