Bayou Bend, Family Day Sunday May 19th

I’ll be at The Bayou Bend on Sunday May 19th for their Family Day, with a station offering interactive music-time demonstrations throughout the day, as families walk through. Hope to see you there!  https://www.mfah.org/calendar/bayou-bend-family-day-musical-traditions/201905190100PM

BAYOU BEND FAMILY DAYS
Bayou Bend Family Day “Musical Traditions”
Sunday, May 19, 2019: 1 p.m.–5 p.m.

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An amazing afternoon of fun and entertainment awaits at Bayou Bend Family Days! Find activities, demonstrations, and performances throughout Bayou Bend’s gardens and historic mansion. Enjoy tours of the first floor of the house, hosted by volunteers from Houston Junior Woman’s Club.

► Theme: Musical Traditions
Celebrate the history of music and musicians in the United States. Bayou Bend’s founder, Ima Hogg, was also a founder of the Houston Symphony and a great lover of music. Explore the wide variety of styles and influences on early American music through performances and activities.

This event is free! Drop in to participate. Last admission is at 4:30 p.m.

Movin’ right along!!!

Mister Bradley customized Holiday CD update: I recorded the instrumentals today for “The Christmas Song” and “Jingle Bell Rock”. I’m so stoked! Also, here are some mock-ups for how the covers might look. In addition to a customized cover with your little one’s name in the title, I’ll be taking orders for favorite colors too! Who else would like to “Pledge-to-Order”? Email me!  bradley@misterbradley.com . I’m looking for 12 more pledges before I really start cutting a rug over here. CDs will be 40 bucks.

 

 

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Video

Mister Bradley performing this Saturday & Sunday at Houston’s Children Museum

I hope your Thanksgiving was fantastic!

And I want to spread the word: Mister Bradley will be performing at the Houston Children’s Museum this Saturday and Sunday in the auditorium. 3:00pm on both days. Come on out! And make musical merriment with us!

Details here:

http://www.cmhouston.org/event/mister-bradley’s-musical-jam-childrens-museum

Love,
Bradley

The Weeks of June 30 and July 7, 2014

Greetings Rock Stars!

What we’ve had with the “HATS” lessons.   We had fun with with Independence Day songs and I wore my big, tall, fluffy American Flag hat.

We sang:

You’re  a Grand Ol’ Flag

Fireworks, fireworks (to The Tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star)
Fill the sky, shining on the fourth of July
See them shoot up, see them flare,
See them light up everywhere,
Fireworks, fireworks fill the sky,
Shining on the Fourth of July.

Bang! Snap! Whistle! Pop! (To the tune of Row Row Row Your Boat)
Fireworks fill the air.
See them lighting up the sky
On the Fourth of July.

We also passed out flags and practiced waving them… being careful to not drop them or hit anyone with them!   Counting stripes, counting stars (all the way to 50!) was great fun.   And rolling them back up, nice and tight was a new experience for many children.

Then last week, we talked about the early pioneers.  I wore a raccoon skin hat and the Howdy Earl puppet shared stories about settling texas.  Pioneers didn’t have restaurants or grocery stores and they to hunt for their own food.  The also had to build their own homes and entertain themselves with music.   I brought the dulcimer again and we sang Ol’ Susanna and The Bear went over the River ( making up new verses, imaging all the places a Bear might go).  Some kids had ideas about the Bear going into caves, into homes, over the museum, and up to the moon!  Imagination is a wonderful thing… :)  We alas went on an imaginary Bear hunt, making sound effects along the way, and snapped a picture of the bear quickly before running back home!

On the video below, from 3:15 to 4:03,  is some fun footage of a reenactment of early settlers entertaining themselves with music around a fire.  There is a covered wagon in the background and someone is playing Ol’ Susanna on the violin.   Might be an interesting thing to show your kids, to match an example with what we talked about in class:

I’m looking forward to the coming weeks and different hats to share.  Up next:  the Railroad Conductor hat.

Thank You for taking an interest in your child’s musical development.

Best,

Mister Bradley

P.S.  I tried to find a good rendition of The Bear Went Over The Mountainto share, but most are a little too cheesy for my taste.  I did find this which has a nice acoustic guitar in it.