Today at Portland’s Hillsdale Library I sang multiple multicultural, multilingual songs for a multicultural, multilingual, multi-generational crowd. A favorite? “Chukke Hakki,” a Hindi song that inspire us to reach high high high in the sky, to see if we can catch the stars.
Archive | July, 2016
All Around This World at Portland’s Rox in Sox
Rox in Sox, Portland’s premiere “Children’s Music and Book Festival,” founded and hosted by the very generous musician and organizer Aaron Nigel Smith, was a stunning success this year, and not just because the main act, OzoKids, roxed our sox off. First of all, there was a llama. Second of all, there was a llama. Third of all, there was some sort of cool Home Depot building project for kids, a cavalcade of cool kindie musicians like Mo Phillips, and, for real, a llama. At the end of the show I played a few songs then hauled out my drums to give kids a last chance to dance.
All Around This World in Mukilteo, Whidby Island, Washington
Today I brought All Around This World to the Mukilteo Public Library in Everett, Washington, where the kids and I sang together, danced together and brayed like Sicilian donkeys together. In this photo the kids are drumming their hearts out on a “shaabi” song from Egypt.
All Around This World in Langley, Washington
At the All Around This World class today at Langley Public Library on Washington’s Whidby Island the kids and I sang songs in languages like Nubian and Uzbek, danced in circles while we reached up to try to grab imaginary North Indian stars, and drummed ourselves into a Surinamese frenzy.
All Around This World in Coupeville, Whidby Island, Washington
Goodness gracious, such a rockin’ class today at Coupeville Public Library on Washington’s Whidby Island! There were a half dozen “best songs of the day,” but I think the best of the best was All Around This World’s drum-tastic version of “Wala Wahed,” an Egyptian “shaabi” song by superstar Hakim.
All Around This World in Oak Harbor, Whidby Island, Washington
Greetings from Oak Harbor Public Library on lovely Whidby Island, located north of Seattle, Washington. I taught two classes at the library today, both populated by kids aplenty who sang, danced, and bubbled over with cuteness.
All Around This World in Kirkland, Washington’s, Juanita Park
Welcome to Juanita Park, in Kirkland, Washington, where the Sand Family Band played our hearts out to so many kids as part of the Kirkland Summer Concert Series. Sing along with us in the embedded videos below as we introduce Kirkland kids to “Taralilalalai,” a “Sozanda” from Uzbekistan, and “Ay Di Di Di Dai,” a hand-play kids may be singing in Israel this very day.
All Around This World in Kirkland Washington’s Totem Square
At this afternoon’s show in Kirkland, Washington, All Around This World teacher, Elizabeth Samse of Samse Studios, welcomed us with open arms (and clapping hands) as we rocked out on a set of family-friendly international tunes. The concert took place in front of Metropolitan Music in Totem Square. Apparently two of our four family band members missed the memo that we were all supposed to wear striped shirts so we could look like members of a 1920’s chain gang.
After the band show I slipped around the corner to Northwest Cellars Winery where I played an all-request show of All Around This World songs for grown-ups.
All Around This World at the Seattle Jewish Community School
Today I sang All Around This World’s “Scattered Among the Nations” songs with two dozen delightful families from the Seattle Jewish Community School. Here we’re all enjoying “Taralilalalai,” the All Around This World version of a song from Bukhara in Uzbekistan, which for centuries was home to communities of Jewish merchants (and musicians) who traded goods along the Silk Road.
All Around This World in Seattle
This evening in Seattle the Sand Family joined our long-time friend and gracious host, Michal, and families from the Kadima Reconstructionist Community for a family-friendly concert in the park. (Enjoy the embedded video Michal shot of us sang “Ana Latu,” a love song from Tonga in the Pacific Islands.) We sang a few songs for old and new friends, played voraciously on the playground, devoured ice cream sandwiches at the ice cream shop nearby…what could be better than being on tour?