Calvin is three years old. He’s a precocious little fellow, with golden hair and bright eyes and LOTS of words! It was almost surreal how early on he could talk, like you’d be carrying him in a pouch on your belly and he’d be holding a conversation with the person in line next to you at the grocery store. I was so charmed by his voice that I decided to include him in my latest recording project, COLORS. You’ll hear his cute little voice on each song. I recorded them on my iPhone when he was two years old. Getting him to speak into an actual studio mic totally changed the tone, so I had to slyly press a button as I talked with him. Anyway, you’ll have to listen and see how cute he is.
The COLOR SONGS began with a suggestion from my good friend KATHI THOMAS, known to people in our neck of the woods as Mrs. T. Mrs. T’s preschool has been the primo education site for us here in Davis County Utah for decades. Her expertise is renowned. She is opening a new online pre-school program this summer. She approached me over a year ago suggesting I write some songs about colors, because there was a lack of creative, fresh material on the market. And so it began.
Clytie Adams, whose Ballet School is well known in Northern Utah, has been using these songs to teach their younger students ballet this year. This week we will be performing them at their recitals at Weber State University. Last night was our first dress rehearsal. I have to be really careful watching the kids dancing as I sing, because I just want to giggle sometimes. For instance, for the color Pink, the girls came out in their bright pink costumes, stood in rows, and lifted one leg each while I sang “There she is, standing on one leg…pink flamingo, pink flamingo, pink flamingo, pink!”
So here it is now, fresh off the press, our latest project COLOR SONGS with Cori and Calvin. See if some little creature in your life likes them. The CD is only $10, or $9 for the album download.You’ll find them in the store here on my website, or as always, in the red milk box on my front porch 🙂
