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Pink Elephants:
Song Riddles and Poetry
You May Remember Indefinitely
Although she had never heard a cassette or CD of songs interspersed with spoken word poetry, Mary was sure it was what she wanted to do. Several poems had been published in Ladybug and Spider Magazines by the spring of 1994, and Mary had spent the winter writing more poetry. She wanted to take her listeners on a whimsical romp of silly and serious poems and songs framed in an atmosphere of warmth and acceptance. And that is exactly what Pink Elephants seems to be.
Awards and Reviews
History (written by Mary Lafleur)
Lyrics
In the fall of
1993, I heard that Disney was holding auditions for children's performers in
Nashville. Since I was already writing poetry for children, and had written a few
children's songs once upon a time, I decided to write a song and audition. That
night, I wrote "Goldilocks" in about 15 minutes. The audition went fine and I
wrote "Chicken Little" for the call-backs. When the Disney rep. asked if I had
more songs like these I admitted that no, I didn't. I was running a licensed
drop-in day care for homeless children at the Salvation Army. The Disney folks
were a little miffed, but
That fall and into the spring of 1994, I continued to write music and poetry
for kids. When the day care won the national Junior League Program Award I went
into the studio, hoping to make a cassette in time for the Dallas convention. The
trip went wonderfully and I even got to sing "I Love You 100" for over a thousand
Junior League delegates, but the tape wasn't done because of the artwork.
In June of 1994, I quit the day care and began singing. On a fall trip to a
theme park, I realized I could act out a lot of my songs since the words are
familiar to most people ("Someone's been sitting in my chair!") and the choruses
are easy to learn. Voila! I was in business.
PURCHASE MARY
LAFLEUR'S RECORDINGS FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE!
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Mary
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