Cathy and Marcy are trailblazers in children’s and family music. They play dozens of instruments from banjos to mandolins to rockin’ electric guitar, steel drum and ukulele. They sing, yodel, chicken cluck in harmony, twirl a mean lariat rope, scat sing and inspire effortless participation from every audience. Most importantly, they love what they do and have been rewarded for their excellence with 2 GRAMMY® Awards, 11 consecutive GRAMMY® nominations and literally hundreds of awards from The Parents’ Choice Foundation, American Library Association, John Lennon Songwriting Contest, Washington Area Music Association and on, and on….
For Saturday’s concert, Cathy and Marcy will be joined by local parent Joe Uehlein and his daughter Anna Grace, pictured here! The Uehlein/Windham family is also kindly donating two tickets to lucky readers!
This series on the first Saturday of the month features some of the best family musicians performing today, in an environment that lets parents and kids enjoy the show together (no toddler’s mosh pit!). Children one year old and up need to have a ticket. Infants under one year do not need tickets. Please be sure your child is able to sit through a hour-long concert without being disruptive.
To win two free tickets to the 3pm Saturday show, please leave a comment below! I’ll draw the lucky winner in 24 hours = at noon on Thursday, December 1.
Many thanks to the Uehlein/Windham family for the tickets for A Parent in Silver Spring readers. No compensation was received for this post.
Before baby Alice arrived, I was able to work part-time writing places other than this blog without hiring outside childcare. I busted out my assignments while the kids were off receiving their education. And then I worked some more after they went to bed.
Somehow I thought that this could continue with a baby. I would just write during naps and at night. Easy peasy. That would allow me about, oh, 20 hours a week for following my ambitions and bringing home some bacon, right?
Um, yeah. Not happening. Funnily enough, during the sleepy newborn “maternity leave” time is when I was able to continue to bust out assignments. But now that Alice is six months old and ready to rock this town, it was truly time to decide whether I hire outside help or dial back the clicking on my keyboard. I wrote about my decision in my last Mom of a Million Mistakes column on Wheaton Patch.
I feel more centered, less harried and happy with this call. I am looking forward to savoring the time with baby, rather than rushing through our interactions so that I can stash her in the crib for a nap and make my deadlines.
Of course, I will continue to write here at A Parent in Silver Spring Monday-Friday about the awesome offerings available for families and update the calendar. After almost four years, I love working on this website more than ever!
And thankfully you guys are very understanding about all the times Alice needs a walk or a Boynton book marathon or to catch Mr. Gabe for a singalong…because now I’m feeling all self-conscious that today’s blog post is all about ME! ME! ME!, so I am feeling the need to post something for YOU:
Where: Roda Movements, 7003 Carroll Avenue, Takoma Park, MD (above Ace Hardware)
Local children’s entertainer Mr. Gabe presents finger rhymes, sing-alongs, and dance music for children, ages 0 to 6. Tickets are $6 per child in advance. (No walk-ins, please.) To purchase, please visit www.mrgabemusic.com.
Alice and I look forward to clapping along with you to Mr. Gabe, as well as around town as we actually get out of the house, off the computer and re-experience all our great area has to offer families.
We’ll keep you posted on our findings and adventures right here on A Parent in Silver Spring.
Rock-n-Romp Kids Fest THIS Saturday August 27 at the Silver Spring Fenton Street Market
On Saturday, the celebrated Rock-n-Romp Kids Fest – featuring rocking music for parents and kids – is back! This series is famous for providing local families with a good time and featuring non-pandering live music played at a kid-friendly volume. This Saturday the lineup is fantastic local artists Ugly Purple Sweater, Lady Hatchet (the band you get when you combine Olivia Mancini + The Mates with The Scotch Bonnets), and Your Pal Pete.
The price? Totally free, baby!
In addition to the great music, there will be loads of booths for kids. There will be hot mini donuts, face painting, and even a model train exhibit for Thomas and choo-choo fanatics. There will also be a Community Roundtable with Paulette Mpouma, inventor of the Africa Memory Game. Ms. Mpouma and volunteers will be teaching children ages 4 and up and adults how to play the game from noon to 1pm. Local artisans will be selling lots of baby- and kid-friendly merchandise like art, jewelry, hair accessories, clothes, plush toys, cloth diapers, and more. What a perfect way to celebrate the end of summer and the start of school on Monday!
WHEN: Saturday, August 27, 9 am to 3 pm
WHERE: The Fenton Street Market, Veterans Plaza, corner of Fenton Street and Ellsworth Avenue, Downtown Silver Spring
KidzRock at The Rooftop in Rockville’s Town Center on Sunday September 18
KidzRock at The Rooftop is a seriously fun dance party for kids age 2-10 and their parents and favorite grownups. There will be dance instruction from street breakdancers, pro dance teachers from Studio-310 and a real live DJ spinning. The Culkin School of Traditional Irish Dance will also perform for the kids and Reptile World will be showing off their scaly friends.
This is also an event you can feel good about: Ticket sales raise funds for other kids through the City of Rockville’s Parks & Recreation Foundation and other local charities endorsed by the City of Rockville.
The event is rain or shine – if the rain hits, KidzRock will be moved indoors to the 2nd floor VisArts Event Gallery.
WHEN: Sunday September 18, 4-6pm
WHERE: The Rooftop at Rockville’s Town Center, 155 Gibbs Street, Rockville above the VisArts Event Gallery.
Hey, whoever said that Happy Hour celebrations had to end after having kids sure never heard of Baby Loves Disco!
Baby Loves Disco The Superhero Tour rolls into the Rock N Roll Hotel in downtown DC on Wednesday August 17!Grab your kids for this family-friendly dance party and evening outing packed chock full of activities for kids and parents to share.
DC area families are invited to join hop onto the cape of the Superhero tour and dance, play, savor healthy snacks and generally enjoy good times with family and friends. Parents and kids may dress up as their favorite superheroes, or come just as they are.
Each event of the tour rocks with special guest superheroes DJ Firetraxx and MC Mr. Marc, dance instruction, big video screens, super contests, craft activities, healthy snacks and surprises at every turn. At its core, each event retains the patented mix of Baby Loves Disco magic that has helped connect a worldwide community of moms, dads and kids of all nations, of all colors and all walks of life, all in the name of dance (and fun!).
Tickets are available now online at www.babylovesdisco.com, or at the door: $20 or the awesome group rate (call your playgroup!) of 4 for $60
Do you love Miranda Lambert as much as I do? She’s one of my biggest girl crushes. Or my husband’s – he’s the one who introduced me to her music when she first came on the scene.
I love her songs in which she rocks out with her don’t-mess-with-me messages. And her new collaboration in the group Pistol Annies is cool; I’m currently loving “Hell on Heels” because it reminds me of the Dolly Parton songs I listened to as a kid.
But since my firstborn is named Charlie and our family is way into catching fireflies this summer, I have such a soft spot for this single:
And Miranda’s a blogger. Check out her vlogs – she’s adorable. And she Tweets. I love how she presents an image of a real woman, in addition to being a great musician. Just check out this twit pic of her in an apron holding beer while she’s got “a pig on the smoker”.
Leave a comment on this post why you could use a girls’ night out with Miranda Lambert! Be sure to login through Facebook or leave your email address so I can contact you if you win.
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The winner will be randomly drawn from all means of entry on Sunday July 10 at midnight.
Thanks Merriweather and 9:30 Club for offering this giveaway for A Parent in Silver Spring readers!
And as always, thank you for reading. I really appreciate it.
I did not receive any compensation for hosting this giveaway other than the satisfaction that two of you will be dancing to Kerosene with beers in hand next week.
