I’m playing a kid’s concert tomorrow (Saturday, June 7) in Millennium Park with the Golden Horse Ranch Square Dance Band. Annie Coleman, who called so well for us at Looptopia, will be leading the festivities. There’ll be shows at 12 and 2, so bring the little ones by and say ‘hi’. It’ll be way more fun than watching The Little Mermaid again. I promise.

Kristin Andreassen (of the stringband Uncle Earl) needs your vote for Children’s Song of the Year in the John Lennon Song Contest.

Her song “Crayola Doesn’t Make a Color for Your Eyes” (which some of you remember from the g’Earls’ show on March 3rd) is up against one other song in the finals of the contest.

This is a prestigious contest with big prizes ($5,000 and a chance to compete for the $20,000 grand prize!).

The winner is decided by on-line vote at http://www.jlsc.com/vote

You can vote once per day until April 6th, so vote early and often!

You can listen to the song there or on Kristin’s myspace at
http://www.myspace.com/kristinandreassen

I saw Kristin and the band perform this song the day she found out she’d advanced to the next round, and it was quite impressive, esp. the steady group handclap accompaniment during the lyrics. Definitely not for kids only, this one. Check it out.