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SOURCE: Central Missouri Women's Healthcare • June 10, 2009 'TIE-DYE COWBOY' VISITS MARSHALL PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR AN EVENING OF MUSIC, EDUCATION AND FUN By Jacob Hatfield, News Clerk An evening of melody and musical Mad-Libs with Bongo Barry's "Doin' the Dewey Decimal Stomp" kicked off the Marshall Public Library's summer reading program Monday, June 8. MPL Children's Coordinator Bobby Mackey introduced "Bongo Barry" Bernstein a registered musical therapist, workshop facilitator and recording artist from the Kansas City area, whose passion for participatory musical experiences has been his career for the past 30 years. Bongo Barry's signature apparel, a tie-dye shirt and straw cowboy hat, have earned him the alias "The Tie-Dye Cowboy." The MPL event was audio recorded and Bongo Barry said, "The challenge I have for everybody in the audience is when you go and you listen to the recording, see if you can hear your voice." In order for that to be possible, he asked that all the kids sing out good and loud. Bongo Barry played guitar and the bongo drum as he led children in interactive songs such as "The Howdy Song," "Bananas Have No Bones," a composition inspired by "The Wizard of Oz" and, of course, "The Dewey Decimal Stomp." For the Stomp's chorus, Bongo Barry sang, "Do we do the Dewey?" and the audience replied, "Yes we do!" Participating kids also helped Bongo Barry concoct new words for "Home on the Range" -- Mad-Libs style. Once the blanks were filled, Bongo Barry and the audience sang, "Oh, give me a telephone, where the cat meows, and the apples and the dogs bark, where train is choo-choo, a purple plum, and the monkeys are not jumping all day." "Now that, folks," Bongo Barry said of the composition, "sounds like somewhere I want to be!" After turning crowd members into "human kazoos" via wax paper and fine-tuned humming voices, Bongo Barry ended the fun-filled event with "See You Later, Alligator -- After While, Crocodile," as the event-goers did the "crocodile clap." "Thank you Marshall Library," said Bongo Barry during the final round of applause, "and remember, The Tie-Dye Cowboy wishes you peace, love and barbecue!" A computer download of the musical event is available at healthysounds.com. The username and password can be obtained by contacting Mackey at the Marshall Public Library at 660-886-3391. Contact Jacob Hatfield at marshallpeople@socket.net |
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