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The CD HAS ARRIVED!

The “must-have” CD for any car trip:
“On The Road With The Fun Family”
Margie and the Campfire Kids team up once again with master string-man Phil Rosenthal and a host of other talented musicians to bring you a trunk load of original story-songs celebrating the beloved family vacation. Sing, clap, stomp, dance, and laugh along to “The Fun Family”, “Sittin’ On the Barnacles”, “Rocks in My Socks”, “Go to Bed!” and others.

CD includes the lyrics, and will cost $15.00 each, plus shipping and handling. E-mail Margie to order yours now:
Margie@MusicWithMargie.com

“On the Road With The Fun Family” is available through CDBaby.com and local CT Shoreline stores!


Singin' Round the
Campfire with Margie ––


Praise for “Singin’ Round the Campfire”:
The Hartford Courant says, “Delightful”; New Haven Register says, “Joyful songs with storytelling lyrics invite participation”; The Middletown Press says,
“lively and fun; kids of all ages will enjoy…hilarious!”

Take a listen to part of the title track:


You can order a CD, with printed lyrics
included, by phone: 860-526-5794
or by email: Margie@MusicWithMargie.com

Each CD is $15.00, plus $3.95 for shipping and handling (if being mailed).

Wish to purchase using a credit card?
ORDER BELOW, OR JUST POST A REVIEW!

Singin' Round the Campfire
is available on cdbaby.com/cd/musicwithmargie
AND NOW ALSO
On The Road With The Fun Family
On the Road with the Fun Family is available on cdbaby.com/cd/musicwmargie. You can post a review there, too, OR ON ITUNES! Margie also takes credit cards at live concerts, so check out the concert schedule!

CD Baby gives 20% off for multiple orders!

Margie is now on iTunes!
Visit iTunes & Download>>

Singin' Round the Campfire
On the Road with the Fun Family

Purchase your favorites
in mp3 HERE

IF YOU LIVE ON THE CT SHORELINE, AND WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE A CD, CHECK IT OUT AT THESE FINE STORES:

The Stork Exchange
1430 Boston Post Road
Westbrook, CT 06498

Celebrations
161 Main Street
Deep River, CT 06417

Amato’s Toy and Hobby
Main Street
Middletown, CT 06457

Funky Monkey Toys
184 Rte 81
Killingworth, CT 06419

Kids Stuff Consignment
749 Saybrook Rd #7
Middletown CT 06457

Kid Wishes
566 Main St
Branford, CT 06405

Emerson and Cook Book Company
665 Boston Post Rd
Old Saybrook, CT 06475

Haddam Family Consignments
1610 Saybrook Rd.
Haddam, CT 06438

Deep River Toy Company
163 Main Street
Deep River, CT 06417

Art Process Gallery
4712 Brookdale Road E
Tacoma, WA 98446

IF YOU PREFER SHOPPING ONLINE, CDBABY NOW OFFERS 20% DISCOUNTS FOR MULTIPLE CD PURCHASES!


Now you can
download your favorites HERE>>>

Workshop Time! Click on “Consultant” below for more information on in-service staff training-it’s fun and educational! Book for Fall, Winter and Spring.

Currently, all other concerts booked are not open to the public, sorry! Call your local library to book one today!

Please click the teacher page below for a listing of weekly public appearances. Thank you!


Kid Shopping Directory
Kid Shopping Directory

Please note that Margie appears regularly at the following locations:
• Killingworth Public Library, Killingworth, CT
• Henry Carter Hull Library, Clinton, CT
• Edward C. Smith Library, Northford, CT
• Brainerd Memorial Library, Haddam, CT
• Deep River Public Library, Deep River, CT
• Lyme Youth Service Bureau, Old Lyme, CT
Click on the ‘Teacher’ webpage for full details!

THANK YOU TO ALL THE LIBRARIES THAT HOSTED ‘MARGIE’S SUMMER SILLY SONG SENSATION CREATION!’ THIS SUMMER AS PART OF THEIR CREATIVITY SUMMER READING THEME! YOUR HOSPITALITY COULDN’T BE BEAT, AND EACH SHOW WAS FUN AND DIFFERENT, WITH LOTS OF MUSICAL IMPROV! LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR, THANKS AGAIN, (IN ORDER of appearance):
• Case Memorial Library, Orange, CT
• North Haven Library, No. Haven, CT
• Chester Public Library, Chester, CT
• Killingworth Public Library, Killingworth, CT
• Brainerd Memorial Library, Haddam, CT
• Deep River Public Library, Deep River, CT
• Edward Smith Library, Northford, CT
• New Britain Public Library, New Britain, CT
• East Norwalk Library, East Norwalk, CT
• Welles-Turner Memorial Library, Glastonbury CT
• Weed Hollander, Ferguson Branch Library, Stamford, CT
• Miller Library, Hamden, CT

UPCOMING EVENTS!! UPCOMING EVENTS!!

FAMILY CONCERTS:

Please note that Margie appears regularly at the following locations:
• Killingworth Public Library, Killingworth, CT
• Henry Carter Hull Library, Clinton, CT
• Edward C. Smith Library, Northford, CT
• Brainerd Memorial Library, Haddam, CT
• Deep River Public Library, Deep River, CT
• Lyme Youth Service Bureau, Old Lyme, CT
Click on the ‘Teacher’ webpage for full details!

*NOTE: The February 10, 2010 concert “For Babies Only” at the Edward Smith Library in Northford
has been postponed due to a large snowstorm. We have rescheduled for Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 9:45am. Thank you!

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2010 AT 10:00am at the RIDGEFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY. “Friendship Fun!” song and dance for Valentine’s Day. Families with young children 1-6yrs old. 472 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT 06877. Contact: Diane Antezzo, Children’s Programming, (203) 438-2282 x1024 or e-mail dhantezzo@ridgefieldlibrary.org

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2010 AT 2:00pm at CAMP HAZEN YMCA ON BEAUTIFUL CEDAR LAKE! Sign your kids up for vacation camp for February break, and they will get to enjoy “Singin’ Round the Campfire” with Margie. 204 West Main Street, Chester, CT 06412. Contact: Camille Erickson, Program Director at (860) 526-9529 or e-mail cerickson@camphazenymca.org


MONDAYS, MARCH 1ST THRU MARCH 29TH, 2010, AT 11:15am, NEW LONDON RESIDENTS ONLY. SIGN UP YOUR 18MOS. TO 3 YEAR OLD TODDLER FOR A SPECIAL TREAT AT NEW LONDON YOUTH AFFAIRS, 120 Broad Street, New London, CT 06320 for “Springtime Music and Movement” for the very young. Contact: Tina Salcedo, Early Ed & Literacy Coordinator, (860) 447-0459 or e-mail tsalcedo@ci.new-london.ct.us

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2010 AT 6:30pm at the Lutheran Nursery School for a special social featuring Margie entertaining the parents and their preschool students with “Margie-Gras!” fun & dance for all! Contact director Susan Rozelle at (203) 245-8784 to see how your preschool age child can be part of this very special preschool! 4rozelles@sbcglobal.net

MULTIPLE THURSDAYS: MARCH 11, MARCH 25, April 29, MAY 13, MAY 27, AND JUNE 3, 2010 AT 12:30pm. Join the “Lunch Bunch” at the Kids Korner at Haddam Family Consignments, 1610 Saybrook Road, Haddam, CT 06438 for little “mini margie shows” following a seasonal theme this spring! Contact: Rowen Wagner, owner, at (860) 345-2895. hfcllc@yahoo.com

WEDNESDAY, April 21, 2010 Margie will be in the Middletown, CT CC Preschool and the McDonough School for special music. Contact the Ct Storytelling Center in New London to see how your school can get special programming as part of their Little Listeners program. Contact: www.connstorycenter.org

FRIDAY, April 30, 2010 AT 7:00pm, LYSB presents “The Bizz” and annual fundraiser for Lymes Youth Service Bureau in Old Lyme, CT. Margie will be featured, as well as many other performing artists as part of this fun annual variety show! More details to follow…Contact Arlene Sharp, asharp@lysb.org

SUMMER PROGRAMMING BEGINS JUNE 21, 2010
LIBRARY THEME IS WATER THIS YEAR! SIGN ON FOR MARGIE’S PRESCHOOL SHOW ENTITLED, “COLOR CRUISIN’”, AND FAMILY SHOW ENTITLED, “AHOY, MATIES!” COME SING & SAIL WITH CAPN’ MARGIE THIS SUMMER!


MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, & THURSDAYS BEGINNING JUNE 21 THROUGH JULY 29TH, 2010, Margie will again be the special camp music teacher for THE FOOTE SCHOOL, summer camp program, located at 50 Loomis Place, New Haven, CT 06511. Contact the school at (203) 777-3464 to sign your child up for this outstanding summer camp program near Yale campus. For more information, contact Dawn Walsh, summer program director at dwalsh@footeschool.org


THURSDAY, JULY 1, 2010 AT THE MANCHESTER PUBLIC LIBRARIES AS THEY EXPLORE ANCIENT EGYPT. “SCARABS FOR CHERUBS!” TWO SHOWS: 3:30pm at the Whiton Memorial Library, 100 North Main Street, Manchester, CT 06042, and 6:30pm at the Mary Cheney Library, 586 Main Street, Manchester, CT 06040. Contact: Karen Vallee, Librarian 1 at (860) 645-0577 (Children’s Room) or e-mail kvallee@ci.manchester.ct.us

MONDAY, JULY 12, 2010 AT 6:30PM AT THE MERIDEN PUBLIC LIBRARY. “AHOY, MATIES!” Singin’ and Sailin’ with Cap’n Margie! Families with children of all ages welcome. Contact the Children’s Library in Meriden, CT. Kathie at juvmrd@hotmail.com

THURSDAY, JULY 15, 2010 AT 5:30PM AT THE LYME YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU. “A TEDDY BEAR PJ PICNIC” for little ones and their caregivers. Join us for a ‘pretend sleep-over’, and don’t forget to bring your Teddy bear! 59 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, CT, 06371. Call Arlene Sharp at (860) 434-7208. www.lysb.org

Special notes: all library concerts are FREE! Remember to support your local library and hug your children’s librarian today!

Most libraries require registration, please call or contact them first.

Currently, all other concerts are closed to the public. Contact your local librarian and ask them for a concert in your area!

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR REGULAR “MUSIC WITH MARGIE” CLASSES FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR, CLICK ON “TEACHER” AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE…



“MARGIE SINGS GROWN-UP MUSIC” CONCERTS:

Several times a year, Margie lends her talents for a good cause to sing blues, folk and jazz for a night. So, get a babysitter, and treat yourself to a night out! Tickets are usually tax-deductible donations.


“TidalTunes-Songs of River & Earth”, Thank you to all who attended “Tidal Tunes-Songs of River and Earth”, a benefit for the Chester Land Trust, featuring Tom Callinan and Phil Rosenthal. We raised almost $5,000.00, and made a solid recording to raise even more for open space preservation! Margie would like to thank Purification Technologies, Inc, and Whelen Engineering, both of Chester, for making this possible.

Thanks to all who followed my grown up concerts with Small Town Concert Series this past year. It was great fun, and though I am busy working on other projects this year, I urge you to continue your patronage to this wonderful group of artists, who have expanded their venues this year to include The Ivoryton Playhouse (see video of us on the link), and the Kate! Contact: www.myspace.com/smalltownconcertseries for details.


SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 2010 AT 7:00pm at the ESSEX CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, ESSEX, CT, “A BENEFIT CONCERT FOR HAITI”, featuring area choral groups including Margie’s own church, the UCC senior choir. More details to follow…for now, just contact Margie at Margie@musicwithmargie.com

MARGIE’S A HIT AT THE 27TH ANNUAL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL ON April 25, 2008!
Margie brought the house of approximately 350 attendees down that Friday night. She opened the annual festivities as a featured artist for Family Night, hosted by Connecticut College for the Connecticut Storytelling Center www.connstorycenter.org
The audience got to hear the back-stories to 2 songs, (including the songs themselves): “Sock Monsters”, from “Singin’ Round the Campfire with Margie” 2005, and “Turn Out the Lights and Go to Bed!” from the 2007 “On the Road with the Fun Family” album. Margie is currently working on turning “Sock Monsters” into a children’s storybook.


 

Margie’s “Singin’ Round the Campfire” and “Sock Monsters”: both quarter-finalists in the 2006 International Songwriting Competition!
What wonderful company to be in…After all was said and done, the ISC received over 15,000 entries from over 88 countries, and Margie made it into the quarter-finals (approx. 50 other songs in the Children’s category). Though not chosen as one of the final 14, it was quite an honor, especially to be in the same category as Bill Harley, whose work Margie has admired for over 15 years. The panel of judges was important; CEO’s ranging from record companies, Nickelodeon, Sesame Street, and Music for Little People. Let me know what song YOU think I should enter next year, and for more information on the ISC, log on to: http://www.songwritingcompetition.com

Radio Appearance

From Friday, February 3, 2006 – 4:00-5:00pm
Margie was featured on "Songwriter" with Dale Cramer-Burr on Wesleyan University's Public Radio station WESU 88.1 FM. We are currently working on making that interview available on our pressroom page. Please be patient! Thanks!


TV Appearance

On Sunday, October 1, 2006
Mar Jennings Home and Garden Show
on WTNH Channel 8

Mar featured Margie’s “all of us, or none of us” approach to singing around the campfire on this wonderful home segment. You can check out more of Mar’s show on www.marjennings.com.


 

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IMPORTANT CONTACT NOTE TO SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, AND YOUTH AND FAMILY BUREAUS:
Margie will always respond to your inquiries. Please note that due to highly sensitive SPAM BLOCKERS ON SCHOOL AND LIBRARY COMPUTERS, MUSIC WITH MARGIE MAY BE ACCIDENTALLY BLOCKED AS SPAM and placed in your junk e-mail folder. If you are expecting a reply from Margie and have not received it within a reasonable amount of time, her message was most likely blocked. To avoid this: ADD THE ADDRESS TO YOUR ADDRESS BOOK.
Margie@MusicWithMargie.com
Or, call her at (860) 526-5794. Thank you.