Howdy Stan,
Children's songwriter, performer & recording artist Monty Harper here, checking in with you for the month of October. Thank you for subscribing to MontyNews! I'm testing out a more informal format - let me know what you think. Just a few items today.
1. Halloween Madness on CD
I want to let you know that my not so scary Halloween songs from way back in 1992 when I first released them on cassette are now available on a CD. You can order the Halloween Madness CDthrough Kunaki.
This CD features both versions of my all-time most requested song, "Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet." Other titles include "There's a Vampire in Our Basement" and "Weird Things Happen on Halloween Night." There are eight tracks in all, including three bonus songs (not from the cassette) and the price is only $9.95. If you order now, you'll have the music in time for Halloween.
2. MontyHarper Songbook
2. MontyHarper Songbook
I want to thank everyone who participated in my songbook grand opening. I really enjoyed reading all the posts about how people have used the songs, and also finding out how far-flung my audience is. There were posts from all over the country, as well as from Israel and India!
Here's a little secret for you: I posted several new MP3s for free download, based on requests from readers. One of them is "Weird Things Happen on Halloween Night." Go to the songbook and see if you can find it (easy to do) and put it on your iPod for Halloween!
That reminds me, I've been thinking about maybe doing a free monthly song download from the songbook. What do you think? Would you take advantage of that? Let me know!
3. Acrocanthosaurus! (Upcoming Show in Idabel)
On October 24 I'll be at the Museum of the Red River in Idabel for their Fall Arts Fest, at 10:30 and 1:30. I'll be presenting a brand new song called "Acrocanthosaurus, My Oklahoma Dinosaur," in honor of the Acro cast displayed in the museum. The Acro resembles a T-Rex, though it lived about 45 million years earlier and it was a bit smaller and much lighter. What makes it really unique is the line of "neural spines" that grew down its back from neck to tail. We don't really know what they were for, but picture a T-rex with a punk hairdo.
The cast on display in the museum is of the most complete Acro skeleton ever found. It's very impressive! It was dug up locally and sent to South Dakota to be cleaned and prepared. Local school children raised the money to bring a cast back home for display at the Museum of the Red River.
Acrocanthosaurus atokensis was named Oklahoma's official dinosaur on June 6, 2006. (The official state fossil is Saurophaganax maximus, which also happens to be an impressive dinosaur.)
That's it for now. Thanks for reading! Have a happy and safe Halloween!
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Monty Harper
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