Music from around the world

By Mir
July 18, 2009
Category Contests

You remember me telling you about Global Wonders, right? It’s all about introducing kids to cross-cultural music and broadening their horizons. Did you know that they have their very own Global Wonders iTunes Store? It’s true! You can download tunes whenever you want ’em, and keep the little ones happy with a variety of musical delights.

I love the idea of kids listening to something beyond “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.” And I can think of no better way to get them digging music from Ireland, Africa, India, Argentina, and beyond.

So here’s the deal—two lucky Want Not readers are going to win some Global Wonder musical goodness. The grand prize winner will receive both the Around the World Music CD and the Around the World DVD for their listening and viewing pleasure. A second winner will receive just the CD. That’s two chances to win, and two chances to get your kid to listen to something beyond that one CD they want to hear over and over and over again. Sound good?

For a chance to win, first go read the contest rules and regulations, then come back here and leave a comment on this post by 11:59 p.m. Eastern (8:59 p.m. Pacific) on Sunday, July 19th, 2009 to be entered. Winner to be determined by random drawing and ability to yodel. (Just kidding. Pretty sure there’s no yodeling on the CD.)

Ready? Go!

137 Comments

  1. Andrea on July 18, 2009 at 12:19 pm

    yodel ay ee oooo!

  2. exile on mom street on July 18, 2009 at 12:27 pm

    Oh, G would be so into this.

    And so would my non-existent budget…

  3. Joanne on July 18, 2009 at 12:43 pm

    Sounds great! Thanks for another great contest!

  4. Firelady on July 18, 2009 at 12:44 pm

    WOW – pick me!

  5. jess on July 18, 2009 at 12:50 pm

    This would be perfect for little kids whose parents are open to different kinds of music, too. Thanks, Mir!

    jess

  6. Heather J on July 18, 2009 at 12:54 pm

    My very musical son would love this! Pick me please!!

  7. DMA on July 18, 2009 at 12:59 pm

    Pick me, please!

  8. Judith A on July 18, 2009 at 1:16 pm

    Ohhh my goodness.. this is perfect. I would love this.

  9. Debbie on July 18, 2009 at 1:21 pm

    Cool! I have three kids of my own, plus I teach preschool, this year I will have 2-year-olds. How awesome to be able to expose them to a variety of music! I would love to win this.

  11. Sarah on July 18, 2009 at 1:35 pm

    Sounds like fun! I’m going to be teaching all grades (k-8) in the fall, and this would be a great addition to my bag of tricks.

  12. cocosmom on July 18, 2009 at 1:44 pm

    Mi Mi Mi MI!!! (i’m singing that, even if you can’t hear me….)
    C

  13. beth on July 18, 2009 at 1:49 pm

    My daughter would love these!

  14. Heidi on July 18, 2009 at 1:51 pm

    I know JUST THE KID to give this to…

  15. JulieB on July 18, 2009 at 1:58 pm

    Great! *I* would love to have new kid music to listen to! 🙂

  16. MamaChristy on July 18, 2009 at 2:08 pm

    Cool, dude.

  17. Erin on July 18, 2009 at 2:11 pm

    Sounds perfect!

  18. Anthony on July 18, 2009 at 2:14 pm

    Sounds Juicy!

  19. Lisa P. on July 18, 2009 at 2:28 pm

    Me, Me, Me!

  20. Sara on July 18, 2009 at 2:49 pm

    Ooh, I was just thinking about buying such a cd for my girls!

  21. Tracy R on July 18, 2009 at 2:53 pm

    yo-de-lay-hee, yo-de-lay-hee, yo-de-lay-hee-HO! (pick me! in yodel-eze)

  22. Kate on July 18, 2009 at 3:13 pm

    These sound great!

  23. Gennie on July 18, 2009 at 3:18 pm

    My little guy would totally rock out to some new tunes! Thanks, Mir.

  24. Cheryl S. on July 18, 2009 at 3:20 pm

    Music mommy coud listen to also? BONUS!

  25. JoAnne on July 18, 2009 at 3:23 pm

    My six month old would love this!

  26. Kim on July 18, 2009 at 3:30 pm

    Oh, I have a music-obsessed one year old who would bounce up and down on his toes in perfect rhythm for you if we win this! I’ll even send you a video.

  27. Julie H. on July 18, 2009 at 3:34 pm

    We would love this at our house!!!

  28. Monique on July 18, 2009 at 3:43 pm

    ohh, my baby would love this!

  29. Steph on July 18, 2009 at 4:08 pm

    Love music! Great for school and home!

  30. Mary O on July 18, 2009 at 4:13 pm

    Cool!

  31. Mandy on July 18, 2009 at 4:17 pm

    pick me please

  32. Ree on July 18, 2009 at 4:24 pm

    My kiddo just started dancing and would love this.

  33. Tracey on July 18, 2009 at 4:57 pm

    This would be awesome for the sensry room I’m putting together for special needs kids.

  34. Stephanie on July 18, 2009 at 5:09 pm

    Oooh. Great for my kiddo or for my 3rd grade classroom! Thanks!

  35. Robin on July 18, 2009 at 5:11 pm

    Would love to share it with my class.

  36. spacegeek on July 18, 2009 at 5:13 pm

    Great Idea. I’m so sick of the standards!!

  37. Elizabeth W. on July 18, 2009 at 5:23 pm

    My kids LOVE music! These would be great for them! Thanks!

  38. Jeanne Clifton on July 18, 2009 at 5:25 pm

    Yoo Hoo! Pick me!

  39. Heidi on July 18, 2009 at 5:34 pm

    Cool!

  40. Lexi on July 18, 2009 at 5:36 pm

    Sweeeet.

  41. Jo on July 18, 2009 at 5:44 pm

    Thanks!

  42. allison on July 18, 2009 at 5:55 pm

    that would be great to have!

  43. Ches on July 18, 2009 at 5:56 pm

    My son would love this

  44. Ani on July 18, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    Sign me up

  45. Naha on July 18, 2009 at 6:14 pm

    Oh yes… i want to win this one! My son LOVES music..

  46. Jill on July 18, 2009 at 6:27 pm

    pick comment #46!!!

  47. Sabrina D. on July 18, 2009 at 6:36 pm

    Oh, pick me pick me…

  48. Laura on July 18, 2009 at 6:42 pm

    pick us, pick us!!!

  49. Jessica on July 18, 2009 at 6:45 pm

    I have 3 children who love music! Please pick us!

  50. Emily on July 18, 2009 at 6:49 pm

    Anything to expand the baby’s horizons.

  51. Sandra on July 18, 2009 at 6:59 pm

    Oh wow!! My kids are really bored this summer and this would be perfect!

  52. Sara on July 18, 2009 at 7:01 pm

    I’m in. My 5 year old needs to hear something new. Or perhaps her mother needs to listen to something new. Whatever. I’m in. As long as there really is no yodeling on those CDs.

  53. Tonya on July 18, 2009 at 7:57 pm

    New music is always good!

  54. Amie W on July 18, 2009 at 8:01 pm

    he’s hooked on ‘smooth criminal’ right now…help!

  55. M on July 18, 2009 at 8:05 pm

    Excellent! Thanks for another great contest!

  56. Erin on July 18, 2009 at 8:16 pm

    This would be awesome, thanks!

  57. Trish on July 18, 2009 at 8:22 pm

    oooo we love all kinds of music

  58. Ann on July 18, 2009 at 8:22 pm

    I have a little ‘great’ niece so into music, this would be too cool for her!!
    thanks for the contest, beautiful Mir

  59. Karen R. on July 18, 2009 at 9:05 pm

    Would love to win this!

  60. RachelJ on July 18, 2009 at 9:11 pm

    Anything that’s different from the everyday kid’s stuff sounds great!

  61. jen on July 18, 2009 at 9:18 pm

    we love all types of music…this is an awesome giveaway! thanks!

  62. Kristin on July 18, 2009 at 9:43 pm

    think this is the earliest I’ve gotten in on a contest. Low # = good luck, perhaps?

  63. Shannon on July 18, 2009 at 10:13 pm

    Fantastic! Thanks pretty Mir.

  64. BB on July 18, 2009 at 10:32 pm

    pick me.

  65. Diane S. on July 18, 2009 at 10:44 pm

    Im in, pick me!

  66. Christina on July 18, 2009 at 10:47 pm

    Please enter me!

  67. Single Mama on July 18, 2009 at 11:11 pm

    RNG, please please please pick me!

    Thanks for sharing:)

  68. Lisa on July 18, 2009 at 11:16 pm

    pick me!!

  69. Laura on July 18, 2009 at 11:24 pm

    This would be great!

  70. Virginia on July 18, 2009 at 11:34 pm

    Keeping our fingers crossed!

  71. Heather on July 19, 2009 at 12:02 am

    we’d love this!

  72. Leah on July 19, 2009 at 12:03 am

    I’m in.

  73. Valerie on July 19, 2009 at 12:37 am

    I would love this! You always have such great contests!

  74. Elsie on July 19, 2009 at 1:00 am

    I would love to win this!! Thanks!

  75. Christina on July 19, 2009 at 1:33 am

    Oh please pick me, I am so sick of children’s movie soundtracks!

  76. Begered on July 19, 2009 at 1:40 am

    Maybe I will get picked this time!! 🙂

  77. Regina on July 19, 2009 at 2:10 am

    We love new music… plus it would be a nice change from The Lion King soundtrack!

  78. Mayhem on July 19, 2009 at 3:08 am

    Thanks for the great giveaway!

  79. Chaya on July 19, 2009 at 5:51 am

    My almost-two-year old is very into music suddenly, this would be great!

  80. Bonnie on July 19, 2009 at 5:58 am

    Sounds fun! Thanks Mir.

  81. Bernadette on July 19, 2009 at 7:45 am

    Thank you for the chance to win!

  82. Sarah on July 19, 2009 at 7:53 am

    Sounds neat!!

  83. chraycee on July 19, 2009 at 8:10 am

    I’d like it even if there were yodeling….

  84. sumo on July 19, 2009 at 8:34 am

    This sounds great… and there damn well better be some yodeling!

  85. TessaG on July 19, 2009 at 8:46 am

    That’s too bad. Yodeling is pretty cool!

  86. Lindsay on July 19, 2009 at 8:49 am

    My students would love this!

  87. Laurie Carr on July 19, 2009 at 8:50 am

    Looks like a great teaching tool. Thanks!

  88. Katherine on July 19, 2009 at 8:54 am

    Sounds awesome. We wold LOVE that!

  89. Grace on July 19, 2009 at 9:04 am

    What a great way to start introducing kids to the world of music!

  90. Lisa on July 19, 2009 at 9:19 am

    Sounds great!

  91. Claire on July 19, 2009 at 10:13 am

    Seeing as my kids are repeating Britney Spears’ “Womanizer” chorus over and over because it is always on the radio, I thin we could really use these cds.

  92. CuriousParty on July 19, 2009 at 10:17 am

    More music to dance to! Excellent!

  93. Tammy on July 19, 2009 at 10:52 am

    pick me!! The kids will love it and I will love listenig to some new music.

  94. Jamie on July 19, 2009 at 11:06 am

    Thanks for the chance.

  95. Kim on July 19, 2009 at 11:23 am

    I’d love this for my girls! Thanks for the chance!

  96. Kristina on July 19, 2009 at 11:35 am

    Sounds Great!

  97. carla on July 19, 2009 at 11:37 am

    woo hoo!

  98. Pauline on July 19, 2009 at 11:49 am

    Thanks!

  99. Lori on July 19, 2009 at 12:03 pm

    My little guy loves music and his birthday is in 2 weeks. This would be a great gift!

  100. kat on July 19, 2009 at 12:18 pm

    My Mr. Just-turned-three alternates between singing the ABC song, Jonah Was a Prophet, We Will Rock You, and Just Dance. A the top of his lungs. In public.

    We desperately need new music in this house.

  101. Theresa on July 19, 2009 at 12:26 pm

    Thanks, Mir!

  102. Kat on July 19, 2009 at 12:29 pm

    Knock knock…
    who’s there?
    Little Old Lady.
    Little Old Lady who?

    I didn’t know you could yodel.

    courtesy of my five year old, who would love the music.

  103. JessicaD on July 19, 2009 at 12:42 pm

    Neato! Thanks – Jessica

  104. Lonam on July 19, 2009 at 12:43 pm

    To poster 102, that was funny. To the random drawer, I am number 103. LOL

  105. Lisa on July 19, 2009 at 1:21 pm

    This would be really cool for my Buryat Horde!

  106. Katie on July 19, 2009 at 1:23 pm

    This is pretty cool!

    Thanks Mir!

  107. HeidiM on July 19, 2009 at 1:25 pm

    My kids would love this! I think they’re tired of my yodeling…haha!

  108. Kimlarie Lloyd on July 19, 2009 at 2:04 pm

    My sons would love this!!!!:)
    Thanks Mir!

  109. John on July 19, 2009 at 2:12 pm

    me, me, me pleeeeeease!!!

  110. LeAnna Wilson on July 19, 2009 at 2:18 pm

    oooo…I’m a music teacher and would LOVE this resource! Pick me random generator!

  111. Carolyn on July 19, 2009 at 2:22 pm

    This would be nice for me. Pick me!

  112. Sharlot on July 19, 2009 at 2:39 pm

    This would be so wonderful. Thanks.

  113. Melanie on July 19, 2009 at 2:43 pm

    these contests are wonderful!

  114. Stacey on July 19, 2009 at 3:16 pm

    My son would love this! Please pick me!

  115. Erin on July 19, 2009 at 3:18 pm

    Love it! Sign me up…

  116. kim on July 19, 2009 at 5:36 pm

    Awesome giveaway!

  117. robin on July 19, 2009 at 6:10 pm

    me please

  118. julie w on July 19, 2009 at 6:52 pm

    This would be lovely for my sons

  119. Antonella on July 19, 2009 at 7:00 pm

    Me please!! Kiddos would LOVE this (or at least I would make them love it).

  120. KristenM on July 19, 2009 at 7:12 pm

    Sounds great. Thanks!

  121. Aimee on July 19, 2009 at 7:28 pm

    this sounds super, count me in!

  122. Alisa on July 19, 2009 at 7:32 pm

    Sounds like fun!

  123. Elisabeth Mills on July 19, 2009 at 8:00 pm

    Sounds lovely.

  124. gretchen on July 19, 2009 at 8:17 pm

    count me in thank you

  125. K. F. on July 19, 2009 at 8:27 pm

    This would be something nice for me. Hope my number is picked.

  126. Jess on July 19, 2009 at 8:29 pm

    I think I feel a song coming on….

  127. Jess on July 19, 2009 at 8:44 pm

    OOh! Sign me up! 🙂

  128. Melissa on July 19, 2009 at 9:08 pm

    Sounds like fun!

  129. Nanette on July 19, 2009 at 9:35 pm

    Oh, we’ve been searching for new music. Got my fingers crossed!!!

  130. laura on July 19, 2009 at 9:44 pm

    I would love to expose my kids to some new music! Thanks!

  131. Megs on July 19, 2009 at 10:00 pm

    Save me from “Kids Sing Songs”

  132. LexiG on July 19, 2009 at 10:14 pm

    another great contest. Thanks!

  133. Jess on July 19, 2009 at 10:30 pm

    I hope I win this!

  134. Emily on July 19, 2009 at 10:34 pm

    We’d love this!

  135. Bonnie on July 19, 2009 at 11:14 pm

    Thanks for the contest. I am barely squeaking in by the deadline, aye? 🙂

    FTR…I can yodel a little bit. 🙂

  136. kaytisummer on July 19, 2009 at 11:42 pm

    anything to stop the Kidzbop horribleness!

  137. lara davis on July 20, 2009 at 7:33 pm

    keeping my fingers crossed

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