About the Lullaby CD "Sleepy Babe"...

♪♪  Winner of a 2003 Parents' Choice Recommended Award! ♪♪
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ABOUT THE CD 
Here is a collection of lullabies with no gimmicks, no special effects, no synthesizers, and no celebrities - simply a beautiful set of songs inspired by a mother's love and a love for musical theater.

Lora Knight provides the beautiful, heartfelt vocals on top of the sweetly crafted arrangements, provided by piano, strings, woodwinds, and guitar.  The twelve songs, spanning eras of musical theater and popular music, include "Come To My Garden" from The Secret Garden, "Till There Was You" from The Music Man, and some Disney favorites, such as "Baby Mine" and "Feed The Birds".  There is also an original song written by Lora and her sister, "Heaven's Gift".

Although the subtitle of Sleepy Babe is "lullabies for children and mothers...", these songs are definitely for everyone to enjoy.

ARTICLE REPRINT FROM THE BRYAN TIMES
Since she was a little girl, Lora Knight has been entertaining herself and others with her inherent musical talents.  Now a mother herself, Lora, with the help of her equally talented sister Julie Klug, is sharing her musical gifts with others by recording a lullaby CD.

Area audiences have been entertained by the "Spangler girls" on area stages throughout their high school years in Bryan, Ohio, and college years at Indiana University.  Julie is now a pianist in Cincinnati and Lora has appeared in musicals with the Toledo Repertory Theatre, Croswell Opera House in Adrian, Michigan, and with the local Fountain City Festival.

"The lullaby CD is something I've thought about for several years, " Lora says of her new venture.  But her life has been very full and the CD was forced to the back burner.

While the musical talent and expertise for the CD was abundant, logistics of the recording were somewhat difficult.  Julie, an arranger, composer, and pianist for the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, lives in Cincinnati.  Her husband Roger plays guitar on two songs and assists Ken Richer of Bryan in the production; friends from the Cincinnati Pops orchestra provide the rest of the instrumentals.

Julie then came to Bryan to record the piano accompaniment at Wesley Church.  It was sent to Cincinnati where the instrumental music was added in Roger's studio.  Lora then finished with the vocals.  "The final mix was done at Ken's studio," Lora explains.

Knowing from the beginning she wanted song selections from Broadway musicals, Lora researched on the internet.  The more familiar of the 12 pieces on the CD are "Baby Mine" from Dumbo; "Till There Was You" from Music Man; and "Come to My Garden" from Secret Garden, "...my favorite musical," Lora says.

David and Lee Anne Perkins came up with the graphics concepts.  Kathy Funderburg did the artwork for the cover.  It can be purchased by printing, completing, and mailing a form from this web site. 

Although it will be sold in some baby shops, "It's not just for babies or mothers," Lora says. "It's very relaxing music." 

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