Oh man, when Dreamgirls hit movie theaters on Christmas Day a few years back, Nick and I hosted a huge gift exchange and brunch at my house, and then we all rolled to the movie theater—25 people deep—to see Beyonce, Jennifer Hudson, and Anika Noni Rose light up the screen. What we saw was magical; I mean we danced and laughed all through the movie, and when we got home, my girls relived the experience every time they popped the soundtrack into the CD player. Both Lila and Mari love them some Beyonce, but they identified with Anika Noni Rose—thought she was pretty and funny and a great singer and all things generally awesome.
So when they saw that she's the voice of the lovely Tiana, Disney's first African-American princess in the upcoming film, The Princess and the Frog, let's just say they lost their natural born minds! And Mari and Lila, both HUGE fans of Disney movie music, have been w-a-i-t-i-n-g
on pins and needles, needles and pins for The Princess and the Frog soundtrack, which includes original Disney music sung by Anika, Jennifer Lewis, Keith David, and even Ne-Yo, all wrapped in the sounds of jazz, zydeco, blues, gospel, pop, and more. When they come home from school today, I'm going to give them a sneak peek at the video featuring Anika (up top) and Ne-Yo (below), and let them listen HERE to snippets from the upcoming soundtrack, available in stores November 23—just a few weeks before the December 11th nationwide release of The Princess and the Frog.
AND if you're in the ATL area AND you have a little girl under age 12 AND she's willing to wear a princess costume and tiara out, she can get into the Georgia Aquarium FREE on November 21, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., when the establishment will be celebrating the Georgia Aquarium Princess Day: A Benefit for Frog Conservation. There'll be parades, games, and fairytale fun (frog kissing is optional!). Click HERE for more info.
Woot woot—score! (I'm sorry, y'all, but this movie with the African American princess really does make me giddy!)
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We're taking our preschool daughter to this movie. It will be her first time in a movie theater and what a time it will be!
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to the new Princess and the Frog movie - Princess Nagger has already requested we go see it when it comes out. :)
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It makes me giddy as well! I don't have a little girl but I'm sure I will hear about this from my nieces! Love the blog, will be following!
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It brings tears to my eyes to know that this is finally on it's way out. Years ago, I dreamed of a movie of an African American princess. I even began to sketch her and think of ways to present it to Disney. It didn't come to light but this will and I'm thrilled. I can't wait to take Baby Boo to see this!!
ReplyDeleteI think I'm even more excited than my 6 year old daughter to go see the movie. I'm like "Chocolate covered daydreams" I'm 35 years old and have been waiting forever for there to be a princess who looks like me. Finally!! We will be going to see it on opening day too.
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You know me...I'm typically not a fan of cheap plastic toys. But when we were shopping for another little girl's birthday hoping to find something green, we stumbled on the Princess Tiana doll. I couldn't help myself. I bought it for my daughter. This led to a discussion with the cashier about how Tiana is Disney's first black princess and why the H-E-double hockey sticks did it take so long.
ReplyDeleteSuffice it to say I'm probably just as excited to see the movie as my daughter is! I think we're going to have to pull out the tulle and tiaras and head to the aquarium too.