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Will Hale and the Tadpole Parade Aug. 5, 2026
St. Louis Park City CouncilFriday, August 21, 2026
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[music] All right. Well, welcome everyone. Who's here? Raise your hand. >> All right. Who wants to have fun? Go. Yay. >> Perfect. There's no age limit on fun, so go ahead and have as much fun as you want. Let's loosen up a little bit first. Get your arms kind of jiggling, stretched out. Stretch out your fingers nice and high. Excellent. Okay, make sure your ears are ready to go. Loosen up your ears a little bit. Perfect. Good. Okay, everybody, go ahead and take a big breath like this. Good. You can do that fancy way if you want. When you breathe in, you lift up your arms. Go ahead and try that. That was good. One more big breath, everybody. >> [snorts] >> Okay. Well, I'm going to try a really quick game right away at the beginning. I usually do it in the middle and I don't usually do it at big outdoor shows like this, but I kind of wanted to do it so that you know how it works so that we can use it later and maybe some of the people that might see this on on the video might think it's kind of fun. So, parents can try it at home too if you like this game. Okay, you want to try the game? Who wants to try it? It's very simple. All you do is when I say the word peace, you say the word peace super loud. Peace. >> Peace. >> Then we count down from 10 really loud and then count backwards to zero with no sound. Okay. Really soft. Let's just try it. We'll practice. You ready? Here we go. Peace. >> Peace. >> 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 and you count to 10 with no sound. That was good. You pretend like you're yelling, but there's no sound. Everybody try that. >> See, I thought parents would like that. Isn't that fun? Okay, so this is You can get this at the willilhale.com/teers. That's the secret link um to learn how to do that one. Um so that that was a really excellent practice. Didn't they do it perfect? So, let's do a real one. You ready for a real one? Okay. So, from now on, if you hear me or any of the parents say peace, you stop whatever you're doing in an echo. Okay. You ready? Here we go. Let's try it. Peace. >> Peace. >> 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 >> Perfect. Awesome. Check the decibb on that one, huh? That was good. Yeah, actually we did that before with video and they thought their cameras, their microphones weren't working right. So anyway, welcome everybody. We might use that later. We're going to just feel free to dance, enjoy the day, have some fun. Um, again, my name's Will Hail. This is my friend Ray Gilman. We're going to rock out pretty hard, but I always start with my favorite song. This is from my title album of my first album. So, it's a good song to clap your hands. So, if you want to clap your hands, go ahead and clap. Otherwise, just listen. Here we go. One and, two and, three and, four. That's it. Keep clapping your hands. Everybody clap. [music] Well, I love [music] everything. I love everything. [music] I love everything. [singing] And I love all [music] of you. I love your feet. I love your toes. [singing] I love your [music] heart. I love your nose. I love your sweet. No, it don't [singing and music] show. I love you. [music] I love everything. I love [music] the things. I love everything. Okay, that's pretty good. Let's try a little faster. [singing and music] Keep clapping. I love the mountains. I love the sing. I love the birds. I love [music] the trees. I'm breathing. >> [music] >> Everything everything [music] is everything. [music] Yeeha! [music] Supposed to do two times. Okay, let's try one more time. [music] Super happy. I love the mag. [music] [singing] I love everything. I [music] love everything. I love everything. And I love [music] all of you. Oh, [music] yay. [applause] Nice. Good job. Good clapping. A little bit of dancing. Awesome. All right. Well, I think I have to do it just for me, but I think I have to do a new song that I haven't done for years. I rarely ever I do this sometimes at preschools and daycarees and stuff. It's We're actually going to be voting next week. A lot of people or maybe voting already and and um this song is on my greatest hits album and it's a good song to stomp to if you want to stomp or clap and stomp and clap. Yeah, he's got it up there and stomp and you clap. Um you can join in if you want. We're just going to rock out. This is called Citizen of the World and it's going to rock. So get ready. Here we go. Here we go. [music] My grandpa speaks German. [music] Grandma came from Perry. Mama's born in Ohio. So you're part of my family [singing] tree and [music] I'm more than American. I'm a C of the world [music] and bananas. Peruvian beats. KBY cheese from Wisconsin. [music] I would believe that I'm more than American citiz. >> [music and singing] >> of the world. Got ready to play some slimy dog. [singing] [music] >> [music] [music] >> Well, you can't bottle sunshine. It's something we share. We drink the same water. All of [music and singing] us breathe the same air. All the earth is our own [music] cuz I'm [singing and music] more than [music] [singing] [music] cuz more than [music] American citizen [singing] of the world. Have a hand for the St. [music] Louis premiere of that song on the guitar. >> Yeah, I told you kids that's what it sounds like at the Will Hail Show. Okay. Well, I want to keep going. I need to move this though. So, I have to keep Excuse me. Just give me a second. >> Maybe up here somewhere. And then when I have kids up here, it'll be in the way. Okay. Well, we do have a lot of really little young kids here. So, maybe we'll do one song that I don't normally do a lot of times at big shows like this. Um, but it's a song probably everybody knows, especially the older kids can help teach it to the younger kids and then we're going to rock out really hard some more. Okay. How's that sound? She likes that idea. Okay. So, does anybody know a song that goes like this about >> Yeah, the wheels. Anybody can do some wheels. Let's see some wheels. Okay, you're outside. So, you can use your outside voice and sing really loud. Okay, I think we're going to try it. We'll see what happens. We can always go do something else. So, everybody sing. Ready? Go ahead. Sing. The wheels on the bus go [music] and round and round and the wheels on [music] the bus go and all through the town. [music] And the horn on the bus goes beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep. And the horn on [music] the bus goes beep beep beep all through the town. What else happens on the bus? There could be an airplane on the bus. No, not really. Yeah, the doors. What do the doors do? They open and shut. Go ahead, try it. And the doors on [music] the bus, they open and shut. Open and shut. Open and shut. And the doors on the bus, they open and shut all [music] down. Okay, here's a tricky one. Go ahead and stand up real quick if you want to. Cuz the kids on the bus, they jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump. And the kids on the bus, they jump, jump, jump all through the town. That's good. But you know what? And the driver on the bus said, "Sit back down." Go ahead and sit back down. Sit back [music] down. Sit back [singing] down. It's not safe to jump on a bus. And the driver on the bus [music] said, "Sit back down." all through the town. Okay, you guys have [music] an idea what else can happen on the bus? You got some good ideas? I see someone. The wipers. That's a good one. We might [music] hopefully we can get some more rain. We could use more rain this summer. And the wipers on the bus go swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish. The wipers on the bus go swish swish swish all [music] through the town. And the babies on the bus go wah wah wah wah wah wah. The babies on the bus [music] go wah wah wah all through the town. >> And the mommies on the bus say I love you. I love you. I love you. And the mommies on the bus say I [music] don't know. But you know what? Babies don't cry all the time. Look, there's no babies crying here right now, even at all. Sometimes babies like to play on the bus. They go like this. They play peekab-boo. Go ahead, try it. And the babies on the bus play peekaboo. Try peek peekaboo. Peekaboo. And the babies on the bus play all through the town. >> Okay, here's a weird one. I heard one time old McDonald's truck broke down [music] and he had to take the animals into town and he had to take the cows into town on the bus. I know it was weird. [music] And the cows on the bus go moo moo moo moo moo moo. on the [music] bus. >> Okay, [music] one last time. Everybody get your wheels really loud. Use your outside voice. [music] [music] [music] And the on the bus go >> [music] >> And the guitars on the bus go through the town. >> All right, good job. There you go. There's a traditional song you would know. Okay, so we're gonna continue with a lot of um Will Hail songs. Um this is a popular one that Ray really likes. This is his favorite request song. It has a game that goes with it. It's very simple. All you do is when I sing Growing Up, you stand up really quick. Go ahead and try it. Ready? Growing up. Go ahead and stand up. And when I sing Falling Down, you sit down. >> Okay. Go ahead and practice. Ready? Growing up >> and falling down. >> Good. Actually, some kids told me that if you jump sometimes it makes it more fun. Even if you put your hands up in the air when you jump. Try that. Ready? Growing up. That looked more fun. and falling down. Okay, go ahead and practice again. Going up >> and falling down. Perfect. Okay, I think you have the idea. [music] It's a rock and roll song, so I usually start with the rock and roll count up. It goes one, two, one, two, three, four. [music] You can dance. >> [music] >> Don't tell me it's easy. Growing [music] up, we're falling down. Don't tell me it's [music] easy grow up when riding fast on my bike down the street. Late [music] from school driving this [singing] alarm into mag [music] [singing] [music] [music] your girlfriend around [music and singing] in the kitchen eating our crispy nachos. My brother [music] [singing] left milk right through my nose. [music] [music] >> [music] [music] >> Emily was my first goldfish. Went to feed her and found [singing and music] she died. My dad prayed while I flushed. [music] Close the lid and both of us [singing] cried. Go ahead and say, "Don't tell me it's easy. grown up when I'm falling down. [music and singing] Don't tell me it's easy. [music] Growing up when I'm falling down, don't tell me [music] it's easy. [music] falling down. [music] Good job. Nice jumping. Good dancing. Yeah, we got graphs. We got pavement. We got all kinds of stuff. I'm still looking back there even though I moved things. All right. You know, technically we're outside. Who's outside? Raise your hand. Trick question. Okay. You know what? So, you ever heard somebody say, "Use your outside voice." Inside voice. Well, I think we're going to try our outside voice really loud just for this one song. >> Okay, we tried the decel thing. We should be okay. >> If you sing Who can sing really loud? Say, "Yeah." [cheering] >> Who can sing super loud? Say, "Yeah." >> Good. That'll work. He's got it. I like it. Nice. Okay. So, just say what I say super loud. Hello. [cheering] >> Good morning. >> Good morning. Yeeha! >> Yeeha! >> Excellent. >> Okay, so the part that we're going to sing super loud, use your loudest voice you have, is I love my mother. >> That's good. We're going to do it two times. So, let's practice. Everybody practice. I love my mother. [cheering] >> Good. I love my mother. >> Perfect. Okay, just sing if you want. Go ahead and dance. Here we go. >> Here we go. >> [music] >> Miss the bus on [music] the day mom to school. She never [music] say I love my I love my love. [music] She's so good to me. I was crying in the middle [music] of the night. It was a terrible dream till she turned on the light. Oh, I love my mother. I love my [music] love. I love my she's so good. That's right. It's true. [music] >> Okay. But you know what? A lot of kids love their dad. If you love your dad, say yeah. >> Oh, I [music] love my father. I love my [singing] father. I love my father. [music] I love my father. He's so [singing] good to me. That's right. But you know what? Some kids have a brother. Raise your hand if you have a brother. Who has a brother? All right. How about a sister? Raise your hand if you have a sister. [music] How about aunts, uncles? Who has a cousin? Raise your hand really high if you have a cousin. Okay, raise both of your hands if you have a grandma or grandpa. Perfect. Awesome. Oh, I love my family. I love my [music] family. I love my family. I love my family. [singing] I love my so [music] good. That's right. It's true. [music] >> Okay, you know what? Even though we usually do this really loud, some kids like to do it super quiet, like whispering even. I love my mother. I love my mother. [crying] Okay, one last time [music] as loud as you can. Ready? I love [singing] my mother. I love my mother. [music] I love my mother. I don't want my [music] That's right. I love my [music] [singing] loves. That's right. I love my [music] If you love your mom, say yeah. [music] If you love your dad, say yeah. Do you love your friends? Say yeah. [music] Cuz all mothers love you and me. [music] If you love your parts in the summer, say yeah. >> Say hi to all our friends on [applause and music] TV. Welcome. All right. Will Hail. Ray Gilman on the guitar. >> Ray. >> Awesome. [cheering] Yay, Ray. Yay. And Ray rhyme because they're awesome. I told you we were going to rock really hard today. So that's the plan. Okay, we're gonna do another instrument. I tend to play a lot of different instruments at my shows, but for this one, we'll do a quick little break and then we'll rock out some more. I know I said we're going to rock a lot. >> Okay, hold on. Give me a minute here. Get this Okay, this is called a doom back. It's got that doom and kind of that back sound. You can drum along on your knees if you want to. Go ahead and drum along on your knees. Works good to sit down. Criss criss-cross. Drum on your knees a little bit. Okay, go ahead and drum if you want to. Actually, let's do a song you probably know. Just sing a little bit of this. Okay, if you know it, sing really loud. Okay, go ahead and drum if you want to. Here we go. A B C D E F G. Sing. H I J K L M N Good. Q R S T U V W X Y and Z. Now I know my ABCs. Next time, won't you sing with me? Yay! But you know what? It's next time. I know. For real. Okay, try it a little bit faster. Keep drumming. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R T U V W X Y Now I know my ABC. Yay. All right. We have a few different songs that I do on the drums, but we're going to do one that we h we didn't do the last couple years. So, this will be a new one if you've been to the Wolf Park in the last couple years with Ray. Okay. It's actually a James Taylor song. Anybody heard of James Taylor? Um, yay. Um, actually, I've got to meet him a couple of times and he's really happy about what we're doing with this song. He thinks it's really cool that kids are hearing this song and parents, a lot of the parents know the song. So, we added a game to it though. It's very simple. All you do is when we say the word smile, you put a big smile on your face. Go ahead and practice. Big smile. That's it. Okay. Then you put your fingers up in the air like this. Really high. And then everybody goes. >> Good. Well, let's practice that. Ready? Smile. >> Okay. What What's the word you're listening for? >> Smile. That's right. Let's try it again. Smile. >> Ready? Smile. Try it again. Smile. >> Okay, Ray's gonna help. He was brave. He said he'd help you. So, okay, go ahead and drum along if you want to. >> Okay. So, what's the word you're listening for? >> Smile. That's right. Then, what do you do when you hear the word smile? You go. >> Perfect. Okay. Here we go. Everybody listen. Whenever I see your smiling face, I have to smile myself because I love you. That's a good Yes, I do. Smile when you give me [singing] that little [music] pow. There's something about you, baby. Well, I don't know. Smile. Well, isn't it amazing? A man like me can feel this way. Smile. Tell me how much longer we can grow stronger every day. Smile. Good listening. Well, how much longer? [singing] Smile. >> [music] >> Whenever I [music and singing] see your smile face, I want to see you smile. [music] I'm doing >> it. >> Whenever I see your smiling face, I want to see you smiling. Smiling. Smile. Smile. Smile. Smile. Smile. Smile. Smile. Smile. Smile. Smile. Smile. Yay. Excellent. Good job. I can see the people way up in the top row doing it. Good work. Excellent. All right. Good listening. I could see people singing, too. It's nice to see people know that song. Okay. If you have lots of water, drink some water. It is sunny today. >> Not quite as hot as it has been lately. Okay. Well, I think we're going to go back to the regular. We have some new songs, but I think we're going to do some of the Will Hail's greatest hits because we haven't really danced enough for these kids in the front row yet. Are >> you being nice to that person? Is that your brother? Okay. Who can play some invisible guitar? >> Let's see some invisible guitar. Perfect. Some air guitar. Can you play along with Ray? >> Who can play fancy behind your head? >> Super fancy. How about behind your back? >> Pretty good. Okay, really fancy. We're going to throw it up in the air and catch it. Ready? Go. >> Good catch. Perfect. Okay, so we're going to practice our rock and roll air guitar jump. Okay, everybody ready? Go ahead and stand up if you want to. Ready and jump. Okay, try it again. Ready, jump. Perfect. Actually, if you jump really high, it's super fun. Ready, jump. Okay, right after you jump, you freeze. That's important. So, let's practice. Ready, jump. Nice freezing. Ready, jump. Actually, if you freeze in a funny shape with a funny face, you get extra points. For real. Ready, jump. You go. Ready. Wait a minute. Ready, jump. What if jello only came in brown jump? What if rain fell up instead of down? Would it matter if chocolate were blue? Would it taste any different? Would it be harder to chew? Would it matter if I changed my name to Lance? Would it help if I moved to England or maybe France? That's where my brother is right now. Huh? Think about it. Would it make you happy to jump really [music] high? You live in [singing] paradise. You can't see. Picture [music] yourself and everyone [singing] else world is in a [music] perfect world. That's right. Cuz you can always make it better in a perfect world. [music] Everybody freeze. >> What if everyone always loved you? Jump. What if no one ever judged you? Would you want someone to reach out and hug you? Or would you be happy just to have someone to talk to? What if a smile could pay for anything? Think about it. >> Would it make you [music] happy? [singing] Keep jumping. Picture [music] yourself and everyone else. That's [singing] right. [music] Cuz you can always make it freeze. Okay, here's your chance to be super loud again. When I say you can always make it better, you go perfect world. >> Okay, let's practice that. You can always make it better. Perfect world. That's good. If you jump, it makes it louder. Try and see if that's true. Ready? You can always make it better. Perfect world. Yeah, that sounded louder. Jump a little bit higher. A little bit louder. You can always make it better. PERFECT WORLD. EXCELLENT. Jump super high. Super loud. You can always make it better. Perfect world. Excellent. Everybody dance. Keep [music] jumping. You can always [singing] make it better. Perfect world. Always make it better. [music] Perfect world. Always make it better. Perfect world. Perfect world. >> [music] [music] >> the last big jump. >> All right. [cheering] Good job. So, that's the title of my second album. It's a good song to uh looks like some people know some little hail songs. I'm glad you guys are here. Thanks for coming out today. It's a beautiful day. Um Thanks for all the folks at home. Actually, if you want that song and all of my songs for free, who would like all of my songs for free? They'll tell it to you secretly. >> There's a coloring sheet you can get later. But you want to know the secret link? You guys can write it down later to use for the video. Okay. You want to know the secret link? It's willhale.com. That part's easy. Will hail wi l.com. But you the secret part is slashrefresh willhail.comrefresh. That's a secret link. It's not on my regular website. [music] So go ahead and put that on the video if you want. People at home can get music. And if you want to go home and get all the songs for free, you can check that out and get the coloring sheet and all that stuff. So you can text it to yourself. All right, we're going to do one more rocking song. And then we're going to do a song for the grass and all the trees and stuff. Since we're in the park, we'd like to do that one. This is one we haven't done the last couple years, but it's This is one you're not going to believe me. This is like the most popular toddler song. I know. Yeah. And it tastes like dandelion. Okay. This is the most popular dand I got dandelion in my head. It's the most popular toddler song. I do this song a lot. I don't usually have Ray playing slide guitar on it though, so it's going to be super rocking [music] after I'm gone. It's called I actually wrote it for a guy named Brent Midland. Raise your hand if you know who Brent Midland is. Okay, I was wondering if anybody would. Okay, so if you like to dance, it's very simple. You just you just dance when I play and when I stop, you stop. You freeze. Okay. So, go ahead and stand up. Everybody stand up. Okay. You ready? Here we go. A one. You can come right up front. A one, two, a one, two, three, four. [music] Everybody dance. [music] Don't [singing] leave you a picture. [music] Don't leave this song. to help you remember. Even after [singing and music] gone, I want to love you. [music] I want to [singing] love you after. Hey, [music] [music] you really love me. Do me a favor. [music] There's no need to worry cuz I'm living right here [singing] inside this song. Hey, [singing and music] [music] [music] >> freeze. >> [music] >> One, two, one, two, three, four. >> So much for that. >> Hi. [singing and music] Cuz I won't love you. Cuz I won't love you after. Cuz I won't love you. Cuz I won't love you after. Hey, >> get ready. Freeze. [music] Everybody dance. [music] I want to thank you. I want to thank you one more time. I want [music and singing] to thank you. I want to thank you one more time. Hey. >> [music] >> hand for Ray Gilman on the guitar. [music] I want [singing] to love you. Cuz I want to love you after I'm gone. Cuz [music] I want to love you. Cuz I won't love you after [music] I'm gone. Hey. >> Yeah. Toddlers know how to. [music] >> Yay. [cheering] Good job. Some nice dancing. Awesome. All right. Well, we're going to do one last song. This is a really popular song. Um, it's a really good song to do on the grass. So, everybody should find maybe a grassy spot. >> I might even see how far down I can go to find a grassy spot. I don't know. There's some of these trees right here are probably an oak tree. Maybe you know kind of tree. What kind of seeds grow in oak trees? I don't know if this is going to work, but we're going to try. >> Okay. >> Otherwise, we can do another one too at the end. So, here's how it works. Okay. We're going to take our head and pretend like our head is an acorn. Okay? Because acorns are the seeds that grow oak trees, right? Okay? So, go ahead and try this. Go ahead and put your head on the ground. Okay? Okay, put your head down like this on the ground. Pretend like you just got planted. Okay, curl up like you're acorn. Okay, if you want to just sit down. Okay, well maybe not. All right. You ready? I am There's a perfect acorn right there. We got one good acorn. Awesome. I am a small acorn leaving my tall [music] tree home. Tumbling down and down. Safe [music] in my shell and deep in the ground [music] I sleep. Taking my time in peace. Very relaxing. Dreaming an acorn tree. [music] Don't wake up and see. Go ahead and sit up. Okay. Pretend like you just sprouted. Everybody be like a little baby tree. Your leaves and your branches are coming out. Your roots are going down in the ground. And now I'm a tree. Okay. Let's see some leaves. [music] And I am wise. [singing] Standing tall. stretching my [music] branches high, growing straight [music] up to the sun. But you know what those trees do? Yeah, they drop more acorns. Go ahead, put your head down on the ground. Get planted again. I'm a small [music] acorn. Put your head on the ground. Leaving my tall tree home, [music] tumbling down and down. Safe down to the ground. All right. Some nice acorns [music] right here. Keeping the ground sleep. Taking my time in peace. Dreaming. Wake up to see. And now I'm a tree. Okay. Be the biggest, most gigantic tree you can imagine. Lots of ruts really deep in the ground. Top row, you've got some good branches up there. Very good. [music] [music] Stretching my bra. [music] Okay, one last time. Put your hand on the ground. Be planted. Be an acorn. I am a small acorn. Sit down. Leaving my tall tree. Tumbling [singing] down and [music] down. Down in the ground. And deep in the ground. Got my sleep. Taking my time in peace. Dreaming acorns dream. Wake up to [music and singing] see now tree. Yay. Some nice acorns right up there. It was beautiful. Nice on the grass. Super good on the grass. Mhm. Have another hand for Ray Gilman on the guitar. You can always go to willhail.com and check out more music secret link will hail. Go to raygillman.com. He's got many albums. He's got more albums than I can count and he plays like that like crazy. Yeah, we I wanted you or something to rock out to prove it. We proved it enough that he can rock. So that's was really cool. >> Okay. Um, >> well, thanks everybody for coming out. Give yourselves a big hand. [cheering] Unless you want to do one more mellow one. We could do another mellow one for the younger folks. Is that a yes? >> Okay. [cheering] Yeah, they [applause] they want one more. Okay, we'll do one more mellow one. We kind of rock pretty hard. I could do another rocking one and a mellow one. I'm kind of in that mood with Ray here today. >> We're going to do dance. This is another very requested song. A lot of kids call this the resting song. Like you pretend like you're sleeping. [music] >> Okay. I don't know why I'm doing it at the end. It's just a good one to mellow with the younger kids with the babies. This is for the baby songs. Okay. It's a good song. It's actually a waltz. You count to three. You [music] go one, two, three, one, two, three. One, two, three. Okay. So, if you want to sway kind of like that, you can. So, one, two, three. Here we go. There you go. We got a couple babies enjoying it. [music] >> One, two, three. One, two, three. When it's only when I jump, [singing and music] my feet leave the ground. You're not busy this coming June cuz I just a flight for walks [singing and music] on the moon and dance for the thrill and dance all [music] days for the joy [singing] of it all and [music] all. Ouch. [music] [music] >> There's a really quiet part gets super quiet [music] for [singing] all games. >> [music] >> All they dance for the [music] joy of it [singing] all. All they [music] [music] >> All right. Some nice baby swaying up there. Beautiful. [music] for the joy all [music] days. For the joy of it [singing] all and all. [music] Yay. Give yourselves all another big hand. [cheering] Thanks for coming out today. [applause] Thank you so much. Thanks everybody for coming. Nice sun. How about a hand for the sunshine? How about a hand for the beautiful park? All right, they've got lots more concerts coming up the rest of the summer. There'll be more concerts down here. Be sure to check it out and uh tune in for some video they'll be doing. If you like the concert, thanks for coming. [music] >> [music]