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So while looking over Rachel Coleman's awards for the excellent children's show Signing Times, I noticed a mention of a Pearl Award. So I looked it up, and it turns out that it is an award given for "excellence in the faith centered music industry." More specifically, we're really talking about Mormon awards here. The Catholics just didn't have an off year.

Here's a list of all the nominees for 2007.

http://www.meridianmagazine.com/arts/070917pearl.html

Literally every single thing on that long list is directly related to religion with one notable exception: the things Rachel Coleman was nominated for. Here is her specific categories:

Children's Recorded Song

* “Caterpillar Dreams,” Signing Times Song, Volumes 7-9 , performed by Rachel de Azevedo Coleman, written by Rachel de Azevedo Coleman and Lex de Azevedo, produced by Lex de Azevedo
* “I Feel My Savior's Love,” A Child's Prayer, performed by Debra Fotheringham, written by K. Newell Dayley, produced by Scott Wiley
* “Jesus' Lullaby,” Lullabies of Jesus & Other Gentle Songs, performed by Roger Hoffman, written by Melanie Hoffman, produced by Roger & Melanie Hoffman
* “My Heavenly Father Loves Me,” A Child's Prayer, performed by Amy Gileadi, & Mark Thorup, written by Clara W. McMaster, produced by Scott Wiley
* “Now the Day Is Over”, Lullabies of Jesus & Other Gentle Songs, performed by Melanie Hoffman, written by Sabine Baring & Joseph Barnby, produced by Roger & Melanie Hoffman

and

Children's Album

* A Child's Prayer, Various, produced by Scott Wiley
* I'll Follow Him In Faith, Various, produced by Clive Romney
* I Will Trust in Heavenly Father and in His Son Jesus Christ, Various, produced by Clive Romney
* Lullabies of Jesus & Other Gentle Songs, Roger & Melanie Hoffman, produced by Roger & Melanie Hoffman
* Signing Times Song Volumes 7-9, Rachel de Azevedo Coleman, produced by Lex de Azevedo

As best I can tell, the only connection Coleman's entries have is the fact that Coleman is a Mormon. Am I missing something here? Everything else seems to actually relate to faith-centered music. Sure, what Coleman is doing is awesome, but what the heck? Did the people doing the nominating interpret Caterpillar Dreams in terms of their religion? We're they just willing to bend the rules in this one case to high-five a Mormon being awesome? Search me.

Come to think of it, I could see an LDS viewing that song in terms of the LDS doctrine of eternal progression. Lol. If that's it, rock on Mormons.

That's interesting that you bring this up EA. My daughter is two and has a rare genetic disorder which (among other things) means she's not talking yet. Just this week I got a Signing Times DVD and I'm starting to teach her sign language, and it's now part of our daily kids DVD rotation along with Teletubbies, a Pixar or Disney movie and Veggie Tales. Don't laugh, I'll do anything to get the kid to leave me alone and let me play around on the computer...

Anyways, I did think that the song that they play at the end of Signing Times sounded rather religious, but I had no idea Rachel Coleman was LDS. I've only seen the first DVD now and not the song she was actually nominated for.

Okay, just watched the song she was nominated for on YouTube (here) and I don't get it either. Nothing religious in particular in that song, just a pretty metaphor. Guess they just knew she was a religious person and wanted to give her a nod for doing good work with kids.

I think it was just to recognize her work as a LDS woman -- there was nothing religious I could see. She's awfully happy. Gawd, I am sooo glad my kids have outgrown the entire happy, bubbly show stage -- drove me nutters.

Jack Meyers wrote:That's interesting that you bring this up EA. My daughter is two and has a rare genetic disorder which (among other things) means she's not talking yet. Just this week I got a Signing Times DVD and I'm starting to teach her sign language, and it's now part of our daily kids DVD rotation along with Teletubbies, a Pixar or Disney movie and Veggie Tales. Don't laugh, I'll do anything to get the kid to leave me alone and let me play around on the computer...

Anyways, I did think that the song that they play at the end of Signing Times sounded rather religious, but I had no idea Rachel Coleman was LDS. I've only seen the first DVD now and not the song she was actually nominated for.

Okay, just watched the song she was nominated for on YouTube (here) and I don't get it either. Nothing religious in particular in that song, just a pretty metaphor. Guess they just knew she was a religious person and wanted to give her a nod for doing good work with kids.

My little one liked the BoohBahs -- I think that's the name for it. We went through the TeleTubbies stage, too. At grandma's house there's Veggie Tales (I sorta like the hairbrush song). I felt a wee bit guilty about them watching t.v. when they were little, yet, it kept me sane in one way -- although the shows themselves were not good for my sanity. :)