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Piano-powered adventures around town

LAST CALL? PCA video contest! Pt.2

Hello Kids! Petaluma Pete owes you an apology! Please ask your adults to click HERE. If the link to the entry form is still broken, ask them to click HERE. See this video below? This is Petaluma Pete’s entry, now showing on PDA’s channel 26. Please make a video and submit your entry before the deadline! Happy New Year! Don’t you just LOVE this town?  

This year’s favorite dancing kid photo!

Hello Kids! Every year, Petaluma Pete chooses his favorite photo of a kid dancing next to the old Red Ragger piano out there on the street. It was a tough choice this year but I still remember this particular kid spinning around like a spring-loaded toy so I added a little wind-up key on his back and we all fell about the place laughing… so here you are! Do any of your adults know who this kid is? If so,… Read More »

Petaluma Pete’s 60 Minute Holiday Special

Helloe Kids! See this video below? It’s Petaluma’s first Holiday Special for Kids Only! Round up your adults and watch this program with them so you KNOW you will all be together in the same room at the same time for at least one hour this Christmas. When you get to the spot on this video where you see the fire truck and all the emergency equipment, turn to your adults and remind them how lucky they are to be… Read More »

Kudos to the City Council

Hello Kids! This message is to pay tribute to our Petaluma City council members and Petaluma City staff and the Petaluma City maintenance people out there on the street who are working their tails off with VERY little resources through these tough economic times. Our council members are easy targets when things don’t go the way some of your adults want them to. However, sometimes all they have to do is ask and I’ll be darned if our City staff… Read More »

Blab it to the Rabbitt

Hello Kids! Please tell your adults that, because of them, yesterday’s Salvation Army collection at Western & Petaluma was successful in raising lots of bucks for the cause. Joan Bunn and Onita Pelligrini from the Petaluma Area Chamber of Commerce kicked thigs off in the cold, cold morning. Petalua Pete took the helm from noon to 3:00, only to be replaced by Sonoma County Supervisor David Rabbitt who rang that bell for 3 hours straight while citizens from all over… Read More »

David Rabbitt going to be there?

Hello Kids! See this picture below? This is the corner of Western & Petaluma Blvd. where Petaluma Pete “Holds Court” Friday and Saturday nights when it’s above 45 degrees out there. This is also where you can come this Saturday to see musicians, government officials and local mukety-mucks take turns ringing the Salvation Army bell for helping those less fortunate than us this Holiday season. Rumor has it Sonoma County Supervisor David Rabbitt will be one of the bell ringers, and… Read More »

Local Celebrity Salvation Army Drive?

Hello Kids! See this picture below? This is the corner of Western & Petaluma Blvd. where Petaluma Pete “Holds Court” Friday and Saturday nights when it’s above 45 degrees out there. This is also where you can come this Saturday to see musicians, government officials and local mukety-mucks take turns ringing the Salvation Army bell for helping those less fortunate than us this Holiday season. See that hand with the dollar sign on it? That’s the kettle where your adults put… Read More »

Petaluma Pete’s 1st Holiday Special

Hello Kids! See this video below? This is Petaluma Pete’s preview of his first Holiday Special, the hour-log version being delivered to PCA today as his entry in their video contest! Your adults can learn more about this wonderful PCA event by clicking HERE. Stay tuned for more information! Don’t you just LOVE this town?    

Fabulous Women Tree Festival Part 4

Hello Kids! Here is part 4 of another Holiday Event in downtown Petaluma that you can tell your adults about so you look smarter than you already are! This Friday and Saturday, December 9th and 10th, The Fabulous Women are staging the second and final weekend introducing Sonoma County to “The Festival of Trees”. This event in Downtown Theater Square (across from the Petaluma Cinema) will become an incredible holiday tradition for the community and your whole family! The coolest part  is that Santa… Read More »