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pecially casion a s tliiee ..Q.......-..-.....'.Q....QCO...0.0..........0.0C Charlotte Diamond By Deborah Crandall mcnabfloounmammmcfionmmwteocmwof l2yooucot|hhotpetlonmdmnhdepormnwmwown albums, the world of children‘s entertainment gained a pure gem. Unflodocodooqo,wmcho(cmdren‘smdchodboonlockmhcmmmv. mflv(mMonmoum),mddnm.mew Diamond, who burst onto the children‘s music scene in 1986 with the release of 10 Canot Dlanond.bebnonoogowofunmohenwhohavefodou'\oddudven'smudc. "I think we‘ve changed how we view children," Diamond says of the way chilâ€" dren‘s music has evolved. "There will always be a respect of them as individuals, and | think that‘s what‘s changed. We also realize that our children are growing up honuchmecompbxwovld,ondmum\oyhavoquwmemnba'bnh wh\ponmtapaenn.emm«mmflcafiavreodhgormvelnq. It‘s important to keep"nhetofcammflcmbnopon.Andlmhksonowrevefy much a part of that." Diamond had been involved in music long before she launched her career as a children‘s enterâ€" tainer. While teaching high school in Richmond, 8.C., she 4 had been involved in several large choirs and musical producâ€" tions. She also performed professionâ€" ally for grown up audiences, just for the love of music. "I was in several folks groups out here in Vancouver when I was still teaching high school," Diamond B'rifiéifiéfciuolity to the world of children‘s entertainment mmmmm,mm,mmmmnm years. . ‘Mmm.dwdmowaymmn'smeOmod time," Diamond says. "For example, on my last album (My Bear Gruff, released in lm.mmmomcdodhoamflm,wuchlmsow‘s strategy. It‘s always, ‘I‘ll do it later‘. There‘s also one called No More Dishes. So in my wmmuo'ldwaylboenmmta"wpamamtormem child." y C When it became obvious that Diamond‘s performâ€" â€"PAGE 15