A custom song for Grandparents Day

The one Grandparents Day gift they will not quietly put in a drawer.

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Grandparents Day arrives every September, right after Labor Day, and most of the country forgets about it until the school sends a note home. Which is a shame, because it is aimed at the two people who have never once complained about being forgotten.

They do not want an object. They have decades of objects. What they want is to hear the grandkids say their names and remember the specific things: the pancakes, the workshop, the drive to practice every Tuesday. A song does that, and they can play it for anyone who visits, which they absolutely will.

How to write your brief

Ideas to include

From all the grandkids at once

Every grandchild's name in one song. Grandparents keep score, gently, and this is the gift that settles it.

Grandpa's version

The workshop, the truck, the bad jokes, the fact that he never once said the sentimental thing out loud. Neither do you. The song can.

Grandma's version

The kitchen, the phone calls, the thing she says every single time you leave. Specific beats sweet.

Perfect for

  • Grandkids giving one gift from all of them
  • A parent organizing something on the kids' behalf
  • A grandchild who lives far away and cannot be there
  • A family marking a grandparent's first Grandparents Day

Tone ideas

  • Warm and grateful, with no speeches
  • Funny and affectionate, teasing their habits
  • Nostalgic, following the years from their side
  • Simple and plainspoken for a grandparent who hates a fuss

Message example

Happy Grandparents Day, Grandma and Grandpa. La Ritournelle helped us put all of us into one song: every name, the pancakes, the Tuesday drives, all of it. Play it as loud as you want.

Brief examples

From all the grandkids at once

Name: Grandma Ruth and Grandpa Bill. Bond: grandparents to six. Occasion: Grandparents Day. Tone: warm and grateful. Anecdote: Sunday pancakes that have never once been skipped, to adapt with a real memory. Delivery: played at Sunday dinner. Indicative example, exact lyrics not promised.

Grandpa's version

Name: Grandpa Frank. Bond: grandfather. Occasion: Grandparents Day. Tone: funny and affectionate. Anecdote: the workshop where every grandkid learned to use a drill, to adapt with a real memory. Delivery: played at the house. Indicative example, exact lyrics not promised.

Grandma's version

Name: Nana Eileen. Bond: grandmother. Occasion: Grandparents Day. Tone: nostalgic. Anecdote: the same sentence at the door every time anyone leaves, to adapt with a real memory. Delivery: sent as a link from across the country. Indicative example, exact lyrics not promised.

How it works

You tell us

Share their names, the grandkids' names, and the specific habits and memories that are theirs alone.

We compose

We write the lyrics for your review, then produce a fully sung, studio quality track.

You gift it

Play it at Sunday dinner, or send the link if the family is spread across the country.

Why La Ritournelle

Frequently asked questions

When is Grandparents Day?

In the US it falls on the first Sunday after Labor Day, so it moves each September. Other countries mark it on different dates, so check your own calendar before you plan the party. If it turns out to be tomorrow, that is still fine, since the song is ready in minutes.

Can one song cover grandma and grandpa together?

Yes. Give us both names and what makes each of them themselves, and the song holds the two of them rather than flattening them into one.

Can all the grandkids be named?

Yes, and it is the reason most families do this. Put every name in the brief and the song comes from all of them at once.

We live too far away to be there. Does it still work?

It works especially well. Send the link and they get something in your voice on a day when the distance is the loudest thing in the house.

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