My pal Ange is ground zero for all things kids and cool. She’s proven it over and over again as I can officially say that I’ve never been steered wrong by her kid sensibility. So, it’s no surprise that – when she heard years ago that the tiny person was seriously ocean-minded, she introduced us to the charming, sweet and sea-faring duo that is Bobs and Lolo.
These Vancouver Island natives have been rocking the kids music scene for as long as I’ve had a kid who needs to rock out. Their energy, commitment to helping kiddos have fun while taking care of the planet and general bop-til-you-drop-ness have made Lorraine and Robyn tops on our top 10 list of all time.
We’re not the only folks who are on the Bobs and Lolo train. In fact, they just made their national debut on Treehouse TV and you can catch their spunky vibrant ways in between preschool cartoon action on a regular basis.
So, when they said they were thinking about coming to the Comox Valley this year of course Our Big Earth said we’d lend a hand making sure that local families got to check out their extra high level of happiness.
Bobs and Lolo will be performing August 15 at Kids Day In The Park at the Filberg Lodge and Park in Comox. They get started at 1 p.m., but there’s a WHOLE DAY worth of fun events (11 a.m. to 3 p.m.) to come and enjoy before and after the concert including some super fun projects from Our Big Earth.
Tickets for the concert are $15 and I encourage you to head out and snag a few before they are gone from favourite kid-friendly locations around the region including Planet Kids in Comox, Benino Gelato in Comox and Courtenay, Rusty Rooster in Cumberland and Podlings (formerly Little Me) in Courtenay.
It’s going to be a fantastic day!
In the name of fantastic-ness, I have the Bobs and Lolo Musical Adventures CD (which includes the song from the video above) up for grabs this morning. Just leave a comment here about some of your favourite childhood musical memories (from your childhood or your kids) and one person will be chosen, pin the tail on the commenter style.
Have a great Monday!!!
BOBS & LOLO IN CONCERT
WHEN: August 15
TIME: 1 p.m.
WHERE: Filberg Heritage Lodge and Park in Comox
WHY: Kids Day In The Park
COST: Concert tickets are $15
PURCHASE: at Benino Gelato, Planet Kids, Podlings (formerly Little Me) and Rusty Rooster.
My favourite childhood memories involve singing in the car with my Mom to the radio, going to see Fred Penner in concert, listening to the Mr. Dressup and Sesame Street Fever albums. As for now, I love seeing the smile on my 14.5 month old daughter’s face when she hears Baby Beluga or that she makes the actions to brush her teeth when “You Brush Your Teeth” comes on. Music is a wonderful memory maker
I remember a lot of Raffi. I think it is cool that my kids have the same CD’s that we had as kids. My brother and sisters and I put on “concerts” for my parents, dancing and singing on the fireplace hearth to the Mini Pops. As we got older the music came on after dinner and the whole family would sing and dance while we cleaned up and did the dishes. I love to see how much my children love music and hope that they will have great musical memories from childhood.
There is something magical about kids and live music. I remember the first time we took my oldest to the PNE to see Hi-Five in a short, kid-sized concert. It was so much fun to watch her experience the music in the moment, rather than through the TV, or the stereo. She was mesmerized by the dancing and singing.
I grew up in a classical music household but didn’t have much exposure to kid’s music; plus, Australia just wasn’t that into American TV at that stage so we didn’t get the same coverage.
Do remember boogieing down to Rolf Harris – this is both embarrassing and aging! OK – you may need to Google him and his wobbleboard. Although I have passed on my love for “Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport” to my lad and the lady of the house shall be hearing it soon. Think I’ll hold off on that other Australian classic “The Pub with No Beer”.
We did have a ‘family’ song that we always sang together in the car – something else we as a family are passing on – “What Shall We Do With a Drunken Sailor” – is not regarded as fondly these days *g* but it really is a good and extremely old shanty (I swear).
That’s why Bobs and Lola in our house would be great; we have two musically impassioned kids with a big love of Fred Penner, Raffi, and anything Wiggles or Barenaked Ladies. We need some female representation.
Yay to live Bobs and Lola – we’ll be there.
Hey, I remember Rolf Harris, too. He actually came to my elementary school in Vancouver and did the whole “silly performace while painting an enormous mural in no time at all” thing. It was great.
Favourite TV musical memories include Sesame Street and that Canadian classic, The Friendly Giant. I also liked Romper Room.
I also remember listening to Abba a lot and the Bay City Rollers (now THAT is embarrassing!), the Beatles and a bit of 1970s Europop – that’s what happens when you live in the 70s. The music was a combination of my parents’ and my older siblings’ records.
My dad played the accordian and we used to dance to that as well. We had our favourites that he would play. Polkas and that sort of thing.
I am excited to see Bobs and Lola!
I don’t so much remember ‘the music’ of my childhood – just that I used to make up dance routines to anything with a beat and make my family and neighbours watch dance shows in my backyard (poor them
I believe there were a few Flashdance and Grease numbers!
Have to say I am a huge High 5 fan!
I remember singing lots of songs with Sesame street and learning new songs at preschool. My dad still talks about me coming home with new nursery rhymes.
With my own child, my favorite memory is taking my daughter to see the Wiggles in concert. She was only 16 months old. It brought tears to my eyes to see her raise her arms above her head with all the other kids to sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. She knew all the words. The lights were turned off in the stadium and only glow sticks were on.
I still remember all of the songs we sang in girl guides – and am known to bust out singing one when the mood strikes me!! Alot of them (or versions of) my kids have come home singing from the strongstart centres or preschool! They are always shocked when mommy knows the words….they also don’t hesitate to correct me if my version differs from theirs!! Gotta have music in your life!!
My favorite one, my older sisters would have me sing “look at me I’m Sandra Dee, Lousy with my virginity” and along with their friends would laugh as I had no idea what it meant – totally inappropriate – I think I saw the movie six times by the time I was 8.
Joanne, maybe we could pair up?
Oh, otherwise I was a Sharon, Lois and Bram kid.
Any road trip turned into a singalong in my family and I sing in the car with my kids all the time. We were always singing as kids and putting on shows for everyone. I love that my girls are the ones who put on shows now, whether it’s singing, dancing or playing an instrument – it takes me right back to our backyard shows complete with curtains (courtesy of sheets on the clothesline) and admission fees. Every kid needs music in their lives!
Thanks for the Bobs and Lolo news, Robin, heading out for some tickets tomorrow.
Ooooh, I was so excited to get to take my kids to a Bobs and Lolo concert but then saw the date coincides with a family re-union that my mom is organising in Victoria so our loyalties will have to be south on Aug 15th.
I never remember being encouraged to sing as a kid and was rather inhibited in that way as an adult until I had a kid and learned that mom’s singing is so good for them and they don’t give a hoot if you are in tune or not! Kiddo #1 (almost 6 years) loves to sing (makes up her own songs all the time) and kiddo #2 (14 months) can’t talk yet but clearly loves to groove. So when it comes to singing, I am very happily re-inventing my childhood as an adult in cahoots with my own kids.
OMG Pauline. My friends and I started a petition at our all-girls school, collecting signatures so that we could MEET the Bay City Rollers! We did it even though I can’t remember how many signatures we collected but we had girls writing line after line for us.
Old Spaghetti Factory in the Rocks, Sydney, and we even got stuck in a stairwell with them!!!! Ah – the screaming and swooning we did.
Even had the tartan-trimmed capris, and tartan everything else. Didn’t get into Abba until it was more a retrospective but was thankful to move from BCRollers to T-Rex and the Sweet. Not sure my parents agreed. Do remember seeing Deep Purple in concert as a 12 year old with another friend from high school. We left after 2 ’songs’ because it was too loud, even for us.
Thank you for bring back the memories, Pauline.
Music is such an important part of my families culture. My favorite music time is when my newborn daughter arrived. It was a home birth, and as we dressed my daughter for the first time, my son drummed his little drum to welcome his sister. Two days later great Uncle John arrived and song some wonderful welcome songs and my son was so proud, drumming and singing! At the time my son was only 2 years old. We all still drum and sing, and I still see how proud my son is, and now my daughter as well!