When my daughter was 3 years old I was first introduced to the music of Laurie Berkner when her first preschool ballet was to "Fast and Slow". We immediately bought that CD when we found out her dance songs and pretty much wore out the CD. Over the years, my daughter's music choice has changed to music she hears on the radio and I had forgotten about Laurie Berkner and introducing her to my son. That changed when I received an advance copy of "The Ultimate Laurie Berkner Band Collection". My daughter and I recognized about 1/3 of the songs from the original CD we owned and we couldn't help but sing along. In fact, even a few seconds in to each song that was new to us we were singing along. My 4 year old son has been in love with the CD and every time we are in the car we are listening to it (which is every night as I run kids to and from their activities.) He especially loves any song that has a call to action to move around like "My Energy" and "Shake Your Body Down". In fact, last night he stood on his bed and started singing and dancing "Shake Your Body Down" to help him get all his wiggles out before I tucked him in. I am so happy we have Laurie Berkner back in our lives. She sings about things kids care about in a fun upbeat way that they just want to sing along and dance.
The Ultimate Laurie Berkner Collection CD is supposed to released on or about October 9th (that's TODAY!!) and you can order it directly fro her website. At the time of this post you could get BOGO copies of the CD for only $15. How awesome is that! 2 CDs for only $15. Give one to a friend as a present!
Hear some of Laurie Berkner's songs on her YouTube Channel so you can listen for yourself. You can also fin her online:
AND.......She is going to be in concert at the end of this month. Her tour kicks off in Minneapolis!!!
Here is specific details about the concert in the Twin Cities:
October 26 -- Beth El Synagogue -- Solo! -- St. Louis Park, MN
Laurie Berkner in The You and Me Solo Tour
5225 Barry St. W.
11:15 a.m.
Tickets $18; $36; $100
A limited number of $100 VIP tickets are available.*
Call 952-910-3512
Visit www.besyn.org
Other concert locations include:
Boston, MA
Bethlehem, PA
North Tonawanda, NY
Tarrytown, NY
Concord, NH
Princeton, NJ
Santa Barbara, CA
Disclaimer: I was given a review copy of the CD in hopes I would review it on this blog. No monetary compensation was received. All thoughts, opinions and photographs are my own.
My kids love her! I wish there was a concert closer to us. Thanks for the heads up about the CD deal. This would make an excellent gift for a birthday party we have next month.
ReplyDeleteMy god-daughter is into songs, singing and dancing...maybe this is something to look into for her as a gift.
ReplyDeleteMy girls would love this CD
ReplyDeleteMy niece loves all kinds of music. This would be perfect for her.
ReplyDeleteMy boys are dancing right now to the radio. They would love this CD.
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