Hello!

We hope all the Mums had a wonderful Mother’s Day on Sunday, big Love to our Mums who are the biggest Giggly Kids fans of all

Happy Mother's Day!

Our next show is at the Adelaide Festival Centre for Something on Saturday. We will be performing at 11.am and 1.00pm on Saturday the 26th of May in the Banquet Room.

Don’t forget that you can come and do some arts and crafts as well as seeing the performance. Create something that makes you giggle with Heidi and her crew. Best of all it’s free to participate.

Tickets can be purchased here: http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/afc/whats-on/family/ready-set-giggle-something-on-saturday.php

An exciting announcement; Giggly Kids are touring to Queensland! Dave and Kate will be doing a series of libraries and community group performances leading up to Book Week and the Reading Hour in August.

There are still some dates available for early to mid August so if you’re interested in having SA Reading Ambassadors Giggly Kids come to your library, community group, kindergarten or primary school, send us an email via the ‘Contacts’ tab. We’d love to come and visit!

Queensland here we come!

If you have any great photos from a Giggly Kids concert we’d love to see them! Email us at info@gigglykids.com.au and we’ll send you a colouring-in page from our brand new colouring-in book which will be available soon!

Have a wonderful week!

GK

Giggly Kids are proud to be Reading Ambassadors for The National Year of Reading 2012! Here is a little bit of information from the Love2read website about what it’s all about;

The National Year of Reading 2012 is about children learning to read and keen readers finding new sources of inspiration. It’s about supporting reading initiatives while respecting the oral tradition of storytelling. It’s about helping people discover and rediscover the magic of books. And most of all, it’s about Australians becoming a nation of readers.

Nearly half our population can’t read with any fluency.  Here are three goals which will help us turn Australia into a nation of readers and encourage a reading culture in every home:

• For all Australians to understand the benefits of reading as a life skill and a catalyst for well-being;
• To promote a reading culture in every home; and
• To establish an aspirational goal for families, of parents and caregivers sharing books with their children every day.

Next year will see a whole heap of amazing, fun, reading activities taking place around Australia and online, so people of all ages, from different backgrounds, can discover and rediscover the joy of reading.

You can find information about all the Reading Ambassadors here: http://www.love2read.org.au/ambassadors.cfm

Happy Reading everyone!

Hi There!

Giggly Kids HQ has been abuzz with activity lately! With the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Country Arts SA and puppeteer extraordinaire Ninian Donald, we have opened the wonderful “Edward the Emu and Edwina the Emu”! Here are a couple of pictures from our performances;

On Sunday the 29th of April we will be performing at the Grand Opening Launch of “Pipsqueaks Market”

Pipsqueaks Market

It is going to be a gorgeous market with stalls for kids and adults too, Giggly Kids will be playing two sets on the day. Stay tuned for performance times, we’ll be posting those soon.

I hope you’ve all been enjoying the Glorious weather we’ve been having over the last week. Until next time, Bye for now!

Hi Everybody!

I hope you are all happy and well and enjoying 2012, a year that is shaping up to be quite spectacular! At Giggly Kids HQ there has been a buzz of activity with all the projects we have going on at the moment.

Cake judging the cupcakes at Harvest Picnic, Hanging Rock.

We would like to say a very special thank you to our friend Joshua who took our CD “Ready, Set, Giggle!” all the way to Seattle in the US. Here’s a picture of him in front of the Seattle Music Experience Project. Thanks for sending that in Joshua and Michelle!

We were so excited to perform the first show of “Edward the Emu and Edwina the Emu” in Goolwa on March the 21st. Working with the live orchestra was amazing and the shows were well received by all. Stay tuned for some pictures very soon!

The Gig Guide has recently been updated so have a look to see where you can catch a Giggly Kids performance next.

Keep Giggling!

It’s official! Giggly Kids join the amazing company of Australian Ambassadors for the National Year of Reading for 2012!

Check out the Love to Read website here for details http://www.love2read.org.au/ambassadors.cfm

Hello Everybody!

We hope you’ve all enjoyed yourselves over the silly season. We certainly have kept busy with shows and concerts all about the place; we even got to meet Santa at the Mitcham Library!

Giggly Kids meet Santa!!

We also met some incredible people, thanks to all the wonderful library staff who made us feel so welcome as we performed here, there and everywhere.

It’s been a busy couple of months and Kate and Dave have been rehearsing a new show with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. “Edward the Emu” and “Edwina the Emu” will premier in Goolwa in March.

Just Add Water is the name for the year-long Regional Centre of Culture program in the picturesque coastal town of Goolwa, featuring the Emu’s in collaboration with Giggly Kids. Be sure to look up the program as there will be amazing art and productions taking place throughout 2012.

Edward and Edwina Emu

Dave is currently working on the Melbourne Shakespeare Company’s production of “Wind in the Willows”. This year is the special 25th year anniversary of the show in the picturesque Botanic Gardens. If you’re in Victoria for January it is must see family classic. Bring a big picnic! But watch out for cheeky Head Chief Rabbit; he might just sample your dinner!

Dave in "Wind in the Willows" as Ratty

When “Wind in the Willows” wraps up at the end of January, Kate and Dave have booked in a couple of weeks to start work on a new Giggly Kids ALBUM! We look forward to developing new songs and ideas which we hope to share with you later in the year.

If you haven’t already done so, please join our mailing list. It’s a great way to get updates every now and again and to find out when we’ll be playing near you.

As always, keep giggling!

Hello everyone,

We hope you are all well and happy and are enjoying the festivities of the season. We’re excited for the performances coming up in libraries and halls, have a look at the gig guide to see if we’re playing near you.

Dave and Kate are also collaborating with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and Director Ninian Donald on a show for next year. Two children’s books; ‘Edward the Emu’ and ‘Edwina the Emu’ by Sheena Knowles, have been put to an orchestral score by Peter Webb. Dave and Kate will be puppeteering Edward and Edwina while a live 10 piece orchestra plays the score with them! You can find more information about next years performances of this piece here: http://aso.com.au/images/pdf/public.pdf

AND here: http://www.alexandrina.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/GoolwaJAWProgram_1stQuarter.pdf (see page 26)

Here’s a sneak peak at the creative development and rehearsal;

Don’t forget; if you are looking for a special gift for a young person you can purchase our new CD ‘Ready, Set, Giggle!’ online at CD Baby and iTunes, at a Giggly Kids show, or you can email us and we’ll send one straight to you.

We wish you a safe and happy holidays, and as always, keep giggling!

Hi everyone!

Just a reminder about our shows for this weekend. We’ll be at the Marion Cultural Centre in SA on Saturday for their Mega Market, performing on-stage at 12.oo noon.

Then we’re heading straight over to Melbourne VIC for the Age Harvest Picnic at Werribee on Sunday. Our shows are at 9 am and 10 am so get there early it’s going to be a fantastic event.

We hope you can make it to either of these great events. Check out the gigs calender to see where we’ll be performing next.

Can you believe that it’s almost Christmas time already? We hope that you have some exciting times ahead, whether it’s a holiday or just some time to relax and have a break.

Do you need a gift idea for a special little somebody? We think that you will Love our new CD ‘Ready, Set, Giggle!’

‘Ready, Set, Giggle!’ is now available to purchase. Simply click on the music link at the top of the page and follow the download instructions. Alternatively you place a hard copy order through the ‘Contact Us’ Tab and we’ll post them straight out to you.

But the best way to get a copy is to come and see us at a live performance! Check out the ‘Show Dates’ page to see where Giggly Kids will be appearing next.

We look forward to seeing you at a concert soon! GK

Hello Hello!

Firstly, I’d like to say a huge Thank-you to everyone who attended the Giggly Kids CD Launch on Saturday and celebrated the release of ‘Ready, Set, Giggle!’ The event was a huge success and we couldn’t have done it without you, our friends, and our wonderful families.

Here are a few action pictures from the show…

Keep a look out as I upload more photos next week!

Giggle On!