Play Date Program Details
Play Date's fun, engaging music program encourages children and their families to explore their imaginations through song and participate in a positive, creative, and empowering live music experience together.
Sing, Dance and Rock Out with Play Date!
Join husband and wife duo - Greg Attonito (The Bouncing Souls) and Shanti Wintergate of the award-winning kindie music group, Play Date. Their fun, engaging music program encourages children and their families to explore their imaginations through song and participate in a positive, creative, and empowering - live music experience together! Play Date's albums have won Parents' Choice Awards, NAPPA Awards and have garnered rave reviews from NPR, USA Today and The New York Times.
"There's always been a strong sense of self-discovery and independence in good kids' music, and Play Date has it all." - NPR
Play Date engages the audience with an authentic, fun, age-appropriate dialogue throughout the program. They ask questions, incorporate movement and creative thought in their story-telling based songs. Play Date shares their passion for creativity, imagination and wonder with the audience.
KEY ELEMENTS: Encouraging imagination & creativity, basic songwriting, storytelling and movement. Target age range is 2-8 but program appeals to all ages.
TOPICS COVERED: Diversity, tolerance, kindness, self-empowerment, and typical Pre-K+ topics (Animals, Colors, Numbers, Alphabet, Poetry, Storytelling.) The song "Colors" is a song they write in real-time with the help of the audience.
PLAY DATE - BOOKING INQUIRY
PROGRAM BOOKING/FEES
We are open to bringing our program to any family-friendly place with adequate space. Our fees vary depending a few different factors and we're always willing to try to work with your avail budget. "Group or Block Booking" is always preferred and more economical. We can perform 2x/day (morning & afternoon programs) when block booking events within close proximity. Program length is 45-60min.
We trust that each event coordinator knows the best time and date for a program like ours, we're open to suggestions and scheduling.
Ideal program START TIMES are: AM PROGRAM (10am-11am start time) PM PROGRAM (3pm-4pm start time).
PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS
FULL PROGRAM DESCRIPTION (for promo):
Get fun. Get moving & Rock Out with Play Date! Award-winning, kindie music tour de force, Play Date, brings infectious melodies and empowering lyrics that will get the whole family bopping. Husband and wife duo—punk rocker Greg Attonito (The Bouncing Souls) and singer-songwriter Shanti Wintergate—Play Date has entertained audiences across the US. Their original, kid-centric tunes are infused with flecks of garage rock, dancehall, pop, americana and pop-punk. Play Date's albums have won Parents' Choice Awards, NAPPA Awards and have garnered rave reviews from NPR, USA Today, The New York Times and many more.
“There's always been a strong sense of self-discovery and independence in good kids' music, and Play Date has it all.” -NPR.
Play Date's fun, interactive music program encourages children and their families to explore their imaginations through song and participate in a positive, creative, and empowering - live musical experience together.
Program length is 40-45 min. followed by a 10-15 min "Meet & Greet" where children can get their poster signed and hi-five the band.
SHORT PROGRAM DESCRIPTION (for promo):
Get fun. Get moving & Rock Out with Play Date! Join husband and wife duo - Greg Attonito (The Bouncing Souls) and Shanti Wintergate of the award-winning kindie music group, Play Date. Their fun, engaging music program encourages children and their families to explore their imaginations through song and participate in a positive, creative, and empowering - live musical experience together! Play Date's albums have won Parents' Choice Awards, NAPPA Awards and have garnered rave reviews from NPR, USA Today and The New York Times.
Program length is 40-45 min. followed by a 10-15 min "Meet & Greet" where children can get their poster signed and hi-five the band.
