Meet Jake, an honorary band member!

I want to tell you about a special friend of mine named Jake. If you have our first CD or have seen our cartoons on YouTube, you’ve already heard his voice on our “Three Pigs and a Wolf” song. In fact, he introduces the song with his then 3-year-old voice, and sings along during the chorus parts with his brother Joshua and sister Riley. Here’s a picture from the recording session.

Jake is now 10-years old, and he took up the saxophone just three months ago. He has gotten so good at the sax in such a short period of time that I invited him to join us on stage. Jake played the “Opposite” song with the band at the Coolidge Corner Theatre on Jan. 8, 2012 and stole the show! Here are some pictures from that performance.

Jake did such a great job in fact, that we decided to make him an honorary band member with his own D&F cartoon character! Meet Jake, everyone! I think you’ll be seeing more of him on stage and perhaps even on screen in future D&F productions!

Coolidge Corner Theatre - Jan. 8, 2012

Help us ring in the New Year at our only Winter 2012 Boston-area show for Debbie and Friends!

We’re playing the wonderful Coolidge Corner Theatre on Sunday, Jan. 8 at 10:30am!

We have lots of surprises in store including new songs, new cartoons, puppets, and special guests!

For tickets, call 617-734-2501, or visit the Coolidge Web site:
www.coolidge.org/kids

The Coolidge Corner Theatre is located at 290 Harvard Ave, Brookline, MA 02446

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Fun Tour Memories

Thanks to everyone who came out to see us in NJ, PA, and MD this month! We had a great time and look forward to seeing you again soon! - Debbie

Debbie & Friends Nov. 2011 Tour

What a fun tour! Thanks to our friends in NJ, PA, and MD who came out to see us! Here are some pictures from our fun times together!

Nov. 3, St. Peter’s School, Philadelphia, PA
We had a great time with my nephews at their school in Phila! Here they are working the wolf puppets with the band.

Nov. 4, Axelrod Arts Center, Deal, NJ
In NJ, we played at a wonderful arts center with a fun crowd of 250+ preschoolers, teachers, and parents!

Nov. 5, Upper Darby Performing Arts Center, Drexel Hill, PA
Drexel Hill is the place to be for families concerts! Harry Dietzler, Paul Moffitt and the folks at UDPAC know how to do it right! We got the whole family involved with this show. Here’s a picture of my mom and nephews joining the band on stage.

Nov. 6, Gordon Center for Performing Arts, Owings Mills, MD
Finally, we played in MD for the first time for a wonderfully enthusiastic crowd! Here’s a picture of my crazy band doing their thing!

We even had our good friends and special guests, Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer join us on stage for a couple of songs!

Thanks again to all of the families who came out to see us! We hope to see you again soon!

We’re Going on Tour!

Debbie and Friends on Tour!

I’m exited to tell you that we’re taking the band on the road! If you live in NJ, PA, or MD, I hope you can come out to see us this weekend!

Here’s the schedule!

Friday, Nov. 4 at 10am Axelrod Arts Center, Deal, NJ
We’re so excited to be playing Debbie’s home State! For tickets and more information, please visit the Axelrod Web site or call 732-531-9106.

Saturday, Nov. 5 at 1pm Upper Darby Performing Arts Center, Drexel Hill, PA
This beautiful theater is just outside of Philadelphia. For tickets and more information, please visit the UDPAC web site or call 610-622-1189.

Sunday, Nov. 6 at 3pm Gordon Center for Performing Arts, Owings Mills, MD
Please join us for our first show in MD! We even have special guests, Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer joining us on stage for a song! It’s going to be a great time! For tickets, please visit the Gordon Center Web site or call 410-356 SHOW (7469).

Special guests Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer play a song with us!

We hope to see you soon!

Gustafer Yellowgold at the Regent!

Hi Everyone,

My good friend Ivan and I want you to know that Gustafer Yellowgold is coming to the Regent Theatre this Saturday, June 12, at 2pm in Arlington, MA. We’re huge fans and wanted to make sure you knew about the show. It’s going to be a great one!

Here’s a link to tickets and more information.

http://www.regenttheatre.com/details/gustafer_yellowgold

Your friend,

Debbie

In Concert with Bob McGrath

Thank you to everyone who came to our sold-out show at the Regent Theatre in Arlington, MA on Saturday, March 26, to celebrate the release of our new DVD, STORY SONGS & SING ALONGS. We had a great time singing along with our special guests and good friends Bob McGrath from Sesame Street and Darcel Wilson. Here is a video of our last song that day.

Introducing Our New Band Member: The Big Bad Wolf!

The Big Bad Wolf in concert with Debbie and Friends.

BIG NEWS from Debbie and Friends! The Big Bad Wolf is joining the band! He made two guest appearances with us in March. The first time was at our WERS “The Playground” live radio debut and the second time was on stage at our DVD Release Concert at the Regent Theatre in Arlington, MA. Everyone enjoyed the Wolf’s performances so much that we asked him to join the band! He’s now in Florida at a puppet maker’s workshop getting a special “wolf makeover” so he’ll be ready for our very busy concert schedule beginning this summer.

Here’s a sketch of what our new, improved Big Bad Wolf will look like.

The new and improved Big Bad Wolf!

The Wolf will join the band starting in July. Please check our show schedule and save some dates! We look forward to seeing you and making music with you again soon!

Mike and the Big Bad Wolf!

DVD Concert Memories

What a fun crowd filled with friends at the Regent Theatre!

Thank you to everyone who came to our show at the Regent Theatre in Arlington, MA on Saturday, March 26, to celebrate the release of our new DVD, STORY SONGS & SING ALONGS and to sing along with our special guests and good friends, Bob McGrath from Sesame Street and Darcel Wilson.

Here are some pictures from our fun time together! (Thanks to Beth Oram Photography for “capturing happy”!)

Debbie and Bob McGrath singing “Sing a Song” with everyone.

Darcel Wilson, Mike Carrera and Debbie Cavalier

Our fans and friends!

Our own Eric Saulnier on guitar!

Our dancing band!

Having fun!

Bob McGrath!

Story Songs & Sing Alongs DVD.

Our new DVD is available on our Web site .
http://debbieandfriends.net/music.php

Thanks again, everyone! I hope to see you at another D&F concert soon!

-Debbie

Rehearsing for the Big Show!

Sometimes, rehearsing and preparing for a show can be almost as fun as the actual show! This was certainly true last Friday evening, when the Debbie and Friends band gathered in our living room and rehearsed for our DVD Release Show at the Regent Theatre the next day. We played an “unplugged” set running through all of the songs planned for the show, including “Sing a Song” with Bob McGrath from Sesame Street.

The following are some fun pictures from our rehearsal.

Even Sophie loved it!

The next day, we played a really fun show to a packed house of enthusiastic families. Thanks to all of our Boston-area friends who came out to make music with us! Show pictures coming soon!

- Debbie