FREE D&F App - updated link!

It’s here! The first of several apps in development with Debbie and Friends!

This musical app is bursting with songs, cartoon music videos, live-performance videos, concert dates, photos, and even a wall where we can post messages to each other.

I hope you and your family enjoys the first-ever Debbie and Friends app!

Here’s a link to more information where you can download the app for FREE for your iPhone and iTouch devices.

Enjoy!

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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Santa & Baby - a sneak preview

Did you ever see a picture and think to yourself… “THAT wants to be a SONG”? Well, that’s exacly what I thought when I saw the following picture of my friend Beth Oram’s little dog named Baby.

Baby! Photo by Beth Oram Photography.

It looked to me like this little puppy just wanted to be part of Santa’s team! So, Mike and I wrote the song, we recorded it one night a couple of weeks ago with some friends at Berklee. The groove is inspired by the Spin Doctors (Yeah!), and the message for this Christmas song is about giving, helping friends, and taking steps to make your dreams come true.

Our friends at Planet Sunday are hard at work on the cartoon version. The following is an “animation rough” also known as a storyboard. The finished version of this cartoon music video will be ready in time for Christmas 2011! We always like to give our fan families an inside view at what’s in the works!

Enjoy the (preproduction) story of “Santa & Baby”!

-Debbie

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!

Take the Wendell Cartoon Challenge!

I’m so happy to introduce you to our new cartoon music video, “Wendell”! You may recall the song from our second CD, More Story Songs and Sing Alongs. In the cartoon version, Wendell is a boy who shows us that when you use your imagination, you can overcome obstacles and make your dreams come true!

Enjoy Wendell’s adventures and try to find two challenges:
1. When does “the spider” appear that is in every Debbie and Friends cartoon?
2. What is the “Debbie” character supposed to be in this cartoon?

If you have the answers, email them to Debbie [@] debbieandfriends.net along with your email address and your child’s first name. I’ll send a personalized congratulations email with a Debbie and Friends coloring page and Fan Club PDF to you for your child. Challenge ends July 9. Congratulations emails will be sent on July 10.

Good luck with the Wendell Challenge!

-Debbie

March 26, DVD Release Concert Featuring Bob McGrath

The new Debbie and Friends DVD

Dear Friends,

For the past two years, we’ve had CD release concerts at the Regent Theatre. This year, it’s going to be a little different. We are releasing a new product, but this time it’s our first Debbie and Friends DVD (YAY!) AND we are also featuring two very special guest artists!

Bob McGrath, of Sesame Street fame, will be joining us on stage for a few songs!

Bob McGrath

We will also have the amazing and talented Darcel Wilson performing with us!

Darcel Wilson

The band and I couldn’t be more excited!

Please join us on Saturday, March 26th at 10:30am. The Regent Theatre is located at 7 Medford Street, Arlington, MA.

Don’t wait! Call for tickets 781-646-4849, or order online here: http://www.regenttheatre.com/details/debbie_friends

Ticket Prices (general admission):
$8.00 – Kids (12 and under)
$8.00 – Seniors
$10.00 – Adults

The band and I hope to see you at the show!

- Debbie

Win 4 Concert Tickets! (plus t-shirts and CDs)

***CONGRATULATIONS to the Wark Family for winning the Tickets and Prize Package!***

Hi Everyone!

I’m happy to announce that I have 4 tickets to give away for our full-band concert this Sunday, March 6 at 4pm in Needham, MA! The winning family will also receive Debbie and Friends t-shirts for the kids and two CDs. (The prize holds a $100 retail value.)

The event is a fundraiser for Temple Beth Elohim Nursery School in Needham, and the concert will take place at the Creative Movement and Arts Center, 145 Rosemary Street, Needham, MA.

To enter the drawing, please send me an email before 9am EST on Friday, March 4, to Debbie@debbieandfriends.net, indicating you would like to attend the concert. I’ll print the names, put them into a bowl, and randomly draw the winning family and will post the winner here by 5pm on Friday.

I hope to see you and your family on Sunday!

-Debbie

Behind the Scenes!

Debbie and Friends is hard at work on our new DVD to be released on March 29, 2011.

On December 18, we performed a live action concert shoot for the DVD at Berklee College of Music’s CAFE 939. The following is a fun “Outtakes Video” featuring some special moments from that day.

Learning to Play Piano - FREE book

Happy Holidays!

I’m pleased to share a piano method booklet for children that I developed with my Grandfather, Marty Gold. Marty is a wonderful musician who has enjoyed an amazing career in music. In fact, he’s the reason I became a musician. Recently, he told me about a piano “tent” he created to help kids learn the names of notes on a music staff. The story goes that Nabisco was going to put one in every cereal box back in the 1950s, and then pulled the project for fear there were not enough pianos in US homes. We decided to do the project together and make it available to friends of “Debbie and Friends.”

The following widget has a download link for a free copy of the Learning to Play Piano book and piano tent PDF files. A printed version of the book will be available soon. In the meantime, please let me know how the tent and method book are for your children!

Special thanks to Robert Heath of Barkley Studios for designing the keyboard tent, Greg David of Planet Sunday for the cover art image, and Shawn Girsberger for the book layout and design. What a dream team!!!

-Debbie

Debbie & Friends DVD Shoot

We’re inviting you and your family to be part of our live-action, full-band video shoot at Berklee’s Cafe 939 in Boston! The event is FREE, but space is limited, so please RSVP today! (see below)

Details & Prizes: The shoot will last 45 minutes. We’ll play songs, tell jokes, and have lots of fun while the cameras are rolling! Each child will go home with a certificate of participation and every family will receive a coupon for a FREE D&F DVD (Release date is March 29, 2011). We’ll have other fun surprises including discounts to nearby restaurants for lunch that day, tattoos, stickers, and more.

Date: Saturday, December 18

Location: Cafe 939 is located at 939 Boylston Street, Boston, MA

Time: 11:00am - 11:45am

RSVP Today: Please send an email with your name and the number of kids/adults in your party, along with a contact number for Debbie to call and confirm. Please RSVP to the following email address:
rsvp@debbieandfriends.net

Parent Release: Please note, by participating in the live action shoot, you will be granting permission for Debbie and Friends to include images of yourself and your family on the DVD.

“I hope you can join us!” -Debbie