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Rolie Polie Guacamole CD Release Party

Description
The Brooklyn-based jam band plays songs from its whimsically titled second album, Time for Hummus. As expected, complimentary snacks include hummus and guacamole. The debut of the group's claymation music video kicks off the event, and after the tunes, kids can get crafty with Private Picassos or check out the band's first picture book. All ages.
When
Tomorrow 4pm–6pm


Read more: http://newyorkkids.timeout.com/events/music/331401/rolie-polie-guacamole-cd-release-party#ixzz0igb0OXRp

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March 20th, 2010 - Time For Hummus cd, dvd and book release party.

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June 3rd, 2009 - Perch Cafe

April 1st, 2009 - Brooklyn Public Library

Kids Helping Kids Concert--The Bowery, Manhattan
Rock out to some of the Bowery Poetry Club's favorite kids' artists (like Hayes Greenfield & Jazz-A-Ma-Tazz, Niall O’Leary Dancers, Uncle Rock,
Louise Rogers & Washington Heights Children’s Jazz Choir, and
Rolie Polie Guacamole) while donating to children in Haiti. You can also bring one small basic plaything (suggestions: small stuffed animal, small plastic car, crayons, etc.) – to be sent directly to children in Haiti. $5/minimum suggested donation

So many factors influence the naming of a band—musical style, location, attitude, goals, personalities, desperate need to stick out/sound deep—that it's no wonder The A.V. Club finds an endless bounty of funny, stupid, and confusing names every year for our annual band-names list. After all, someone out there right this very moment is forming a band and wondering what to call it, just like someone seriously thought A Hero Named Hope was a good idea. Each year, we receive thousands of albums, press releases, and show listings for venues around the country, and each year, we assemble a list of the notable names we encountered along the way. A reminder before we get started: This list isn't meant to compile the worst names of all time or assess the quality of the band's music. For all we know, Put Down The Muffin is the next Radiohead. We just think the name is funny.

“TOO TWEE TO LIVE IN THIS WORLD"
• Electric Courage Machine
• The Phenomenal Handclap Band
• Rolie Polie Guacamole
• It Hugs Back
• Koo Koo Kanga Roo
• Afternoon Naps
• Mkng Frndz”

Today is Thursday which means taking my daughter to toddler music class at the Y. It is literally Seconda’s only scheduled activity or engagement all week -- neglected second-born that she is -- but it’s a good class, very low-key, very affordable, and taught by these really nice, not-at-all-annoying early-twenty-something guys who have a kid’s band called Rolie Polie Guacamole. Although they each have their own normal names, Seconda refers to them together and individually as “Guacamole.” As in, “I love you Guacamole!!!!!!” whilst she throws her dirty socks at them, the way an off-kilter fanatic would toss her thong at The Boss’s head during “Thunder Road.”

So today, Guacamole was singing one of their story-book songs. This particular song sets the words of Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle’s Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? to music. Lovely, really. A nice, repetitive soothing ballad which gives parents the opportunity to sit down and relax as one Guacamole turns the pages of an oversized copy of the book while the other Guacamole plays guitar.(I know the names of both Guacamoles by the way, just in case you’re beginning to think I’m the sort of person that thinks toddler music teachers are interchangeable and calls for my check by yelling, “Waiter!”).

If you’re not familiar with Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? it is exactly and I mean precisely like Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? except that it features endangered species rather than run-of-the-mill animals. If you’re not familiar with either, well, you’re not missing a whole hell of a lot. I mean, its good stuff, but its no Very Hungry Caterpillar or anything. You start by asking the panda bear, “What do you see?” and when you turn the page, well, there’s your answer. “I see a whooping crane looking at me.” Then you ask the whooping crane what does he see? Bam. Bald eagle looking at me. If a two year-old can catch on to the pattern, I imagine you have by now too.

So I’m just sitting there on a yoga mat, totally zoning out and halfheartedly singing “Spider monkey, spider monkey, what do you see?” when Guacamole turns the page and lo and behold, instead of an animal, it is a child. And I swear to God, I thought I heard Guacamole sing, “Demon child, demon child, what do you see?”

So I am sitting there, criss-cross-applesauce, with Seconda on my lap, singing “Demon child, demon child . . .” and wondering how Bill Martin Jr. came to pen such a controversial line, how the book made it to press, trying to decide how I felt about this surprise ending to what I imagined was just another predictable, (let’s-be-honest) pedestrian board book, and concluding that in fact I rather enjoyed how refreshing the reference to the demon child was when I realized that everyone else in the class was singing, “Dreaming child, dreaming child, what do you see?”
Sure enough, there, very clearly drawn by Carle’s competent brush, was a child lying down with closed eyes and moons swirling around his head, almost in the shape of a halo, the very antithesis of a demon.

Figures.

I guess I’m the only parent with demon-like children . . . I’m fishing here. Tell me I’m not. Tell me your kids have been so bad lately you might make the same Freudian slip.

Our Eat-In took place in the schoolyard of Teunis G. Bergen School (P.S. 9) and had some 70 participants, both children and adults. We were pleased to host NYC Council Member Letitia James, professor Janet Poppendieck (upcoming book, Free For All: Fixing School Food in America, and Brooklyn Academy of Science and Environment student Marcia Foster as speakers. We were also lucky to have local band Rolie Polie Guacamole sing fun tunes about healthy eating. While adults wrote postcards to elected officials (46 total!), kids drew pictures of what they would like to eat for lunch and had their faces painted. With gorgeous weather it was a super-fun, informative, and delicious event!

Music classes and private parties in Brooklyn and beyond.

Frank Gallo and Andrew Tuzhilin offer 45 minute music and movement classes at the Prospect Park YMCA and Gumbo in Boerum Hill.
The program includes original and conventional children's music and
singing books. The children use egg shakers, scarves, purple balls, and
themselves to move to the music. Through interactive dialogue and
percussive rhythms the classes promote motor skill and speech development.


Talented musicians, great teachers
Author: ginac
My son is so, so happy every time he goes to their classes at the Y or their concerts, and their music is great, with strong folk/rock influences (their first CD is one of those that I can leave in the CD player for weeks at a time, and not out of sheer laziness, we LIKE it.).

They seem to have mastered incorporating movement into their classes, and I think they have a great future in music, most especially for children.


We're big fans
Author: sbmcinerney
My 3.5 year old son, 2 year old daughter, and I are huge fans. My husband didn't even know it was a kids CD when we played their music at home.

This talented duo performs many classes at the 9th Street Y, including a rarely found drop-off class for the 3+ set. They also have Saturday options so the whole family can rock out.

We first heard Rolie Polie Guacamole at a birthday party at Vox Pop not so long ago, and have been fans ever since. They return today, Tuesday, June 2, at 5:30 for an hour of fun for the little ones.

I was at that birthday party. Rolie Polie Guacamole was fantastic! The kids were so happy and danced up a storm

November 13, 2008
Rolie Polie Guacamole in Providence
Kidoinfo is always on the hunt for new music, and our latest cool find is Rolie Polie Guacamole. Frank Gallo (from Brooklyn, NY) and Andrew Tuzhilin (who recently moved to Providence to play in a rock opera at Brown) released their first children’s album this year with eleven original songs that are fun and will definitely get your kids up and moving. Their acoustic folk funk sound is groovy even for the adults. When we heard them perform live at LoveBugs, the new second-hand kids’ store on Hope Street, a few weeks ago, my son Ethan had a front row spot to watch Frank and Andrew play and was thrilled when he came home with their CD. The “Rolie Polie Guacamole” theme song is one of my favorites on the CD, and I also enjoyed the hummus song (not on the CD). All this singing will make you and your kids hungry while teaching them about the healthy ingredients that go into these dishes! The band is also available for birthday parties and recently played a guacamole making party at The Spot on Thayer Street.

Rolie Polie Guacamole is starting to make monthly visits to Providence to play, including a once-a-month guacamole making party for kids of all ages at The Spot. You have three chances to catch them in Providence this November.

Rolie Polie Guacamole have a new 10 week class at Gumbo, Tuesda'sy 11:15 am.

Urban Baby - Weekend Events:

July 23, 2009
Go
Still Hip’s 2nd Birthday Block Party
Brooklyn’s Still Hip boutique and neighbors host a block party on Grand Avenue. Free yoga, arts ‘n’ crafts and Spanish music classes. Performances by Rolie Polie Guacamole and LIG Funk Band.

Feb 19, 2009
Hear
Rolie Polie Guacamole
Check out a class with this local Brooklyn-based kids’ band.

Description
This Brooklyn-based jam band are regulars at music festivals–catch them surrounded by books instead of nature today. Kids can expect to hear acoustic rock, funk and folk tunes like “Always Brush Your Teeth” and “My Mama Said.”