12/11/2007 Tuesday, December 11, 2007 Stevesongs Launches New Pipsqueak Performing Arts Series

Performances To Grow On will be launching a new series, "Pipsqueak Performances" geared for young children, ages 2-7 at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza on Saturday mornings in the intimate Scherr Forum Theatre, 2100 E. thousand Oaks Blvd. The series begins on Jan. 12 @ 11 am with award winning kids performer, Steve Roslonek, better know to his fans as Stevesongs .. Tickets are $12 for children and $15 for adults. The Series ticket which includes Stevesongs on Jan. 12, Little Red Riding Hood and Other Famous from the Pushcart Players on Feb. 16 and Winnie the Pooh on March 29is $30 for kids and $40 for adults. All performances are at 11 am in the Scherr Forum and tickets are available at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza Box Office, by phone at 805-646-8907 and on the web at www.ptgo.org.

SteveSongs has been performing his unique brand of original songs for kids and their families since the late 1990s. His five albums have won numerous national awards, including two Parents' Choice Gold Awards, a Children's Music Web Best Audio Award, a NAPPA Honor and an iParenting Media Award. SteveSongs blends participatory songs, clever stories and great melodies into an experience that leads young listeners on what the Boston Globe calls "not just a musical journey but an entertaining, interactive and educational one." Lynne Heffley of the Los Angeles Times applauds SteveSongs' "warmth, gentle humor and well crafted, quirky wordplay." His songs are tested on and approved by the toughest audience on the planet - kids.

One of the hardest working performing artists in the children's music business, SteveSongs performs at hundreds of venues each year, and has developed a vast repertoire of family-friendly tunes. "It's kids' music that is cool," says Garth Ross, programmer for the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage in Washington, DC, where SteveSongs has been featured three times.In fact, kids of all ages respond to SteveSongs music in amazing ways. As the Hartford Courant noted recently, "It takes a different kind of rock star to convince more than 300 people-some in their 80s, some barely 3 - to stand up, jump up and down on one foot, stick one finger in their ear and hold their knee with the other hand. Steve Roslonek is that kind of rock star."

Other Performances in the Pipsqueak Series

Pushcart Players in "Little Red Riding Hood and Other Famous Fairy Tales"

Feb. 16 @ 11 a.m. at the Scherr Forum Theatre

Here is an enchanting collection of classic tales - Little Red Riding Hood, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Princess and the Pea and Hans Christian Anderson's All's Well That Ends Well.

Innovative settings and songs provide the perfect opportunity for involvement and participation in this first theatre-going experience. Each story is precious with just the right blend of faraway fantasy and contemporary reality.Watch the wonder and magic of live theatre cast its spell on very young viewers as they journey into the imaginary world of Little Red Riding Hood and other Once Upon A Time favorites!

Winnie The Pooh

March 29 @ 11 am. at the Scherr Forum Theatre

Tales of Christopher Robin's friends and their adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood have delighted children of all ages for generations. Join Eeyore, Rabbit, Piglet, Owl, Kanga, Roo, and of course, everyone's favorite bear of very little brain, Pooh, in this enchanting musical based on A. A. Milne's stories.