The Imagination Movers
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September 15, 2014
Location: Kelowna Community Theatre
Address: 1375 Water St
Time: 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Website: View Website
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The Imagination Movers
Disney Jr presents The Imagination Movers Live in Concert
The Imagination Movers story is the ultimate example of the power of imagination.
In 2003, four New Orleans friends – Rich Collins, Scott Durbin, Dave Poche and Scott “Smitty” Smith – started gathering after their kids’ bedtimes to write songs and brainstorm ideas about a children’s television show. Two years later, they had become the latest sensation of their musical city, attracting parents and children alike with an eclectic pop sensibility and lyrical turns about healthy snacks and playing catch and conquering childhood fears of bedtime. Lines to the Movers’ shows stretched down blocks. When the levees broke after Hurricane Katrina, the far-reaching disaster turned the Movers’ world upside down, but it didn’t put an end to their dream. Even while band members salvaged their belongings from flooded homes – and Smith reported to his day job as a fire fighter and first responder – they never stopped living according to the Movers’ motto: “Reach high, think big, work hard, have fun!” This motto has served the band well. Not even the Imagination Movers could have fully imagined the band’s current breakthrough success.
The Movers have filmed three seasons of their hit music-and-comedy series for Disney Junior and sales of Movers CDs, DVDs and merchandise are approaching a half million. Critical acclaim includes nods from Entertainment Weekly and The New York Times, which reported the Movers are “prized by many parents for non-condescending lyrics and music that evokes the Beastie Boys or Red Hot Chili Peppers.” Parenting magazine praised the band’s “dash of rebellion” and songs that are “fresh and treacle-free.” National television appearances include The View, Live with Regis Kelly, and Good Morning America. In 2009, the Imagination Movers won a Daytime Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts Sciences for outstanding original song in the children's show/animation category.
imaginationmovers.com
Kelowna Community Theatre 1375 Water St
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Disney Jr presents The Imagination Movers Live in Concert
The Imagination Movers story is the ultimate example of the power of imagination.
In 2003, four New Orleans friends – Rich Collins, Scott Durbin, Dave Poche and Scott “Smitty” Smith – started gathering after their kids’ bedtimes to write songs and brainstorm ideas about a children’s television show. Two years later, they had become the latest sensation of their musical city, attracting parents and children alike with an eclectic pop sensibility and lyrical turns about healthy snacks and playing catch and conquering childhood fears of bedtime. Lines to the Movers’ shows stretched down blocks. When the levees broke after Hurricane Katrina, the far-reaching disaster turned the Movers’ world upside down, but it didn’t put an end to their dream. Even while band members salvaged their belongings from flooded homes – and Smith reported to his day job as a fire fighter and first responder – they never stopped living according to the Movers’ motto: “Reach high, think big, work hard, have fun!” This motto has served the band well. Not even the Imagination Movers could have fully imagined the band’s current breakthrough success.
The Movers have filmed three seasons of their hit music-and-comedy series for Disney Junior and sales of Movers CDs, DVDs and merchandise are approaching a half million. Critical acclaim includes nods from Entertainment Weekly and The New York Times, which reported the Movers are “prized by many parents for non-condescending lyrics and music that evokes the Beastie Boys or Red Hot Chili Peppers.” Parenting magazine praised the band’s “dash of rebellion” and songs that are “fresh and treacle-free.” National television appearances include The View, Live with Regis Kelly, and Good Morning America. In 2009, the Imagination Movers won a Daytime Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts Sciences for outstanding original song in the children's show/animation category.
imaginationmovers.com
