Joanie Leeds Releases 'What A Zoo,' Hosts Party At JCC NYC 4/12
Building on the momentum of her 2010 Parents' Choice® Gold Award-winning album, I'm a Rock Star, popular NYC-based children's musician Joanie Leeds looks forward with excitement to the April 12 release of her new kids' CD, What a Zoo! Joanie Leeds and her band, The Nightlights, will celebrate the new album with a rocking family show at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, April 10 at the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan (JCC Manhattan), 334 Amsterdam Ave., NYC.
Joanie's so thrilled about her new album, she's ready to fly! On April 10, Joanie plans to fly high above the crowd, suspended in the air while playing the guitar, doing a never-before-done stunt. As she sings, plays, and flies during her song, "My Butterfly," Joanie will fling tiny butterflies downward to the audience. This show will be a high energy, interactive experience from start to finish, showcasing such "Joanie favorites" as "I'm a Rock Star," "Blast Off," and "More Cowbell," along with an array of songs from What a Zoo! including "My Butterfly," "Wimoweh," "Mosquitoes," "Happy As A Clam," and "Possum." Kids will be moving like crazy during Joanie's "Freeze Dance" song, and she'll give away prizes to all the awesome dancers. At the start of "I Wanna Be Green" Joanie and the band will bring out the green pom poms, as they lead kids in the GREEN CHEER. In "Popcorn" (a swing tempo rock tune in a Bill Haley mode), kids will pop like corn kernels as they sing along. As if that's not enough, Joanie will give away copies of What a Zoo! to the first 10 families through the door at this show.
Says Joanie, "We've got plenty of blow up animals and beach balls, and we'll keep the fun going as we toss things into the crowd. We plan to really bring this show to the next level with visual elements and tons of interactive dancing and singing along."
Gifted with a soulful, "rock solid" voice and an instinctive knack for capturing the essence of any style she goes for, Joanie Leeds has delivered, with each new release, music that speaks to kids in a friendly, non-patronizing way and is imbued with artistic values that thrill admiring adults. Her presentation is notable for its child-appropriate clarity, yet vocally Joanie soars easily through a remarkable array of styles with such an enviable power and dexterity that it's easy to forget her intended audience is under age 10. Joanie truly rocks! Time Out New York Kids enthused about I'm a Rock Star, "The title track - with its hint of mid-career Alanis Morissette - is a terrific jam, while the rocking-chair anthem 'Give Me a Hug' is a tender, parent-pleasing tune ... if she can win over my discerning kid, then Joanie Leeds is indeed a rock star."
WHAT: Joanie Leeds and The Nightlights - WHAT A ZOO! CD Release Concert
WHERE: JCC Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave. at 76th St., NYC
WHEN: Sunday, April 10. 10:00 A.M.
TICKETS: $12 in advance; $14 at the door (members); $14 in advance; $16 at the door (non-members) Children under age one admitted free.
INFORMATION: (646) 505-4444. http://jccmanhattan.org
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