Hot Peas N Butter Emf
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Greensboro, NC The edible, educational and energetic childrens musical group, Hot Peas N Butter, will kick off the EMFkids! program at Greensboro Day School (5401 Lawndale Drive, Greensboro, NC 27455) on Saturday, June 28, 2008, at 11 am. Tickets may be purchased for $6 for children and $10 for adults at 866.579.TIXX, from the Box Office at Triad Stage or online at www.easternmusicfestival.org. This New York City-based group offers an eclectic mix of both original and folk tunes, integrating multilingual and multicultural lyrics and beats to create a compilation of songs that will have parents and children alike on their feet. Founded in 2000 by professional musicians and former classmates, Danny Lapidus and Francisco Cotto, this pair of peas strives to produce professional quality music through a caring performance. A rapidly growing audience and recent appearances of music videos Number One and Deep Down on Noggins Jacks Big Music Show and Nickelodeons Move to the Music attest that not only the Peas are Hot when it comes to Hot Peas N Butter. Even if your kids dont like peas, theres no way they can resist Hot Peas N Butter! -- Charlotte Bohn, Baltimores Child Magazine The EMFkids! Program represents one panel of the Eastern Music Festival and Schools umbrella of musical and educational offerings. Currently entering its 47th season, the festival
will feature more than 100 concerts and events over its 5-week duration, with guest artists to include Midori, Andr Watts, Cecile Licad, Xavier Phillips, Elmar Oliveira and many others. The Festival also produces a popular fringe series of alternative programming, featuring everything from Americana to alt country, blues, jazz and gospel. The 2008 season is sponsored in part by the United Arts Council of Greater Greensboro, the North Carolina Arts Council, WFDD Triad Arts Station, Greensboros News and Record, Continental Airways, and Piedmont Music Center (Steinway Pianos). More About Hot Peas N Butter Hot Peas 'N Butter, a unique children's musical group founded on the premise that you can reach kids through music without lowering musical standards, was created in 2000 by Danny Lapidus and Francisco Cotto, both professional musicians in New York City. As a featured group on Sirius Satellite Radio's "Kids Stuff", and with the appearance of their hit videos, "Number 1" and "Deep Down", on Nickelodeon and Noggin, Hot Peas 'N Butter is quickly becoming a household name! Hot Peas 'N Butter have released their latest CD- Hot Peas 'N Butter, Vol. 3: Mo Hotta Mo Butta- which continues the Hot Peas 'N Butter mission of projecting professional quality music through a caring performance, but takes creativity and production to a whole new level. "Mo Hotta Mo Butta" has been released worldwide with Sony Red/ MRI. "The Sizzling percussive beats will put even the gloomiest kid in a party mood. Bilingual lyrics take listeners from a dip in a wild watering hole to a tour of world flags."- Erika Milvy, Parenting magazine
For more information about EMF or its programs, please visit www.easternmusicfestival.org, or call toll-free: 1.877.833.6753. ###