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SteveSongs Coming to Needham
Temple Beth Shalom Welcomes PBS Kids Co-Host for TWO Veterans Day Concerts

Temple Beth Shalom Children’s Center Welcomes PBS Kids Musician SteveSongs
“Warm, gentle humor and well-crafted, quirky wordplay run through Steve Roslonek’s creative songs and stories.” – Los Angeles Times
SteveSongs, adored by millions of families throughout the country as “Mr. Steve,” co-host of the nationally broadcast PBS KIDS preschool destination, will bring his signature brand of seriously good (and seriously fun) music to the Temple Beth Shalom Children’s Center, 670 Highland Ave, Needham at 10:30a and 1:30p on November 11 for TWO special Veterans Day Concerts. Last years show sold out.
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The concert will take kids and families on what LA Parent Calls “a marvelous musical journey” that will celebrate SteveSongs return to Needham as well as the release of his eighth album, Orangutan Van.
Says Steve, “We’re excited that ‘Flat Stanley,’ and ‘Song without a Rhyme” the singles from Orangutan Van, both held the top spot on the Sirius/XM Radio Kids Place Live chart. The new album and some of its songs have been four years in the making, and I’m grinning to myself just thinking about sharing some of these new tunes, like ‘A is for Silly’ and ‘Superhero You’, with fans in Needham. We have some surprises planned for the live show too, but I can’t give them away yet!”
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SteveSongs shows are fantastic, fun-filled, kid-pleasing extravaganzas, packed with great melodies, clever stories, and over-the-top interactivity. The Needham audience will be sure to enjoy the boisterous call and response for “Grumpy Boy”, the giggle generating, tricky audiation game in “Brush, Brush, Brush” and the heart pumping, hip hopping dance to one of Steve’s most requested new songs, “Reading Rocks”.
For nearly fifteen years, Steve Roslonek, as SteveSongs, has been writing and performing his award-winning family music. A bright star on the kids’ music scene, Steve has delighted audiences at such prestigious venues as the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, Symphony Space in NYC, Fenway Park in Boston, the Kennedy Center in DC, Wolf Trap in Vienna, VA, and even The White House. Steve’s music has won numerous awards, including two Parents’ Choice Gold Awards, a NAPPA Honor, two iParenting Media Awards, and a Kidscreen nomination for Best Children’s TV Host. Steve’s animated and live action videos online, including some for his popular illustrated books (published by Barefoot Books), have garnered millions of views.
Since May 2008, Steve Roslonek, as “Mr. Steve,” has co-hosted the PBS KIDS preschool destination that features the popular shows Curious George, Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That, Dinosaur Train, Super WHY! and Martha Speaks. Steve regularly makes appearances nationwide at PBS station events, and, along with other notable PBS KIDS characters, such as Hooper, he is a featured visitor at libraries across the country, encouraging kids to read through the JetBlue and PBS KIDS collaborative “Soar with Reading” program.
WHAT: SteveSongs Concert
WHERE: Temple Beth Shalom Children’s Center, 670 Highland Ave, Needham
WHEN: Veterans Day, November 11 at 10:30a and 1:30p
Tickets are available now at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/steve-songs-family-concert-veterans-day-nov...