Arlington Theatre - Imagination Movers

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Imagination Movers

Thursday, February 17, 2011, 07:00pm

Imagination Movers Thursday, February 17 @ 7pm $44.75, $34.75

Choo-Choo Soul as the support act for the entire Imagination Movers tour!

Imagination Movers is a child-centered rock band formed in New Orleans, Louisiana,in 2003. The lineup includes Rich Collins, Scott Durbin, Dave Poche,and Scott "Smitty" Smith. Members of the group were longtime friendsand neighbors. The group started as a television/music concept which was pitched to local PBS affiliates in New Orleans. WLAE-TVwas the first to take an interest in the group and later introducedthem to Beth Courtney, the President & Chief Executive Officer atLouisiana Public Broadcasting. Soon after, LPB began airing one-minutevideos produced by the Imagination Movers themselves.[1] The Movers built a sizable regional following by setting educationalsongs for kids to melodies and rhythms that adults appreciate as well.They sold more than 100,000 copies of their self-produced CDs and DVDs.Their three indie CDs: "Good Ideas," "Calling All Movers," and "EightFeet" along with their grass roots DVD "Stir It Up" have, combined, wonfourteen national awards, from such groups as the National Associationof Parenting Publications (NAPPA) and Parents' Choice.[2][3][4] In 2005, Disney took notice, and initiated negotiations to add theMovers to the company's roster. These were interrupted by HurricaneKatrina – floodwaters claimed the band's office, as well as the homesof Collins, Durbin and Poche – but the deal was signed in the spring of2006.[5] In 2008, Walt Disney Records introduced the Imagination Movers'music to the nation with the release of the Movers' firstnationally-released CD, "Juice Box Heroes."[6] In September 2008, a 30-minute show featuring the group began airing on the Disney Channel's preschool programming block known as Playhouse Disney. In October 2009, the Imagination Movers started the "Live from theIdea Warehouse Concert Tour 2009". Traveling from mid-October tomid-December 2009 their live performances include lots of theirfavorite songs and dancing, as well as video appearances of WarehouseMouse.[7]

Choo Choo Soul is a children's entertainment act composed of singer Genevieve Goings as a hip-hop train conductor and her partner, Constantine “DC” Abramson, a dancer and beatboxer dressed as a railroad engineer.

Thursday, February 17, 2011