12/18/09

Peggy Graham

'Raggs' Cleans Up As Family Show

A hit on PBS stations, Raggs now comes to the stage in Raggs LIVE Dance Party! at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24, in Yardley Hall of the Carlsen Center at Johnson County Community College.

In Raggs LIVE Dance Party!, the five canine members of The Raggs Band (Raggs, Trilby, Pido, B. Max and Razzles) each teach the audience their special two-step movement featured in a favorite song. B. Max’s Dance-O-Meter, a giant interactive machine with an appetite, rates the dances. All the colorful canines prove to be winners so the tie is broken when the pups combine the dances into one super mega-dance. A wisecracking pet cat, Dumpster, hangs with the pups at the clubhouse, and a human emcee named Roadie keeps things moving.

In addition to the hour-long show, pre- and post-show activities are planned for children and their families in the Carlsen Center lobby. Come for puppy chow and punch at 1 p.m. After the show, the Raggs Band will greet audience members.

Geared for grades pre-K through third, children will be entertained as characters address education, creativity and social skills through the power of music, humor and dance. With charming lyrics like, “Do the zoo, jungle zoo, let the animal inside of you have a word,” children at a Raggs’ concert sing along and dance in place like teenagers at a rock concert.

Tickets for Raggs are $12 adults, $8 youth, available by calling the Performing Arts Series box office at 913-469-4445 or online at www.jccc.edu/TheSeries.

Raggs will have two school shows, each 45 minutes, at 9:45 a.m. and noon, Monday, Jan. 25, in Yardley Hall. Tickets are $5.

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