Bossy Frog Band Socko at Lafayette Theatre has them Dancing in the Aisles

BY GEORGE J. DACRE

I bravely took my seat in the second row at the fabulous Lafayette Theatre in Suffern last Thursday morning at 11 a.m., anxiously awaiting my milk and cookies and surrounded by hundreds of very excited kiddies, mommies and daddies, and grandmas and grandpas, as the BossyFrog Band came on stage and performed for 75 minutes.
 
Jeffrey Freidberg and band members Alice and Joe came out with their banjo, violin, guitar and gazoo, started strumming, and from there on out it was pure fun. Bossy Frog came dancing out and the audience went wild...along came Monkey and later Crabby Crab and the kids, from two or three years up, were dancing in the aisles, all around me. I almost got up to dance too!!!
 
Almost 600 were at the theatre for this amazing family performance by the band that performs about 250 shows a year in the New York, Connecticut and New Jersey area. Bossy Frog had the kids and parents and grandparents clapping their hands. Jeffrey, Alice and Joe led them in an exercise party number. Alice later on was to put on a hula hoop, swung it round and round as she played her violin. Then came the "Arms Up and Arms Down" song, the shouting song with Bossy Frog dancing and shouting, leading the audience.
 
There was an "Exercise the Brain" number about the library and later Freidberg brought out his flute and it was "Name That Tune" and the kids knew them all. There also was a tune about beach parties and "The Stop" song and "The Twist." Lots of energy and happiness filled the room and a good time was had by all.
 
And by the way, I got my milk and cookies on the way out as did all the kiddies and I was one of them for one bright 75 minutes at the Lafayette Theatre in Suffern.  Four Out Of Four Stars!!!!

Join Rockland’s Jeffrey Friedberg for a “ribbiting” performance as he leads The Bossy Frog Band at 11 a.m. Thursday. 

This ArtsRock extravaganza features a banjo, a hula-hooping fiddler and a big green frog. There will be dancing in the aisles and, of course, milk ’n’ cookies for the children. $12 advance, $15 day of show. 
Lafayette Theatre, 97 Lafayette Ave. 866-811-4111.

www.artsrock.org.

ArtsRock Milk ‘n Cookies Presents The Annual Bossy Frog Band Holiday Show

Monday, December 5, 2011; Posted: 01:12 PM - by BWW News Desk 

Join Rockland’s own Jeffrey Friedberg as he leads The Bossy Frog Band for a fun filled morning on Thursday, December 29 at 11 a.m. at the Lafayette Theatre, 97 Lafayette Avenue in Suffern. This annual musical extravaganza features a banjo, a hula hooping fiddler and a big green frog and is sure to delight the entire family. And there will be ‘extra special surprises’, dancing in the aisles and of course, milk ‘n cookies for all the children!

For more information visit http://bossyfrog.com.

Date: Thursday, December 29, 2011

Time: 11:00 am
Location: The Lafayette Theater, 97 Lafayette Avenue, Suffern, NY

Price: Advance $12; Day of Show $15

The mission of ArtsRock is to provide increased access to professional arts and multi-cultural programs for an underserved, diverse audience, in and around Rockland County.

ArtsRock is an affiliate of Friends of the Nyacks, Inc., a 501 (C)(3) New York Not-For-Profit Corporation.

For Tickets: www.artsrock.org or call 866-811-4111.
For information: info@artsrock.org or call 845-418-ARTS

Read more: http://centralnewyork.broadwayworld.com/article/ArtsRock-Milk-n-Cookies-Presents-The-Annual-Bossy-Frog-Band-Holiday-Show-20111205#ixzz1fhETV0rY