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Donkey Dots Music provides classes for pre-school children aged 4 and under, toddlers, babies, siblings and a social opportunity for the grown ups.
Live piano music, baby shakers and professional percussion, movement, balloon models, ribbons & scarves feature weekly in our fun, inclusive learning experience.
We include a mystery shape each week!
Delivered by specially trained and experienced 1:1 and class teachers, our themed sessions are educational with instruments for each child and lots of singing, actions, movement, ribbons and props
Our music is accessible to all and we have been praised for our high quality delivery.
By introducing your child to different styles of music at an early age you will help them with:
- language and speech, patterns and sound making
- creative play, imagination and telling their story
- practice social skills and community
- rhythm, dynamics, energy and muscle memory
- improve coordination, motor skills and balance
Classes run for 45+ minutes.
We performed online during Lockdown and are happy to discuss your ideas. Our website has games and and interactive keyboard for you to enjoy for free. Also downloads of original song lyrics.
About Verona Chard - studied at the Royal Academy of Music and is passionate about Early Years Development for all families and working with SEN and SEND children and Adult Learners. She is a singer and actor, producer and educator.
Chris Neill - LIVE piano is an award winning composer and multi-instrumentalist.
Immerse yourself in the world of Cecily ‘the balloon’ Donkey and her friends and we will take you on a journey of swing, classic jazz, funk, disco, pop and global music and rhythms plus interactive percussion, songs, actions stories and inspired arrangements of popular children’s rhymes and tunes.
Verona Chard has been popping up in sell out Musical Balloon Band shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival; Fairfield Halls, Croydon; New Wimbledon Theatre; Art’s Theatre, London and at Community Centre’s; Festivals; Carnivals; Fun Days and indoor and outdoor Family events around the UK.
Visit http://www.musicalballoonband.com and have some fun with our free sounds and games on our website. You’ll also find out more about us and the classes and shows we love to create.
Wednesdays at 09:55
Wednesdays at 11:15
Wednesdays at 12:30
Donkey Dots Music at 9:55am, 11:15am, 12.30pm - under 4 years including toddlers and babies, siblings and grown ups.
Newborn to 4 years
Donkey Dots Music - DROP IN = 1 Child + 1 Adult £6.00 Sibling reductions. Pre-book 6 sessions 1 Child + 1 Adult = £30.00 (eq. £5.00 per class) Additional Adult free
Opposite Little Munchkins Play Barn
Olde Watermill Shopping Village
Mill Lane, Flado Road
Barton Le Clay
Central Bedfordshire
MK45 4RF
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https://www.happity.co.uk/musical-balloon-band-live-music-with-a-twist
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Meet Verona Chard
Donkey Dots Music was commissioned in 2017. Verona Chard who has been popping up in sell out Musical Balloon Band shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival; Fairfield Halls, Croydon; New Wimbledon Theatre; Art’s Theatre, London and at Community Centre’s; Festivals; Carnivals; Fun Days and indoor and outdoor Family events around the UK.
She is a performer and educator with a passion for Early Years Development and live music.
We perform shows and classes and bring a selection of percussion, shakers, balloons etc. for our audience to participate with.
The Musical Balloon Band was founded by Verona Chard in 2013 and supported with research & development and engagements by the Theatre Royal and Concert Halls, Nottingham via a grant for their ‘Beanbag Music’ series from the Art’s Council.
The Musical Balloon Band performs around the country including: 2024 Swanage Jazz Festival; The Library Presents; Welwyn / Hatfield Pre-Loved Market. Also, The Hayes Family Fun Day in Barra Hall Park; Hayes Carnival; Haverhill Fun Day in the park; Uxbridge BIGFest in the high street; London New Year’s Day Parade; Ropetackle Art’s Centre; Starboard Festival in the BOAT outdoor theatre; Sandgate Sea Festival on the beach; The Square Chapel Arts Centre, Halifax; The Woodville Gravesend, Kent; Lauderdale House, London; Number 8 Arts Centre, Worcestershire; The Herbert Museum, Coventry / No4JazzFestival; Art’s Theatre West End, London.
Verona trained at the Royal Academy of Music and Trinity College she is an actor, musician, producer, script writer, lyricist, children's composer, casting director and tutor.
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