Programs and Descriptions

Wonderful World of Stories & Songs
 
   The show always begins with a participatory song to get the audience involved in the program. Then a story will be told. That story is often The Crocodile and the Monkey, which also includes the audience singing the Crocodile theme and Monkey theme songs and making hand and body movements. The audience is then involved in a second participatory song. Next is a story with a puppet character that interacts with Ken as a real part to the story. Program format is always a song – story – song – story – song format until the end of the show. Ken adjusts the show to fit the age group at each of the programs.

• Songs can include: I Had Me a Rooster; Hi Dee Room; Little Cabin In the Woods; She’ll be Commin’ Round the Mountain; Five Caws; Hi Ho the Rattlin’ Bog; and more.
  
  
• Stories can include: Crocodile and the Monkey; Mr. Man, Dragon and the Fruit Juice; The Missing Turnips, Lana Banana Counts to 10; Brehr Rabbit and the Well; The Magical Mummy of Memphis; The Singing Frog; and more.

Fun Animal Stories & Songs
 
   Ken Frawley’s program called FUN ANIMALS is a show that is full of songs and stories with and about animals. Audiences will be treated to songs like Whales, Whales, Whales and I’m Thinking of an Animal. They will delight in great international folktales like The Crocodile and the Monkey from India and Lana Banana Counts to 10. Audiences of all ages will love meeting puppets like Lana Banana, an orangutan from Borneo. This song-filled, story-filled and fun-filled program is full of sing-along and clap-along audience participation from the beginning until the end. The FUN ANIMALS program is a delightful plunge into our imagination about animals and animal characters.

• Songs can include: I Had Me a Rooster; Five Caws; Thinking of and Animal; Whales, Whales, Whales; One Little Kitty; Lions, Tigers and Bears; and more.
  
  
• Stories can include: Crocodile and the Monkey; Lana Banana Counts to 10; Mr. Man the Fruit
  Juice and Dragon.
  

Preschool Fun
 
   Preschool Fun is a program designed for young children to be introduced to sing-along participatory songs and great folktales. Children will be treated to songs like I Had Me a Rooster, Thinking of an Animal and Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes. They will delight in great stories like Lana Banana Learns Counts to 10 (American) and The Bear Says North (Finish). The stories are told with the help of puppets like the Great White Bear, a very large polar bear cub, and Lana Banana an Orangutan. This song-filled and story-filled program was designed to capture the interest and attention of very young children and introduce them to songs and stories performed live.

• Songs can include: I Had Me a Rooster; Jumping; Hi Dee Room; Say Mother Goose; Thinking of an Animal.
  
  
• Stories can include: Lana Banana Counts to 10; Crocodile and the Monkey; Bear Says North.
  

Camp Sing-Along
 
   CAMP SING-ALONG is like going away to summer camp. Audiences will be treated to songs like Little Cabin in the Woods, I Love the Mountains and Dum Dum Dah Dah. They will delight in great campfire tales like The Big Mouthed Monster and Why the Monkey’s Get All the Banana’s. This song-filled and story-filled program for the whole family is full of sing-along and clap-along audience participation from the beginning until the end. Relive or experience new the wonderful times of shared songs and stories around a summer camp campfire.

• Songs can include: Little Cabin in the Woods; I love the mountains; Dum Dum Dah Dah; A Sailor Went to Sea; Slowly Going Crazy
  
  
• Stories can include: The Big Mouth Monster; Magical Mummy of Memphis; Why the Monkey’s get all the Banana’s
  

A Wee Bit of Ireland
(St. Patrick’s Day Show)

   A WEE BIT OF IRELAND is a fun-filled look at Irish heritage through stories and songs performed by Ken Frawley. Audiences will be treated to songs like Hi Ho the Rattlin’ Bog and Molly Malone. They will delight in great Irish stories like A Field of Shamrocks and How Jack Became the King of Ireland. Learn about the “Wee People” through a visit by a leprechaun named Shamus O’Monkey. A WEE BIT OF IRELAND is a song-filled and story-filled program for the whole family. It is a sing- along and clap-along show with audience participation from the beginning until the end. Watch for the twinkle in Ken’s eye to know if the story is true or maybe not.
 

Halloween Party
 
   THE HALLOWEEN PARTY is a fun-filled look at this popular holiday through stories and songs performed by Ken Frawley. Audiences will be treated to songs like Let’s all Roar and Witches, Ghosts and Goblins. They will delight in Halloween stories like Debra’s Halloween and The Bear Ghost. THE HALLOWEEN PARTY is a song-filled and story-filled program for the whole family. It is a sing-along and clap-along show with audience participation from the beginning until the end.
 

Christmas & Hanukkah Family Fun
 
   CHRISTMAS & HANNUKKAH program is a fun-filled show that celebrates these two holiday seasons. For Hanukkah you will enjoy singing along and playing-along to The Dreydl Song and listening to a great old Jewish folktale called The Chicken Man. For Christmas you will sing-along and play-along to such holiday favorites as Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer, Santa Claus is Coming to Town and The Twelve Days of Christmas. You will also enjoy a tale called How Santa Chose the Reindeer. Ken Frawley, one of Santa’s helpers, entertains his audiences with lots of energy and participation from the beginning of the show until the end.
 

Play-Along Songs
A Children’s Music Concert

   PLAY-ALONG SONGS is a wonderful musical program full of new and traditional participatory songs. Ken Frawley is one of the leaders in interactive music programs where he demonstrates how to move and play-along to songs. Audiences will be treated to traditional songs like I Had Me a Rooster and She’ll be Comin’ ‘Round the Mountain. They will enjoy new songs like Whales, Whales, Whales and I’m Thinking of an Animal. Audiences will have to use their imaginations to make up sounds, words, rhymes and use their bodies to clap-along, sign-along and move-along to Ken’s collection of playful songs.

• Songs can include: Combination of new and traditional songs. Ken has over 300 songs for children and family audiences to choose from that entertain a wide age group from preschoolers to grandparents. Often songs are selected based on the audience profile Ken experiences the day of the program. Folk Songs can include: She’ll be Commin’ Round the Mountain and I Had Me a Rooster; International songs include: Little Cabin in the Woods; Hi De Room and Hi Ho the Rattlin’ Bog; Young children’s songs include Say Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes and for older children include Dum Dum Dah Dah and A Sailor went to sea. Often there are signed (with American Sign Language ASL) songs like: A Little Song Singing in my Heart (traditional) and One Little Bird (original).

King Arthur’s Court
 
   KING ARTHUR’S COURT is a replication of a troubadour program that might have toured the castles of medieval Europe entertaining kings, queens and all manner of royalty and features songs, stories and magic. Dressed in costume, Ken Frawley will sing songs like Little Dragon in the Woods and Joggety Jog and Hobbley Ho. Everyone will be amazed at feats of wizardry direct from Merlin’s school of magic and be entertained by stories like Mr. Man, the Dragon and the Fruit Juice that also features a wonderful winged Dragon puppet. This show is a sing-along and clap-along program that is full of amazement and audience participation from the beginning until the end.
 

Some comments about Ken's shows:
 
"The children were absorbed into your show from the beginning to the end".
   -Linda Weathers, Teacher, Palmyra Elementary, Orange
 
"I know when I book you that we will have a great show with lots of audience participation".
   -Janine Jacobs, Children's librarian, Fullerton Main Library
 
"You always provide wonderful shows".
   -Llene Abramson, Children's Librarian, Los Angeles Main Library
 
"Thank you from the Palm Desert Library for sharing your stories and songs with all of the children who attended our Library Festival on April 16, 2003. As you could tell from their response and interaction with you, they all had a great time and you certainly helped make our festival a success."
   -Lynn De Santis, Palm Desert Library, Palm Desert
 
"Ken did a superb job! We really enjoyed his "history lesson." We also enjoyed his wonderful music. He made us smile!"
   -Lisa Chung, Eastwood Elementary School, Westminster