{"id":149029,"date":"2012-03-11T20:10:35","date_gmt":"2012-03-11T20:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socancom100stg.wpenginepowered.com\/award-winning-childrens-music-duo-bobs-lolo\/"},"modified":"2012-03-11T20:10:35","modified_gmt":"2012-03-11T20:10:35","slug":"award-winning-childrens-music-duo-bobs-lolo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uat.socan.com\/fr\/award-winning-childrens-music-duo-bobs-lolo\/","title":{"rendered":"Award-winning children’s music duo Bobs & LoLo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Les traductions pour les articles avant l\u2019automne 2013 ne sont pas disponibles pour le moment.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When Robyn Hardy (Bobs) and Lorraine Pond (LoLo) began writing children\u2019s music together, they didn\u2019t have to look far for their stage names. \u201cBobs and LoLo were our nicknames in high school,\u201d explains Pond with a laugh. Friends since childhood, the pair grew up studying piano and singing in school choirs on Vancouver Island. Neither one ever entertained the idea of making music for a living.<\/p>\n

But one night, after embarking on individual careers in education, Hardy and Pond found themselves discussing the value of music in teaching. \u201cWe decided to write a couple of songs,\u201d recalls Hardy. Five songs later, the duo ended up performing for a captive young audience at the B.C. Children\u2019s Hospital. \u201cIt was such fun, and we got such great feedback from kids and families,\u201d says Pond, \u201cso we said, why don\u2019t we write some more songs and put an album together?\u201d<\/p>\n

The result was Sea Notes, a catchy album of songs about marine life geared to the pre-school set. Still working at their day jobs, Hardy and Pond began performing whenever they could, and soon landed a gig with BC Ferries. \u201cIt was insane,\u201d laughs Hardy. \u201cWhenever we had a day off, we were riding the ferry four times a day between Vancouver and Victoria, performing for families.\u201d But they agree it was that experience that allowed them to dream about becoming professional entertainers. \u201cWe gave each other a hug, and we quit our jobs,\u201d says Pond. \u201cOur parents were freaked.\u201d<\/p>\n

The duo have since released three more albums, along with a DVD of music videos. Whether they’re singing about bugs, rainbows, or the joys of snack time, Hardy and Pond, who are both in their mid-thirties, are always conscious of creating music that is catchy enough to keep kids entertained but sophisticated enough to keep their parents from going crazy. \u201cWe want to create content that kids can learn from, but that isn\u2019t preachy,\u201d says Hardy, explaining that the songs generally encourage kids to be active, to connect with the outdoors, and to be engaged in the world.<\/p>\n

At their popular live shows, the pair performs loose, easy-to-follow choreography, which children readily embrace. \u201cGetting the kids singing and dancing along with us is important,\u201d laughs Pond, \u201cbecause the shows are as much about our audience as they are about us.\u201d At the end of the day, they agree it\u2019s the kids that keep them going. \u201cWe’re going to keep writing songs as long as we keep having fun and the kids keep loving the music,\u201d says Hardy. \u201cThe inspiration is endless.\u201d<\/p>\n

Track Record<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Bobs & LoLo are familiar faces on Treehouse TV, their music videos frequently airing between programs on the children\u2019s television channel.
\n\u2022 Their 2009 album, Action Packed, was nominated for a Juno award in the Children\u2019s Album of the Year category. It also won a Western Canadian Music Award for Children\u2019s Recording of the Year. In 2011, Bobs & LoLo won a SOCAN Children\u2019s Music Award.
\n\u2022 The Bobs & LoLo team includes Hardy\u2019s husband, producer Mario Vaira. \u201cWe call him the ampersand in Bobs & LoLo,\u201d Pond says with a laugh, explaining that he helps with everything from songwriting to arrangements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Teaching without preaching<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-non-categorise"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uat.socan.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uat.socan.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uat.socan.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uat.socan.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uat.socan.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uat.socan.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149029\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uat.socan.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uat.socan.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uat.socan.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}