We are a family of musicians. Well, mostly. My family is largely without the music gene, but we all do enjoy singing at the top of our lungs (and we don’t sound half bad, thankyouverymuch). However, Little AG has a a mommy who sings, and a daddy who plays drums and bass, a Mimi who plays the piano, a Pops who plays bass, and an Aunt Wel who is such a talented singer that she moved to New York to share her talents with the world. So when little AG was born, we hoped/figured she might have some tendancy towards music. We haven’t doubted it since then — at just a few months old she would wave her hands around in time to music — and now at two, she sings along and mimics dance moves. She naturally gravitates towards musical toys – music is a part of who she is. When she was about 20 months old, we discovered the Imagination Movers on Playhouse Disney and Little AG was fascinated. A group of 4 cool guys who solve problems together in their “Idea Warehouse” in order to help others. Oh, and they sing awesome alternative rock songs for kids while they do it!
I first heard about the Imagination Movers many years before I had a child. I sang in church with Smitty’s (one of the IMs) mom, so I got to hear all about their road to their success. In our days owning a live sound production company, we even did sound for them once at a local event. These guys even took the main stage at JazzFest 2 weeks ago — no small feat! There is a local pride in New Orleans that you won’t find just anywhere, and I think my fellow NOLA peeps and I always feel a sense of pride and obligation to support our own. The Imagination Movers are no exception! We don’t watch them just because they are local though. We are HUGE fans simply because, well, they’re GOOD. Seriously, most kiddo music makes me want to pull my hair out, but I actually ENJOY the music by the Imagination Movers. I dance and sing along to all of the songs, though we have our favorites like “Clean My Room”, “Shakeable You”, and “Puppy Dog”. And yes, I do know all of the words — heck, I even find myself singing harmony!
Their first Disney-released DVD “Imagination Movers – Warehouse Mouse Edition” hit stores on May 5th, and if you haven’t heard of these guys yet, you should definitely check them out! They encourage creative problem-solving and have such a fun rock and roll sound. You can check out clips from Bucket of Trouble and The Tooth Hurts! From the press release: “The quartet has won multiple national music awards and were named a Parenting Pick by Parenting Magazine. Most recently, the Movers and the TV series were honored with an award for Outstanding Kids Entertainment by the Common Sense Media Awards, which honors nationally recognized individuals and organization that have made a profound impact in the world of kids and family media. The Movers’ Walt Disney Records release, “Juice Box Heroes,” was selected by iTunes as a 2008 Top 10 pick in the children’s music genre.”
Win It! I have a copy of “The Imagination Movers: Warehouse Mouse Edition” to give away to a lucky CSC reader! As a bonus, 10 other readers will win autographed postcards from the Movers themselves! To be entered to win one of these great prizes, leave a comment on this post. After your initial comment, every other (pertinent) comment left on this site on other posts from now through May 18th will count as an extra entry each. You don’t need to come back to this post and tell me you commented on another post, I can stalk track you via your email/IP address. As usual, extra entries are also available for blogging this contest with a link back here, stumbling Chic Shopper Chick (leave your stumble name), subscribing to my site, or following me on Twitter. That’s a ton of ways to win, so good luck!
US entries only, winner will be chosen via random.org at the end of the contest. Winners are posted here, please leave a valid email address or blog address if you’d like to be contacted should you win. Winner has 72 hours to claim their prize. This contest ends at 5:00 pm CST on May 18th, 2009.
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Great prize!
Love the prize for the grandtwins oh don’t forget about us grandparents who have that fondness and love of memories that still continue for Disney!!!!!! Thanks SW
My son is a huge fan – he’d love this :)
My son loves music! He pretends to play play the drums on anything he can bang on he also pretends to play the trumpet and flute!
Not bad for a 2 year old right?
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My son loves the imagination movers and I would love to win this for him! Thank you so much!
My little one loves “shakeable you” too! haha Hope we win the DVD.
both my boys are huge fans!!this would be great for them!
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I nwould like to win this for the kids.
I’m 28 and my friend made me sleep over her house just to wake up at 6:30am and watch this show. It was well worth the early rise, it is such a cute show.
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Thanks for the GREAT giveaway
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What a wonderful prize!
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My daughter loves this show. THanks for the giveaway.
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Please enter me into the contest. Thanks!
We love singing the Imagination Movers songs here.
My son loves this show!
My granddaughter would enjoy this DVD.
Grandchildren will love this!
My daughter Phoebe loves this show!
My little ones love this show.
sounds great
My son loves imagination movers. . . if only we got that channel!
My son would love this!!! Thanks!
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These guys are so much fun for the little ones!
My daughter and I enjoy watching them on cable TV. :)
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My little grandson loves the Imagination Movers. Please enter me.
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Sounds like a fun dvd!
I would love the chance to win, thanks.
My little boy would love this
the grandkids will love this!
My grandchild would love this. He loves music, he can carry a tune too, boy would he enjoy this!
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My younger kids love this show.
This would be super for my nephews upcoming birthday. He loves them.
I took my 4 year old Granddaughter to see Imagination Movers in Birmingham, Alabama, at the Alabama Theater, this past February. When we were leaving to go back to our car, we heard somebody say, “Thank you for coming to our show.” We looked up and Dave was hanging out of a second floor window, waving at us.This made my Granddaughter so happy!She told everybody that the man with the red hat talked to her.She has been a huge fan ever sense than. I would love to win this for her.
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What a great opportunity for alot of people to win! Nice prize.
We watched them fix Nina’s cuckoo clock this morning. Warehouse Mouse is a great toy piano player!
I would love a chance to win. Thank you.
I’m a guy and I love the imagination movers but not as much as my daughter!
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My friend has this CD and I didn’t think Abby would like it, but oh man was I wrong! She loves it, so thanks for the giveaway!
we’d love this
My daughter really LOVES this show!! Thanks for the chance. [email protected]
Thanks for the entry! Great prize!
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My son loves this show…
I’d like to win this for my son. Thanks for the chance.
“IDEA EMERGENCY” The oldest of my two children is 4 years old & has mild autism, Sensory Integration Disorder, Oral Motor Dyspraxia (Speech) & Hypotonia. Therefore, when she is not in any of her OT, PT, speech or social skills therapy sessions I like to incorporate therapeutic pastimes @ home. Imagination Movers expresses great social skills in their story line! She, absolutely, loves the show & we watch it @ the same time every weekday on Disney Playhouse. 9:30am, on the dot! (She, also, has a 17 month old little brother who likes to watch it with her. He LOVES Warehouse Mouse!) Times are tough for us financially, as I know it most likely is with all families during this difficult time in our economy. Therefore, any support that my children can benefit from, plus enjoy, would be a fantastic prize! Good luck to everyone! “IDEA EMERGENCY SOLVED!!!”
Oh please count me in too! Would love to win this for some very special lil guys! ~ :) Thanks!
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I think the grandkids would love this.
My two children watch the IM every morning before school and daycare. They absolutely love them and love to dance to their songs.
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My ds and I love to watch them on DIsney together!
My 4 year old loves the movers
my girls LOVE the Imagination Movers!!!
I would love this for the kiddies!!!
my daughter loves watching the imagination movers.
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Not only does my 3 year old like them, I do too. They are fun to watch and their music is great to dance to. Thanks.
My daughter loves the Imagination Movers.
would love to win this for my grandkids…thanks for the great giveaway
My youngest loves these guys! Thanks for sharing~
I have never heard of this group but I viewed the video and it was delightful. I can see my younger grandkids liking this.
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Autographed postcards? Oh my gosh, what fun! We collect autographs and our kids would get SUCH a kick out of having these! We are big fans of the Movers — I preordered the dvd monthes and monthes ago!
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I have Grandchildren that would just love to watch that when they come over to Grandma’s house!
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Would love to win this! Thanks for the contest.
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my kids love this show
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Great giveaway, thanks!
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I love their show and their music. We love to sing and dance.
My son just loves those guys! He is very musical. I think this is one of the best kiddo shows on tv these days.
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I think either Dave or Smitty is my fav. I actually enjoy watching their program and I love that they can get kids up and moving&dancing and also it shows real people playing real musical instruments which is a nice influence.
My son and I love Imagination Movers! We have been watching them on playhouse disney and I really enjoy their show with him. The tunes are so catchy and fun!
This is a really great giveaway.
Warehouse mouse is so cute, too!
I think my daughter would enjoy this DVD. I’m tired of watching Clifford the Big Red Dog, so I would probably enjoy watching this DVD too!
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My son has been wanting this!
I would love to win this for my nephew.
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Our 3 year old grandson would love this. He is one of those movers and shakers that loves making “music”…piano, drums, whatever is at hand!
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This looks like something my niece would really enjoy!
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this looks fun!
This is great to have some fun time and give some smiles and giggles to everyone in hearing distance.
My kids really enjoy this show, would love to win for them.
My kids love this.
I would love to win this for my kiddos!
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Love those guys – which one is your favorite? They are all too cute.
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I would love to win this for my classroom.
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Would love to win this for my son.
I think my kids would love this!
such a great prize i would love to be the winner
Oh, my goodness. My little boy is one of their biggest fans, dancing around and pretend playing the instruments. My liitle girl likes them too but nothing like my son. He’ll turn five next week and this would be so cool to win this for him. Thanks for the chance.