Andy Jones
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Andy Jones

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Andy Jones Andy Jones is a best selling Children’s Author , Entertainer , Musician, Song Writer and Comedian . He has been described as the most energetic lovable Larrikin in kids entertainment ! Performing up to 400 shows a year in Schools , Clubs, Libraries and Festivals all over the country . He draws on his musical background to engage , educate and entertain children and families all over Australia & New Zealand by presenting what have been described by hundreds of Schools , Libraries and Festivals as the most high energy , engaging and enthralling shows on the market today. He performs four different shows which are designed to appeal to specific markets and settings . Andy has become well known for his ' Funky Monkey Show' & 5 Children’s Music CDs , which were released by the prestigious ABC for Kids Label and toured nationally . ' Whats the Joke Show ' was created by Andy to be performed to children & families in Libraries & Festivals , it is a mix of Music , Comedy and Literacy with a focus on Humour and Joke telling and has been enormously successful , clocking up over 1,000 performances in 3 yrs . Electric Music has been produced to appeal to the School market , it is a musical smorgasbord of sounds, styles and performance. Students are involved in the creation and performance of music as diverse as Hip Hop, Disco, Bollywood, Pacific Island , Arabic Belly Dance ,Latin , Rock and the Blues which is explored, explained, performed by Andy and the students. Rap , Rhyme & Rocking Poetry ( Spreading the Written Word through Rhyme & Rhythm) is his latest show which addresses and navigates the new Literacy curriculum . The program involves the creation , production and performance of either a Short Narrative , Rap , Rhyme , Poem or Riddle which is created by a class or year group of students , which is brainstormed and written onto a whiteboard and then edited Live ! And then refined but the Students , teachers and Andy , who plays a Stand up Electronic Drum Sample Pad . The finished work is then performed , recorded and filmed by the School . . Andy has had numerous Book , Audio & Cd releases through the ABC and Harper Collins . His five best selling 'Hot Jokes for Kool Kids “ joke books have sold over 500,000 units and have been bound into the ' Enormous Book of Hot Jokes for Kool Kids “ which is still selling with the best Joke books in the country. The best selling ' Fartionary ' has elevated the already popular topic of Flatulence and blown this Gassy phenomenon to the next level by explaining and exploding the facts , science and language with a huge dose of ripe raspberry humour. Children seem to enjoy gross things and the Fartionary gives them what they want. The 'Burptionary” is the follow up to the Fartionary , and has done for Burping what Fartionary has done for Farting . It packed with Facts , Myths , Poems ,Science , Nutrition as well as a few short narratives such as a Tour de France send up ' The Tour de Burp “ as well as a fictional story about Explosive battle between the nine Germaniac tribes (The Buttoxen, The Bumhousen, The Cheekeeyou, The Fartoulisch, The Bumf, The Fizzerlicht, The Kracken, The Booboo-bang and the Tailtrumpetzon. ) and the Roman general Gluteus Maxiumus Magnificus . The Burptionary has also been recorded by Andy as a read through CD for Bolinda Audio . 'The Adventures of Scootaboy & Skatergirl' Is Andy's first Chapter book and pairs up two unlikely characters in a series of funny , crazy and peculiar situations with the focus being on friendship , team work , fun and humour . Scootaboy has been compared to Sheldon Cooper of the Big Bang TV show meets Kevin Rudd and Skatergirl is a mix of Joan Jet and rocker Avril lavigne . The Really Ripper Razzle Dazzle big book of Fun is an activity book taken to the next level ! It invites the reader to complete a unique mix of drawings , poetry , design and create al original art works and stories. Everything from new Yoga positions to funky Street signs are awaiting creation . Andy has just released his latest humour packed offering , a Rap , Rhyme & Poetry filled Feast simply titled ' The Awesome book of Rap Rhyme & Putrid Poetry “ - Nov 2016! A music & Spoken word CD will also be released to accompany it. So whether its been performing and hosting the Darling Harbour New Years Eve family celebrations , The Adelaide Festival , The Kids Day Out or at your local Primary School or library, Andy is taking his original , unique and definitely entertaining mix of Music , Humour , Literacy and Fun to the Children & families of Australia & Beyond ! Come join the fun . “ Life is a banana , just Peel and Eat “
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