The Wiggles

The Wiggles play pals stopped in at the Albany International Airport on Tuesday to prepare to make their new home at Wiggles World at the Great Escape. Wee fans were wowed and travelers were a little surprised. Music by the Wiggles played in the background as Dorothy the Dinosaur, Wags the Dog and the others danced and greeted dozens of children and their parents and brightened up an overcast day outside.This spring, the Great Escape will open Wiggles World, a themed children’s…Press: Daily Gazette, The (Schenectady, NY)

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FOR THE FREE LANCE-STAR The Wiggles roll into D.C. What is red and blue and purple and yellow and has a name that rhymes with “giggles?” That’s a question that preschoolers throughout four continents can answer. It’s the widely popular entertainment troupe for toddlers, The Wiggles, whose international tour will touch down at the Verizon Center next Thursday.In the 16 years since their launch, the award-winning Wiggles have thrilled children…Press: Free Lance-Star, The (Fredericksburg, VA)

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If you don’t know The Wiggles, chances are there hasn’t been a child under the age of 7 in your life for quite a while. That assessment comes from Sam Moran, a classically trained vocalist who became the newest Wiggle late last year when he permanently replaced co-founder Greg Page.”A lot of people are aunts and uncles, and they know who we are, just through their nieces and nephews,” Moran said earlier this month, calling from Wiggles…Press: Daily Gazette, The (Schenectady, NY)

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Australian band the Wiggles turn America’s biggest arenas the places where NBA teams call home into the world’s biggest day-care centers. Playing to audiences that crave dry Cheerios, the group’s 80-minute show (with no intermission) manages to draw giggles from new concertgoers who burst into tears at the drop of a sippy cup.On Thursday, the Wiggles perform in Madison. At a time when few adult rock acts can mount successful stadium tours, the Aussie…Press: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)

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EXPLORE NEW ENGLAND / TAKING THE KIDS GAWAM - The Wiggles, in case you haven’t heard, are the latest preschool craze: Four Australian men and a few dancing animal sidekicks sing bouncy rock songs about eating fruit salad and looking both ways before you cross the street. Now the Wiggles have their own world, created for kids under 6, in the shadow of the gravity-defying megarides at Six Flags New England.At Wiggles World, which opened in the spring, you can hear the…Press: Boston Globe, The (MA)

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WHAT: The Wiggles, “Racing to the Rainbow.” WHEN: 1:30 and 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.WHERE: Continental Arena, East Rutherford; 201-935-3900, meadowlands.com or thewiggles.com.HOW MUCH: $22 to $44, Ticketmaster.* * * The Wiggles’ latest live show, “Racing to the Rainbow,” promises old favorites like the “Crunchy Munchy Honey Cakes” song and friends like Captain Feathersword. But there will be…Press: Record, The (Hackensack, NJ)

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The Wiggles without Greg?Say it ain’t so!Yet it is so, as Greg Paige, founding Yellow Wiggle for the Australian entertainers for the preschool set, left the group last fall for medical reasons.But you can’t Wiggle without the Yellow, and that’s where Sam Moran, former understudy, comes in. Moran is the newest Wiggle, donning the yellow jersey and joining the Aussie group that crossed the ocean to the Disney Channel and has now been entertaining…Press: Seattle Times, The (WA)

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DMORAN@SCN1.COM GURNEE - He is known by your kids as the Red Wiggle, but Murray Cook will be the first to admit that his own children are growing too old for his vocation.”I have a son and daughter, they’re 12 and 9,” Cook said, on the phone Tuesday from a Wiggles press junket in New York. “They’re at that funny age where they’re not quite (teens) and not quite kids.” So what did the Cook children think…Press: News Sun, The (Waukegan, IL)

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If you have a toddler at home, chances are good that he knows and loves that Australian tot-rock group The Wiggles.Now, one of The Wiggles’ best friends, Dorothy the Dinosaur, is setting out on her own tour, “Dorothy the Dinosaur’s Dance Party,” with a stop today and Saturday at Seattle’s Moore Theatre. But, not to worry, she’s bringing along the rest of The Wiggles’ buddies: Captain Feathersword, Wags the…Press: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (WA)

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This year, the Australian pre-school band The Wiggles will celebrate 15 years of entertaining toddlers with such hits as “Hot Potato,” “Monkey Dance” and “Point Your Finger.” Greg Page, Anthony Field, Murray Cook and Jeff Fatt don brightly colored shirts and - along with their friends Dorothy the Dinosaur, Henry the Octopus, Wags the Dog and Captain Feathersword - dance and sing at nearly 200 concerts each year…Press: State, The (Columbia, SC)

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