NEWS FROM
RE-BOP

Lineup set for 2013 Muddy Music Series
Re-Bop Records brings you another lineup of big-time talent during ECHO's Muddy Music Series the week of April 20-27, 2013. The series runs 12:30-1 each day at the Burlington, Vt., lake aquarium and science center.

This year's musical guests include PossumHaw, Atom Planet, A2VT, Colin McCaffrey, Aaron Flinn, Robert Resnik and Megan Butterfield, Jon Gailmor, and, of course, THE RE-BOPS. The performances are free with admission to ECHO.
Click here for the complete schedule.

Raise 'em
on Re-Bop!
Re-Bop Records will set up shop at Good Beginnings of Central Vermont's Baby Expo, held at Montpelier High School, April 13, 2013, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Come check out the performances, workshops, vendors, food and fabulous door prizes, including a complete Re-Bop library -- that's 13 CDs in a cute, customized bin! Tune up those strollers and swing by!

ReSOURCE Fall Festival offers free fun for families
Join ReSOURCE's retail store in Barre, Vt., on Saturday, Oct. 20 for a fun day of family activities -- all for FREE! Enjoy games and face-painting, a hat-making station, refreshments, and some live acoustic tunes played by Re-Bop friends, weather-permitting. The festivities run from 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

ECHO's Muddy Music Series set for another spin
Re-Bop Records brings you another dynamite lineup at Burlington's ECHO Center the week of April 21-29.

Catch Vermont's best family entertainers from 12:30-1 each day of the Muddy Music Series, including Jon Gailmor, Colin McCaffrey, Lewis Franco, Jim Branca, Robert Resnik and Megan Butterfield, and, of course, THE RE-BOPS. Star on the Boston music scene Doug Bell and New Hampshire kid-rockers The Bramble Jam are also slated to appear.
Click here for the complete schedule.

The performances are free with admission to the aquarium and science center, and you'll also want to check out the world-class traveling exhibit Our Bodies: The Universe Within while at ECHO. There is an additional charge for the educational exhibit consisting of actual human bodies and organs. Tickets are available now by calling 1-877-324-6386.

Second show added to First Night festivities
Two sets, twice the fun! A second Re-Bop show was added to the First Night Montpelier 2012 schedule. Now playing at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m., The Re-Bops hit Montpelier's City Hall with original trail-blazing bandmates Diana Winn Levine, Sue Perrson, and Ed Ryan, alongside their since grown offspring, drummer Dan Ryan, and Wee-bopper from way back, Jessamine Levine. World-class saxophonist/singer/pianist Gene McCormick leads the nine-piece band, which will feature big harmonies and the powerhouse vocals of Kat Wright and Evelyn Kwanza. As always, the irrepressible Re-Bop kid performers will inspire children in the audience and their grownups to dance, doo-wop and Re-bop til they drop. Check out the full First Night schedule and buy your button today!

Ring in the New Year with The Re-Bops!
Buy your button and join The Re-Bops at City Hall at 5 p.m. on Dec. 31st for a high-energy show of danceable doo-wop, rock-and-roll, originals, blues and Motown. The ever-evolving and revolving band includes Gene McCormick, a saxophonist, singer, and pianist who has performed with such greats as Isaac Hayes, BB King, and Marvin Gaye, Dan Ryan on drums, and vocalists Jessamine Levine and Evelyn Kwanza and kids, as well as three of the founding band members. Kat Wright joins us as a special guest. Come Re-Bop til you drop!

Re-Bop rocks out Barre's ReStore at Fall Family Music Festival
The Re-Bops and ReSOURCE gave Barre's, latest performance space a spin and even brought a zoo, too! The Fall Family Music Festival helped raise money to complete the community space in the Barre ReStore building. Special thanks to Lewis Franco, Jon Gailmor, Cold Country Bluegrass Band, and Kat Wright and the Indomitable Soul Band for filling out the bill. Follow me for the photos...

Redound to the good: Re-Bop and ReSOURCE partner up to create performance space
As ReSOURCE, a Vermont organization that expertly synthesizes recycling, job training, and poverty relief, renovates its new home at a historic Barre granite shed, Re-Bop is joining the efforts with the addition of a funky and functional performance space. See more...

The Re-Bops take center stage at Northfield event
Northfield's Labor Day celebration postponed due to Irene! We'll try to do it all again next year.

Chief Re-Bop checks out Kindiefest
Re-Bop's head honcho Diana Winn attended Kindiefest, a family music conference held annually in Brooklyn, N.Y. The 2011 schedule featured helpful panel discussions, an industry showcase, and a public festival on the final day headlined by The Verve Pipe.

Reminiscing about all things Re-Bop
If you were ever dubbed a Wee-Bop or a Re-Bop, even for a day, we want to hear your experiences from the stage, recording studio, or wherever else you might have helped spread the Re-Bop magic.We'll be sharing our own recollections on Facebook.

Submit a memory, song, story or poem, let us know if we can share it, and tell us what you are up to these days. Or post it all directly to our Facebook page. We would love to hear from you!