Will and Seeka - Friends with Everyone: Teck Family Series

The Trail & District Arts Council presents Will and Seeka - Friends with Everyone, a captivating music show for kids ages 3-10 years old and their families to enjoy together. The show is on Sunday, April 27 at 3:00 pm in The Bailey Theatre and is part of the TECK Family Series.

Will and Seeka bring their entertaining musical show to the stage to engage young kids through sing-along choruses in English and French, actions and movement. Will and Seeka are accompanied by a talented band in this energetic and educational show, which features songs about colours, days of the week, weather, food, animals, family and friends, the alphabet and movement. Kids will leave the show with these joyous songs in their hearts and a skip in their step.

Will and Seeka — of Will’s Jams and Seeka Sings — are nationally recognized musicians and educators who both have a passion for music, languages, and childhood education. During the pandemic their shared understanding of the power of music and teaching languages brought these two songwriters and parents together to create fun, unique, and relevant musical resources to support French and English language learning. They collaborated to produce two albums, "Will et Seeka: Amis avec tout le monde" (WCMA nominated), and the English version, "Will and Seeka: Friends with Everyone."

“Toute l’école a aimé le concert de Will et Seeka! All their songs are catchy, relevant to the children’s lives, and fun to sing. Students easily memorized the fun songs and were super excited to sing them at the concert. Merci beaucoup for one of our favourite days this year!” — Stacey Sveistrup, Vice-Principal, Vancouver

Will Stroet (Vancouver), of Will’s Jams , is a JUNO-nominated musician, a nationally recognized educator, former CBC Kids TV star, and a father of two awesome girls. His high-energy rock-pop music in English and French is full of witty wordplay and sing-along choruses, inspiring kids to be active, creative, caring and community-minded. Prior to launching a full-time career in music in 2009, Will worked as a beloved French immersion music teacher in Vancouver, Canada. Over the past 15-plus years, he’s performed more than 2,000 shows for young audiences across Canada and China at festivals, theaters and schools. He has released 11 albums in French and English, which have garnered national acclaim including a 2017 JUNO nomination, 8 nominations by the Western Canadian Music Awards, and 3 from the Canadian Folk Music Awards. Will holds a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education from the University of British Columbia (UBC). In 2015, he was named one of UBC’s Faculty of Education’s Top 100 Alumni. Learn more about Will's Jams at www.willsjams.com

Jessica “Seeka” Holtby (Edmonton) of Seeka Sings is a 2021 Western Canadian Music Awards nominee, a French instructor at the University of Alberta (U of A), and a mother to one sweet toddler (with another baby on the way). She holds a Master of Arts from the University of Alberta, and has a strong interest in early literacy and in French as a Second Language. Through songs, videos, music classes, and sing-alongs in English and French, Seeka covers a wide range of early learning targets, including language development, motor skills, social-emotional learning, diversity, and anti-racism. Seeka hosts virtual and in-person interactive sing-alongs at festivals, schools, daycares, and private events. Her debut children’s EP, “Seriously Singable Children’s Songs,” earned her a nomination for 2021 Children’s Artist of the Year at the Western Canadian Music Awards. Learn more about Seeka at www.seekasings.com.

"Will and Seeka are both outstanding musicians who engaged our young audiences through their uplifting and energetic songs encouraging folks to connect with the music with interactive components to the show. Our audiences left the theatre with big grins on their faces and some were even singing the songs on their way out." - Katharine Carol, Vancouver International Children’s Festival

Watch the trailer https://youtu.be/7OFw-b_JdxQ

45 min show

Single tickets are $16 or get tickets to all 3 Family Series shows for just $33.

Why not “Pick Your Own” season by becoming a Patron Member for $25 and get 20% off Trail Arts Council presentations and other benefits. All tickets available online at tickets.trail-arts.com, by phone at 250-368-9669, and in person at the Bailey Box Office at 1501 Cedar Ave., Trail.

This show is made possible thanks to funding from Teck Trail Operations, the BC Arts Council, BC Touring Council, the Government of Canada, and Tourism South Kootenay. We also gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia.

Also in the series:

Sunday, February 23 at 3:00 pm, Walter Ego by L’Aubergine, a captivating, physical humour show where Mr. Walter's routine is disrupted one day to create a place where anything can happen, he can finally dream, and let his imagination run wild. Through juggling and clown work Walter Ego ignites children’s imaginations to be bold and imagine their dreams to create their own fantastical worlds.

Sunday, March 30 at 3 pm, The Myrtle Sisters - Same Same Different. The Myrtle Sisters were so alike that they could hardly tell themselves apart, until one day, through an unexpected series of calamities, each sister’s secret uniqueness was revealed! Will they still belong if their differences are discovered? A three part original and historic live music and dance spectacle about self-expression and celebrating differences with charm, shenanigans, surprises and mishaps in an outrageously fun experience.

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