Everyone knows the tune to ‘Skinnamarink,’ the iconic song from children’s folk trio Sharon, Lois & Bram; the trio became a duo years ago when Lois retired, and now Sharon & Bram are embarking on a farewell tour of their own.
The pair will be stopping in Moose Jaw on Apr. 24, and their excited to once again be on the stage and interacting with their audience. They spent part of 2018 touring and due to encouragement from their fans, decided to extend the tour into 2019 and visit some places they missed along the way.
Both parents and children — and even grandchildren — are sure to enjoy the show, said the pair, as they encourage those in the audience to sing along as they please.
“They're going to be singing from note one. That's one of the hallmarks of what we do,” said Bram, adding: “It's not just children's music. We do music for the family and that's our audience and that's who we've been performing for right from day one.”
“They will hear songs that they know and that they've heard before and sung before, and they will hear new songs because we have been recording some new songs … that we're very excited about,” said Sharon. “So they'll participate with the old favorites and the new ones.”
Having been performing their music for over forty years, the pair is glad to have touched four generations of people with their music.
“It was a family concert, as intended right from the very beginning. And so we had two generations for the most part. . . And then as everybody grew up, the children became parents, the parents became grandparents and there was a whole new crop of new little kids,” said Bram “And then just recently someone says, 'oh, I'm bringing my great grandchild to your concert.' And I said, ‘whoops, four [generations]!’”
This will likely be the last chance to see Sharon & Bram live on stage, but they do have their music available as CDs and for download, both old and new songs. The pair have not recorded anything new for about 20 years, so having the new music the have now available is worth checking out.
“Bram and I had not recorded in many, many, many years,” said Sharon. “It was very exciting for us to get back into the recording studio, it was something that we never expected. It was actually Bram's idea that we do that and we've had a really good time.”
The pair is excited to be on tour, even if it is the last one, and will have songbooks and t-shirts available at their shows for a taste of take-home nostalgia.
“We're really looking forward to seeing old faces and a lot of new ones,” said Bram.
“Exactly, and to hearing their lovely voices. Bram likes to say we have the best seats in the audience because we get to watch them and we really get great pleasure from that,” said Sharon.
Tickets for the show are available on the Cultural Centre’s website or at the box office.
