Performance –
Different Musical Instruments Played: 15
- Hammered Dulcimer
- Harmonica
- Mountain Dulcimer
- Bandoneon
- Bodhrans
- Hurdy Gurdy
- Melodeon
- Jaw Harp
- Concertina
- Ocarina
- Spoons
- Bones
- Ukulele
- Kazoo
- Auto Harp
Other Performance Skills:
- String Games
- Juggling
- Story Telling
- Poetry
- MC
- Stage/Venue Manager
Number of Concerts Performed: 10,000+
Total Audience: 2,500,000
Invited Guest/Performer at major Festivals in Australia, Canada, USA, UK, NZ
Sound Recordings –
Albums: 28
Including: Dr Knickerbocker, Afloat in a Boat, Rufty Tufty, The Loaded Dog, The Old Bark School, Waltzing Matilda
Platinum Disks: 1
Playmates
Gold Disks: 3
Bunyips, Bunnies and Brumbies, Dances for Little Kids, Ain’t it Great to be Crazy
Album Sales: 250,000+
Bunyips, Bunnies and Brumbies, Dances for Little Kids, Ain’t it Great to be Crazy
In Print –
Books: 14
Including: Rig-a-Jig-Jig, Campfire Songbook, Bush Dance, Social Dance, Uke ‘n Play Ukulele – series of 7 book/audios
Book Sales: 100,000+
Visual Media –
Video: 1
ABC for Kids Video Recordings
TV/Movies
Movies: Crackers – Music Only, Moby Dick – Shantyman
ABC TV: Playmates Mr Squiggle, Alexander Bunyip’s Billabong
Red Faces – 6 points from Red Symonds, Brisbane – Over Ann’s Rainbow
Festivals over the years …
Australia
Cairns Ukulele Festival, Sunshine Coast Ukulele Festival, National Folk Festival, Port Fairy Folk Festival, National Folk Festival, Woodford Folk Festival, Fairbridge Folk Festival, Australian Wooden Boat Festival (Hobart), Sydney International Children’s Festival, Fun 4 Kids Festival (Warrnambool), Maldon Folk Festival, Queenscliff Music Festival, Newstead Folk Festival
UK
Sidmouth international Music Festival and Towersey Folk Festival
Canada
Canadian Children’s Festivals