{"id":88861,"date":"2023-04-06T04:57:31","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T18:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/?p=88861"},"modified":"2023-04-05T11:35:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T01:35:10","slug":"love-your-folks-love-for-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/news\/love-your-folks-love-for-everyone\/","title":{"rendered":"Love your folks, love for everyone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHILDREN\u2019s band The Beanies are in town next week to put on their show <em>The Beanies EGG-Straordinary Day!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Made up of performers Laura, Mim and Michael, the show sees the team babysitting an egg, and nothing goes smoothly.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s not all fun and games, and Laura Howard said the performance is also about getting an important message across to young fans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Beanies are given an egg to take care of for an hour, which sounds very doable, but of course, they muck it up,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are secretly trying to impart a message to the children to be more appreciative of their parents or their caregivers because we know they have a very hard job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope the kids go away having laughed a lot, sang and danced all show, but also having taken in a bit of a message that they need to be grateful for the big people that take care of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Appreciating your carers isn\u2019t the only message The Beanies are bringing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur mission is to be every child\u2019s best friend and to encourage them to play as themselves and also for themselves so really homing in on authenticity and inclusion,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also make a point to say \u2018mini-beanies\u2019 not \u2018boys and girls\u2019 and we always say \u2018big people\u2019 rather than \u2018mum and dad\u2019 in case that\u2019s not their family structure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a whirlwind journey for The Beanies from stage performers to children\u2019s musical stars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout seven years ago we came together and started writing some songs and they kind of took off so here we are living the dream,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe initially had a podcast that was very successful that we still have now. 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