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New York City residents and guests alike have made numerous reminiscences in every of Central Park’s 21 playgrounds. While climbing the Egypt-themed jungle health club close to the Met or swinging to the sound of hooting monkeys close to the zoo, anybody can delight within the magnificence and magic of the park, and youngsters can do what they do greatest: play.
Keeping the playgrounds clear and protected is a vital activity, one which the Central Park Conservancy’s Playground Partners takes on with satisfaction. Yesterday, the Playground Partners hosted their Annual Family Party at Heckscher Playground, the most important within the park. Kids and households flocked to video games, sports activities, a magic present, arts and crafts, and way more. And since you’ll be able to’t have a celebration with out nice music, Spotify was in attendance because the Family Party Main Stage Sponsor to entertain the subsequent era of listeners and their households.
The family-friendly musical performances included a DJ set from 14-year-old Annie Red, the award-winning resident DJ for the Brooklyn Nets. PAW Patrol’s Skye and Rubble had been on a roll main the “Pup Pup Boogie” and a PAWsome recreation of freeze dance.
KIDZ BOP, the most well-liked artist on Spotify for households, headlined. Since 2002, KIDZ BOP has recorded kid-friendly variations of at the moment’s greatest pop music hits sung by youngsters, for youths.
“KIDZ BOP has been an established brand that families love for years—before Spotify even existed!” famous Dustee Jenkins, Head of Public Affairs at Spotify. “Even putting on this event, many of our employees who are twenty- and thirtysomething have been so excited about partnering with them because it’s the music they grew up on. Today, KIDZ BOP is the most popular music on Spotify for families.”
Annual Family Party Co-Chairs Sarah Johnson, Dustee Jenkins, Paige Betz, Sugie Hong Bruttomesso, and Sayuri Ganepola-Kaczynski
“I think KIDZ BOP is such a fantastic example of a group embracing streaming to meet their audiences where they are,” stated Dustee. “But I also see it as a reflection of Spotify’s ability to cater to a wide-ranging audience and be a platform that they can grow up on. Music is such a powerful means of connection, especially for young families, where we’ve seen Spotify become a natural fixture in car rides and birthday parties, but also in education and generational connection.”
The KIDZ BOP Kids Live Tour is the primary live performance expertise for a lot of. The group’s most-streamed track on Spotify is “Shake It Off,” adopted by “Uptown Funk.” Another in style observe is “Dance Monkey,” which the group carried out reside together with “Never Stop,” “About That Time,” “Good 4 U,” “Shut Up and Dance,” “Break My Soul,” and “Made You Look.”