The beloved Dou-PinkFong and Baby Shark are coming to HCM City, offering local children a chance to sing and dance with the popular characters. (Photo courtesy of organiser)
HCM City (VNS/VNA) - The beloved Dou-PinkFong and Baby Sharkare coming to HCM City, offering local children a chance to sing anddance with the popular characters.
For the first time in Vietnam, the real Pinkfong and Baby Shark will appear onstage and give world-class performances that have brought endless joy formillions of children around the world.
The 30-minute show will feature the lovely couple recreating theunique "Shark family" dance along with original songs suchas Walking, Walking; Penguin Dance; and Monkey Banana. In addition toenjoying Pinkfong’s signature songs, kids will get to sing, dance and takephotos with the famous duo.
Since 2016, Pinkfong and Baby Shark’s adorable and funny dance videos,produced by SmartStudy company, have spread around the world and madeevery child worldwide sing and dance along.
The music video Baby Shark Dance with the iconic “shark family" dancemoves and playful music has had more than 4 billion views (as ofNovember), becoming one of the five most viewed YouTube videosworldwide.
The lively melody of the song is known by millions of families andchildren, with Baby Shark placing 32rd on the Top 100 Billboard charts inthe US this year.
Pinkfong and Baby Shark are one of the few cartoon characters tohave their own world tour.
In 2018, the "Pinkfong & Baby Shark Live Musical" attracted morethan 80,000 children and families in the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Singaporeand Macau.
This year, to celebrate the jubilant festive season at the end of theyear, HTV3 DreamsTV is bringing the real Pinkfong and Baby Shark toVietnam to meet and dance with children in an event named DreamsLand.
DreamsLand is a weekend playground where children can spend time with theirparents and experience the world of creativity through music and thearts; dance to special art and music performances, engage in creativeeducational games; and meet their favorite characters, including the duoPinkfong and Baby Shark.
The DreamsLand series of events will take place on December 21-22./.
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