Friday, 16 November 2018

Concert Review: Rocking Dan delivers a night of unforgettable energetic educational rock music!

It was billed as being a rock 'n' roll party in the library and it certainly lived up to all expectations as Rocking Dan Teaching Man played to an enthusiastic and appreciative crowd of children, parents, teachers, librarians and other fans on Thursday night (November 15th) at the Sutherland Shire Library.


Rocking Dan exploded onto the stage of the library's event space in his trademark academic cap (mortar board), silver cape and animal print shirt to rapturous applause as he belted out his opening tune the classic educational rock party anthem Have You Filled Someone's Bucket Today which included one of Rocking Dan's signature guitar solos. It was the ultimate party starter and set the tone for an evening of energetic educational musical fun!

The awe struck crowd soon rose to its feet as Rocking Dan followed up with the disco funk pop rock inspired Dance To The Days of the Week before the gig reached epic proportions as the audience went wild for the rockin' 12 bar blues dance tune Come On Everybody Let's Do The Floss.

There was great delight on the faces of the audience as they sung along and performed the actions to the ever popular classic tune What Makes A Good Friend?. Before anyone could catch their breath the crowd were soon back up on their feet again as they danced to Funky Four Times Tables (a request by a local primary school teacher) and were jumping up and down to super fun song about following left and right directions Bounce.

As the show reached its fever pitch climax Rocking Dan played his extremely catchy R @ B Alphabet song Get Up And Dance to the Alphabet (ZED Version) which had everybody shaking their bodies and moving their feet to the beat. With the concert goers still dancing Rocking Dan signed off with the hit new song Be Kind To Everyone. "It a song with a great message you can dance to." remarked one of the audience members.

At this point Rocking Dan left the stage but the wildly enthusiastic crowd were chanting "Friends of 10, Friends of 10, Friends of 10."  Rocking Dan didn't disappoint his adoring fans and returned to the stage for an encore and to the absolute delight of everyone in the Sutherland Shire Library Events Space he played a heartfelt and moving version of the song that made him an musical educational YouTube mega star.  The audience were now in full voice "La, La, La, La, La, La, La the Friends of 10". It was the grand finale of grand finales and one that the people who were lucky enough to be there will never forget. This was not just a concert, this was an experience of a lifetime.

Set list: Have You Filled Someone's Bucket Today, Dance To The Days Of The Week, Come On Everybody Let's Do The Floss, What Makes A Good Friend?, Funky Four Times Tables, Bounce, Get Up And Dance To The Alphabet, Be Kind To Everyone.

Encore: The Friends Of 10

Check out Rocking Dan Teaching Man on YouTube




A big thank you to everyone who came to the show!
Rock on with Rocking Dan!