Rick Charette And His Bubblegum Band

Grades 1 through 4, One Hour In Length

Returning to the youth series Rick Charette and the Bubblegum band are one of the Civic Center’s favorite musical acts.   Rick has released ten albums, two children's picture books and two live concert videos, which are distributed nationally and have sold over a quarter million copies to date. His 10th album “King Kong Chair” (his newest collection of original songs!) was released in March 2004. His best known songs include Songs include: Yellow Bus, I Love Mud, Humunukuapuahah and Lincoln the Lobster.

Rick graduated from the University Of Southern Maine with degrees in Music Education and English. Elementary teachers across the country use his music in their classrooms to enhance and facilitate their language arts programs. He has been a featured speaker at the Northeast Whole Language Conference, a keynote speaker at the National Association For The Education Of Young Children Conference in Washington, D.C. as well as other education conferences around the United States.