Fred Penner brings The Cat Came Back 40th Anniversary Tour to the Vancouver Children’s Festival

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Order of Canada recipient and multiple Juno Award winner Fred Penner knows a thing or two about keeping kids engaged.

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“I had a sister born with Down Syndrome who had always benefited from listening to music,” says Penner. “When she and my father passed very close to one another, my world was rocked and I knew I had to pursue something to find my bliss, so I went to the only thing that had ever given me any personal delight: making music.

“Every new crowd is joining me every set to help create whatever musical journey I want to go on with them,” he says. “As I look at how a set is going to unfold, if I want to do a quieter song or have a more focused moment, then I’ll precede that with a hit like Sandwiches. Setting the vibe and having the awareness of the flow is something I pay a lot of attention to so I can carry the audience along.

“I always try to go deep enough that I can twinge a bit of an emotional thread in my performance and in my songwriting,” he says. “Integrity in making art is very important to me. I think that it has to be.”

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