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WINNERS ANNOUNCED! Win Tickets to Sesame Street Live in September courtesy of SpartanburgMoms!

Who doesn't love Sesame Street?! Sesame Street Live returns to the Bi-Lo Center in September and SpartanburgMoms.com is giving you the chance to win free tickets to the show AND a meet & greet with some furry friends!

Here's how to enter:

This year's show is called "Elmo Makes Music", so we want to hear all about your child's musical abilities. Tell us a story about how they use music to get you laughing, how you first realized their musical "ability" or the time when they burst out in song (maybe in an inappropriate place or at the wrong time)... any story will do! Post your stories below, and share photos if you have them!

Our judges will read through the stories and pick 11 winners - that's right, 11!Three GRAND PRIZE winners will receive a family four-pack of tickets to the show on Saturday, Sept. 10 at 10:30 a.m., a Sesame Street plush character and passes to attend a pre-show meet & greet with some of the characters. Eight runners-up will also receive a family four-pack of tickets to the show in the form of vouchers that can be redeemed for any of the shows Sept. 9-11.

Entries must be posted to this forum no later than 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, August 30. Winners will be notified and posted on the afternoon of August 31. Grand-prize winner stories and photos will also be featured in an ad to run in the Herald-Journal on Friday, Sept. 9.

You must be a member of the site to post your entry, but it's free and easy to join... just click on the "Sign Up" button to get started!

Good luck!

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Permalink Reply by Kim on August 15, 2011 at 10:23pm

Only two weeks left to enter your story in this forum for a chance to win a meet and greet with the Sesame Street gang plus great tickets to the show!

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Permalink Reply by Heather Lawson on August 17, 2011 at 1:04pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy4vCcghNy4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy4vCcghNy4
My 1 year old (now 2), Brody was home sick. His daddy had him for the day. Brody's always been a huge momma's boy. My husband's heart melted when he shot this video of Brody singing to him. He made it up as he went...the dada song. = ) Hopefully the video works.

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Permalink Reply by Melanie J. Wiley on August 17, 2011 at 10:28pm

Our son Jacob, three, is our music loving child. He loves any instrument but especially loves to sing. He knows all the words to this year's Bible school music, "The Big Apple Adventure". He loves to sing in the car, the grocery store, restaurants, on bike rides, and the bathroom. You might think I am referring to the shower when he sings; however, his perferred location of bathroom singing is the toilet! As he is waiting for the inevitable, we often hear him belting a tune from the other end of the house. I have included a picture of him in action.....I am quite sure he will really appreciate this later in life!

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Permalink Reply by Jill Brisken on August 18, 2011 at 11:05pm

Our daughter, Alaina, is only 6 months old, but she seems to already enjoy music. She loves watching her two older brothers, ages 7 and 4 1/2, dance and sing around her and she joins in too with her own squeals of delight, jumping up and down in her exersaucer. She also is so happy playing with all of her musical toys. When she is fussy, all we have to do is start one of her musical toys (the kinds that annoy adults), but she is happy. Just recently she began tapping out some tunes on her trusty xylophone, that is when she isn't using the stick for a teether instead!

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Permalink Reply by Kristina Pilat on August 21, 2011 at 7:56pm

Who needs real instruments when you can use your imagination? My son Alexander, who is 2.5, plays air guitar and he uses sticks as his microphone. But he never does this when I have the camera ready! :) And when we go to mass, he tries to sing along to the hymns. Very cute and funny, he tends to stop me from singing because I'm listening to what he is singing.

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Permalink Reply by Sarah Roper on August 22, 2011 at 3:11pm

A friend of mine gave me a cd with lots of children's music on it that her grandchildren had outgrown. My son, Ethan is 2 years old and his 2 favorite songs on the CD are what he calls "Twinkle Star" and "The Train Song". He requested "Twinkle Star" the other morning and since my car was in the shop being worked on, we didn't have his favorite CD, so I decided I would just sing it for him and try to get him to sing along with me. Ethan didn't like that at all. He said, "Mommy, you go to time out RIGHT NOW." I've never laughed so hard. Ethan loves music, just not when his Mommy is the singer!

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Permalink Reply by Erin Landreth on August 22, 2011 at 8:48pm

My two year old baby boy, Cooper, is in LOVE with Elmo and all of his friends. He stands in front of the TV everyday and snaps his fingers to Sunny Days, Sing a Song, and all of the others. He especially loves when Ernie sings the song "Dance Myself to Sleep." He dances and mimics Ernie as Ernie dances around his bedroom. Cooper also loves balls and one of his favorite Sesame Streets is the T-Ball episode.

This Sesame Street addiction began when Cooper was just 7 months old. He spent several months at hospitals around the Southeast being treated for a rare gastrointestinal disorder. During his first stay we played Sesame Street on our commute and he was hooked. Because of his disorder he is unable to attend daycares or preschool and must remain homebound. He has learned numbers, letters, and gained a love for music through Elmo, Oscar, Cookie, Bird, and the rest of the Sesame Street gang.

Cooper stands the entire time he watches Sesame Street and when they dance, sing, or play music he bounces his body and snaps his fingers with a huge smile on his face. He is truly their number one fan.

Copper with Grover

Cooper Making Music

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Permalink Reply by Katherine O Jones on August 23, 2011 at 6:58pm

My Grandson Eli is 22 months old and he loves to hear music an dance. Even just a few months old when he heard music he would move his little shoulders back an forth . Now that hes alittle older an watches alittle bit of tv his favorite show is sesame street and he loves when elmo comes on he gets so excited starts to dance an sing, he sings la la la mo mo la la la mo mo. He is so Precious. Eli is only my Grandson But he is My Whole world an my Heart.
Thank you.

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Permalink Reply by Ashley Cochran on August 24, 2011 at 10:46pm

My daughter McKenna will be 2 on September 4th. I know she is just a little bit, but she just loves to sing & dance! We always have had all types of music playing around her since she was born, and once we realized last year that she was actually bobbing to the music we about died. Then when she started walking she really started going at it. She is so funny when she dances;she makes me laugh everytime I see her. She spins, bounces, and just does all these silly moves. This summer she started babbling to the music; the babbling is her way of singing! It's too cute to see this one year old baby singing and dancing! What's real funny is when we're out and you never know she might just start to sing and dance out of the blue. I love it and depending where we are I'll sing along with her. McKenna just loves music and Elmo so much. Being able to go to the show will make her day, and seeing her so happy will make mine!

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Permalink Reply by stacie ishi on August 25, 2011 at 4:39pm

My son who will be 2 in december has always loved music. He enjoys playing toy musical instruments and mimicking his daddy play the guitar. He always asks to put a cd in the cd player so he can sing and dance along! We pray that God will use his music talents and that he will always enjoy music and dancing. One of my favorite memories is when I opened the door to his room and found him dancing away to the cd! So cute! He also loves Sesame Street! One of the 1st times he was watching he would get so excited when elmo, grover and oscar came on! (see video) He would point and practical yell at the tv in excitement! We also went to sing karaoke as a family recently at a family karaoke plce. My husband loves karaoke and him and our son had a blast singing together! (See picture)

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Permalink Reply by Leslie Huffman on August 26, 2011 at 10:11pm

Our 2 yr old son Devin loves anything to do with music; toys, radio, shows even commericals. He will say "D" and start swinging side to side. It doesn't matter if we are in the car he'll start slapping his legs to the beat of the music. He made up this little dance to the Spongebob theme sound where he slaps his legs, throws his hands in the area and does this ahwoo sound at the end. He loves Elmo too. He calls him LaLa cause of the song he sings. Here's a link to his dance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix3VK0c_j7U

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Permalink Reply by Luciana Lord on August 27, 2011 at 3:27pm

Amanda was 2 when she actually got close to a piano for the first time. It was Thanksgiving and we were visiting with Grandma in Indiana...she has never touched or played with a piano before...probably she just watched somebody playing at church. When we got to one of our relatives house and watched her daughter playing...she sat at the piano after that and started to play like she did that everyday...it was really funny and surprising to watch her "playing"...here is the video for that moment...http://youtu.be/qcHl19aP6Ug

It is almost a year since that happen and her musical taste changed alittle...sometimes I hear her singing...Baby, Baby, Baby...OOOHHH....after Justin Bieber play in the radio so many times ...LOL....