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  • NEW SUMMER DVD SUMMER RAINBOWS Summer Rainbows DVD release June 24, 2008 by WellGo USA, available from Amazon.com / Amazon.CA.

  • NEW DVD ANIMAL ADVENTURES Animal Adventures DVD release February 12, 2008 with songs "So Many Animals "Underwater Discovery" and "North South East & West" by WellGo USA, available from Amazon.com / Amazon.CA.

  • NEW WINTER DVD WONDERFUL WISHES Wonderful Wishes DVD release November 13, 2007 with songs "Some Kind Of Wonderful" "Three Wishes" and "Sleigh Ride" by WellGo USA, available from Amazon.com / Amazon.CA.

  • MORE "HI-5" EPISODES? Join the campaign to Keep American Hi-5 Alive.

  • LIVE! WITH REGIS & KELLY Hi-5 makes their 2nd appearance on the nationwide morning show Live! with Regis and Kelly on Thursday, July 19, 2007.

  • "MAKING MUSIC" DVD Making Music Making Music DVD release June 26, 2007 by WellGo USA, available from Amazon.com / Amazon.CA. Reviews: Toronto Star

  • JENN'S SOLO CD Jenn has released her debut country album Give A Girl A Reason available from iTunes and CDBABY.com
     JENNIFER PETERSON-HIND: Give a Girl a Reason

  • 2007 TOUR The 2007 Hi-5 tour kicks off in New York City on February 17, 2007 at the Nokia Theatre in Times Square with Kimee, Curtis, Jenn, Sydney, and Yasmeen! Summer Canadian tour dates have been announced!

  • HI-5 IN SPANISH February 2007: Hi-5 begins airing on Discovery Kids en Español in the United States and Latin America. August 9, 2007: The new DIRECTV Mas channel Discovery Familia debuts, which includes Hi-5 in Spanish. Song of the week videos: Sentidos (Five Senses) Animales (Animals) Machinas (Machines) Aventuras (Adventure) Juegos (Games)

  • EMMY NOMINATION Hi-5 receives its 3rd Emmy nomination for Outstanding Pre-School Children's Series (along with Sesame Street, and Ready Set Learn's Paz and Hip Hop Harry) on February 7, 2007. The 34th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony takes place at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre on June 15, 2007.

  • REGIS & KELLY Hi-5 appears on the national television morning show "Live! with Regis & Kelly" on Thursday, February 15, 2007.

  • NEW DOWNLOADS New Valentine's Day cards [1] [2] and a Hi-5 coloring page are now available, courtesy of Well Go USA.

  • NEW DVDS Action Heroes and Move Your Body DVDs available beginning December 5, 2006 at TARGET, KMart, Borders, Amazon.com and TysToyBox.com. Both 50-minute titles include a DVD carrying case, karaoke special features, Hi-5 stickers, and "never before seen Hi-5 fun." "Action Heroes" includes the songs "Action Heroes," "Underwater Discovery," and "T.E.A.M." Move Your Body includes the songs "Five Senses," "North, South, East and West," and "Move Your Body."
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  • MERCHANDISE Hi-5 merchandise is now available at online retailer tystoybox.com featuring backpacks, plush Jup-Jups, action hero capes, clothes, custom watches, and DVDs. Dolls and Hi-5 karaoke machines are expected to follow.

  • HI-5 RETURNS TO THE TODAY SHOW Hi-5 appears on NBC's "TODAY" show Friday, December 8, 2006 to help Today's annual holiday toy drive.

  • FALL TOUR The new Hi-5 tour kicks off this fall with over 2 weeks of concerts at Vancouver's PNE beginning August 19, 2006, with additional concerts at Sesame Place, and at Target book festivals in Minneapolis and New York City.

  • CAST CHANGES Hi-5 welcomes Sydney James and Yasmeen Sulieman as the newest members of the American cast of Hi-5 who began touring in August 2006 after recording a new Hi-5 CD and new episodes in July 2006. Best wishes to Karla and Shaun in the future! Find out what Karla and Shaun are up to.

  • NEW EPISODES Beginning September 25, 2006, new episodes themed "Underwater" and "Some Kind Of Wonderful" will begin to air on TLC/Discovery Kids. These 10 episodes were taped by Kimee, Karla, Curtis, Jenn, and Shaun in Australia, 2005. [download press release]

  • CONGRATULATIONS To Jennifer Peterson-Hind and Tom Korbee on their wedding, July 1, 2006. To Curtis Cregan and Jenn Gambatese on their recent engagement.

  • THE TODAY SHOW CONCERT SERIES Hi-5 appears on NBC's "TODAY" show Monday, June 12, 2006 in the Today Concert Series, singing "Five Senses" and "Ready Or Not." Video footage at MSNBC.com

  • EMMY NOMINATION Hi-5 receives its 2nd Emmy nomination for Outstanding Pre-School Children's Series (again with Sesame Street, Blue's Clues, and Ready Set Learn's Paz) for the 33nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, announced on February 8, 2006. The Creative Arts Awards Daytime Emmys private ceremony will be held April 22, 2006. The Daytime Emmys awards ceremony airs live from Hollywood's Kodak Theatre on April 28, 2006 at 9:00 PM EST on ABC. Again, Sesame Street won the Emmy for Outstanding Pre-School Children's Series.

  • HI-5 ON CBS EARLY SHOW Hi-5 appeared on CBS's "The Saturday Early Show" on March 4th, 2006 for the Second Cup Cafe segment singing "We're Hi-5," "Robot #1," "Five Senses," and "Some Kind of Wonderful." See pictures of the cast at CBS and with their new prototype dolls due out Spring 2006. Video of "Robot #1" and "Five Senses" is available at CBS's website.

  • HI-5 RETURNS TO THE TODAY SHOW Hi-5 appears on NBC's "TODAY" show Wednesday, December 7, 2005 to help Today's 12th annual holiday toy drive.

  • CHRISTMAS CD "It's A Hi-5 Christmas," released on October 4, 2005, is available from Amazon.com. "It's A Hi-5 Christmas" track listing:
    Santa Claus Is Coming
    Sleigh Ride
    Groovy Christmas
    Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
    Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
    Mary’s Boy Child
    Santa Wear Your Shorts
    Away In A Manger
    Twas The Night Before Christmas
    Christmas Wish
    Jingle Bells
    5 Days To Christmas
    Shine Your Light
    We Wish You A Merry Christmas
    Hi-5 Christmas Mix

  • NEW EPISODES Hi-5 taped 25 new episodes in Australia during March, April, May 2005. The weekly themes are "action heroes," "underwater," "makin' music," "some kind of wonderful," and "teams." 15 of the new episodes (Action, Making, T.E.A.M.) begin airing on September 26, 2005 on Discovery Kids, and October 3rd, 2005 on TLC.

  • SEAWORLD ORLANDO Hi-5 performs a series of concerts at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida in November 2005 on the 12th, 13th, 19th and 20th. Three shows daily at 4:00PM, 5:15PM, and 6:30PM, free with park admission.

  • PNE ADDS 10 MORE Hi-5 CONCERTS "Held over by popular demand, Hi-5 will be scheduled to perform 10 additional shows live in the Agrodome from Thursday, September 1 - Monday September 5, 2005. 2 shows daily at 1:00pm and 6:30pm." The Fair at the PNE, Vancouver The Agrodome seats 5,000.

  • READY SET SUMMER! From July 4-31, 2005, Hi-5 airs all morning from Mondays 6:00AM-12Noon on Discovery Kids, and Wednesdays 6:00-9:00AM on TLC, as part of Discovery's new Ready Set Summer! commercial-free scheduling. Starting August 1st, Hi-5 airs every weekday morning at 7:00AM ET/PT on TLC, and 8:00 & 10:30 AM ET/PT on Discovery Kids.

  • SESAME PLACE CONCERTS Hi-5 concerts on June 25-26, 2005 at 12:00pm, 2:45pm, and 4:15pm; and October 8-9, 2005 at 12:00pm, 2:15pm, 3:45pm; at Sesame Place in Langhorne, PA just 30 minutes north of Philadelphia and 90 minutes south of New York City. For concert reservations and more information, please call 215-752-7070 x222. Due to popular demand only one show time may be reserved per family. Seating capacity limited to 600 per show. Concerts are free with park admission.

  • UPCOMING PLANS Hi-5 recorded a Christmas CD for a 2005 holiday release. There are tentative plans to tour at the end of 2005. Potential Hi-5 DVD titles on MGM include "Head To Toe" (Bodies), "So Many Animals" (Animals), "Around The World" (Adventure); "My Neighborhood" "Fun Machines" (Machines), "Let's Explore" "Five Senses"; "Imagine That" "Party Time" "Five Alive" "Make A Wish" "Best Of Hi-5, Volume 1," and a special "Move Your Body" DVD. Release dates have not been set.

  • TV/RADIO APPEARANCES Hi-5's upcoming local and national media appearances (subject to change due to that day's breaking news):
    • June 6, 2005 Monday 2:10-2:30PM CT: Chicago's WGN-AM talk radio interview, performance of "We're Hi-5" and "So Many Animals", and listener calls [download 3.6MB mp3].
    • June 8, 2005 Wednesday 5:00-9:00AM CT: Chicago's "WGN Morning News" on WGN9 WB
    • June 28, 2005 Tuesday: Hi-5 will be on NBC's "Today" show between 8:30-9:00AM EDT, perform "Five Senses" and "So Many Animals" live out on the plaza at Rockefeller Center in New York City, broadcast nationally.
    • June 29, 2005 Wednesday 5:00-9:00AM EDT: Hi-5 performs 2 songs ("Robot Number One" and "North South East and West") on WPIX-TV New York WB11's "Morning News" around 8:50AM.

  • DISCOVERYKIDS.COM The new Ready Set Learn website at Discovery Kids includes Hi-5 video clips, puzzles, and wallpaper.

  • EMMY NOMINATION Hi-5 was nominated for Outstanding Pre-School Children's Series for the 32nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, alongside Sesame Street, Blue's Clues, and Ready Set Learn's Paz on March 2, 2005. The award went to Sesame Street at the Creative Arts Awards Daytime Emmys private ceremony held May 14, 2005. The Daytime Emmys awards ceremony airs live from Radio City Music Hall on Friday, May 20, 2005 at 9:00 PM EST on CBS.

  • HI-5 IN HOLLYWOOD Hi-5 will make a special appearance Friday, February 4, 2005 at 4:00 PM at the Hollywood and Highland retail and entertainment center in the Central Courtyard.   The event is open to the public and invited organizations include Los Angeles Children's Hospital, Hollygrove and Head Start.

  • WINTER TOUR Hi-5 including Jup Jup and Chatterbox kicked off their tour in late December 2004 in Hartford, CT and will continue through February 2005. Hi-5 started rehearsals for their "Move Your Body" tour in late October 2004. On November 17, they performed 2 preview shows at Sydney's Luna Park Big Top for about 400 Australian kids.

  • THANKSGIVING PARADE Hi-5 performed "Living In A Rainbow" on the Dixie-brand float in the 2004 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade ® around 10:30am on NBC on November 25, 2004.

  • Hi-5 on New York's WB11 TV interview and performance of "Five Senses" on November 24, 2004.

  • AWARDS Fall 2004 Parents' Choice Award given to "Jump And Jive With Hi-5" CD.

  • CD Hi-5 releases their first CD "Jump And Jive With Hi-5" on September 7, 2004. Hi-5 joins The Wiggles, Bob The Builder, Barney, Barbie, and Strawberry Shortcake on Koch Records. The Hi-5 CD will be in stock at Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Borders, Hastings, Tower, Musicland, Virgin, Barnes & Noble and Amazon. In Canada, the CD can be found at Chapters, Zellers, Wal-Mart and Indigo. Hi-5 CD samplers can be found with specially-marked packages of the Hi-5 DVDs at Toys'R'Us.

  • CD CONTEST Hi5America.com has 5 of Hi-5's new CD to giveaway to 5 lucky fans! Enter for a chance to win until October 30, 2004.

  • DVD CONTEST Hi5America.com has 5 sets of Hi-5's new DVDs to giveaway to 5 lucky fans! Enter for a chance to win until September 7, 2004.

  • VIDEO SET A low priced DVD set of "Music Magic" and "Game Time" bundled together will be released on November 16, 2004 in time for the holiday season.

  • VIDEOS The first three Hi-5 video and DVD titles, Vol. 1 Color Craze, Vol. 2 Music Magic, & Vol.3 Game Time, released on August 3, 2004 by MGM Home Entertainment (Consumer Hotline 877-MGM-4-YOU). Order Now! A movie-trailer style segment for Hi-5 can be seen on MGM video titles such as "Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London" and "Sleepover." Promotional Hi-5 DVDs can be found on specially-marked packages of "Stellaluna" and "Miss Spider" DVDs.

  • MERCHANDISE Other Hi-5 merchandise (apparel, accessories, toys and games) is being licensed and will be available stateside in 2005. Tell the Discovery Channel Store what kind of Hi-5 merchandise you want with their online comments form. Meanwhile, you can find Australian Hi-5 merchandise on ebay.

  • JENN ON CD Jennifer Peterson-Hind provides backup vocals on Tom Korbee's 3-song EP, and duets on the song "(Baby) Don't You Ever Go." Regular CD with full packaging including pictures and lyrics $8.00. CD autographed by Tom and Jenn $12.00. Prices include shipping and handling. To order this lively new CD, send your shipping address and a check made out to Tom Korbee to:
    TCK
    1007 Nohnuta
    Cincinnati OH 45231

  • NEW EPISODES (Bodies, Wishes, Music, Colours) are airing on the Knowledge Network in Canada (Knowledge Network schedule thru April 25, 2004). In the U.S., TLC airs the new episodes starting on April 12, 2004, and April 19, 2004 on Discovery Kids. Write a letter to Discovery or send feedback with the Viewer Relations webform to tell them how much you love Hi-5!

  • CANADA Hi-5 airs in Canada on the Knowledge Network weekdays at 8:25 A.M., and weekends at 7:35 A.M., and in Ontario on TVO Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:30 A.M. and Saturdays at 7:00 A.M. Hi-5 LOVES CANADA!

  • INTERNATIONAL American Hi-5 can now be seen in the United Arab Emirates from Saturday through Wednesday every morning at 09:00 on e-junior available on E-Vision cable TV.

  • CHAT Live online chat with Hi-5 for parents and their kids on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 from 5:00-6:00 PM ET. Chat transcript.

  • NYC PERFORMANCE at L!CENSING CONVENTION 2004. Hi-5 performed a special show for the annual product licensing convention held at Javits Center on June 9, 2004 at 11AM. Hi-5's production office invited a special audience of kids ages 3-7 and their parents to attend the show, followed by an ice cream social reception to meet Hi-5.

  • Hi-5 entertained the families of the 4th Infantry Division, welcoming them home from Iraq, on April 22, 2004 in Ft. Hood, Texas.

  • 2004 TOUR Hi-5 went on a 2 month U.S. promotional tour from March-May 2004 visiting Westfield Shoppingtown locations. Read about Hi-5's travels in their tour journal. Tour television news coverage:
    May 14, 2004 06:48AM Sacramento, CA "KOVR 13 Daybreak" KOVR (CBS affiliate)
    May 14, 2004 09:20-09:50AM Sacramento, CA "Good Day Sacramento" KMAX (UPN affiliate)
    May 7, 2004 05:45-08:00AM St. Louis, MO "News 4 This Morning" KMOV (CBS affiliate)
    May 6, 2004 03:15PM St. Louis, MO "Show Me St. Louis" KSDK (NBC affiliate)
    May 6, 2004 08:20-08:40AM St. Louis, MO "Fox 2 News In The Morning" KTVI (FOX affiliate)
    May 1, 2004 08:00AM Chicago, IL "News 2 Chicago Saturday Morning" WBBM (CBS affiliate)
    April 29, 2004 06:00-07:00AM Chicago, IL "NBC 5 Chicago Morning News" WMAQ Interview and "Five Senses" performance thanks to Eden for the clip!
    April 17, 2004 Connecticut WTNH interview
    March 26, 2004 San Diego, CA "KUSI Morning News"
    March 25, 2004 San Diego, CA "FOX 6 News In The Morning"
    March 19, 2004 Los Angeles, CA "KTLA Morning News" tour coverage
    March 18, 2004 Los Angeles, CA "KTLA Morning News" event announcement

  • OFFICIAL SITE Kids Like Us launches the Hi-5 North America Official Website at www.hi-5us.com on March 17, 2004.

  • Representing the Broadway show RENT, Curtis Cregan performed "What You Own" with Colin Hanlon at Macy's Herald Square for Kids' Night On Broadway on February 3, 2004, and with Joshua Kobak at the Broadway Festival at Town Hall on February 17, 2004. Curtis previously appeared in RENT on Broadway in 2002.

  • Kimee Balmilero rejoined the ensemble of Broadway's Mamma Mia for summer 2003.

  • Hi-5 starts airing on Discovery Kids channel on March 3, 2003.

  • Hi-5 premieres in the United States on February 24, 2003 on The Learning Channel.

  • The American version of Hi-5 begins filming 45 episodes in Sydney in October 2002.


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