RANGER JACK's Music & Puppet Show

Animal puppets, musical games, stories and more! The kids will be singing along, dancing and laughing out loud. I specialize in songs about animals. It's mostly a show for kids but all ages have fun as well. And there’s lots of puppetry. At parties I offer even more than this; so please give me a call for a full description.

A bit about me, my day job is teaching/performing music in preschools on a weekly basis; and I have taught private piano as well as music in the Fullerton School District to grades K-3. Kids are just so much fun! And in the last decade I’ve been honored to perform countless preschool summer shows, birthdays, city park events, libraries, shopping malls, and private functions.

Read reviews and check out lots of photos of kids smiling, laughing and dancing as I performed. Please go to (link hidden) to not only learn more but to listen to my free music for all ages.

Thank you!

Ranger Jack: )

In August of 2012, Jack performed before hundreds of children at the Huntington Beach Library's Concert in the Park in his first appearance as "Ranger Jack." He has since performed countless birthday parties in Southern California, as well as many libraries, shopping malls, K-6 school assemblies, museums, and countless performaces for preschools in Orange and LA County, for that is his day job during the week. He is also a piano teacher in Fullerton and Anaheim. And he has taught music to K-3rd grades in a dozen shools of the Fullerton School District.

"Ranger Jack" began his children's songwriting career in the spring of 2011 after more than 20 years as a music teacher, producer and performer. He had an epiphany after spotting an ad in "Backstage West" magazine soliciting children's music for a New York City music publishing company.

As a child, Ranger Jack was captivated by children's songs such as "Puff the Magic Dragon" as well as music from Disney movies, the film "Oliver!" and the Broadway musicals "Hair" and "Pippin". In addition, he says some of his fondest childhood memories are those of his mother singing him lullabies as he drifted off to sleep. As he got older, RJ grew to love the spirited and often humorous songs of bands like The Monkees, Peter, Paul and Mary and the Beatles - bands that would influence Forest's own musical style.

So it seemed par for the course that children's music came natural to Ranger Jack. He wrote and recorded three songs in answer to the magazine ad and subsequently wrote and recorded a 10-song CD, "Animals are Happy." In the summer of 2011, RJ was commissioned to write instrumental music for the children's DVD reading program "Skip & Daisy," which is sold and marketed to public, private and home schools across the globe.

In January of 2013, Ranger Jack got hired to perform in preschools weekly, and the rest is history. His calendar is filling up fast so contact Ranger Jack now for your next birthday or family event.

I usually put on a 30, 45, or 60 minute interactive show, but often I am hired to play serenade music as the guests arrive, like Puff the Magic dragon, what I call "listening songs". Then maybe after I help with the birthday song as we cut the cake, the interactive show begins. All I need is a 5 by 7 foot area to set up my equipment, which mostly includes just my keyboard and guitar. In most cases I will need shade for outdoor shows and I can bring my own portable power supply if an electrical outlet is not handy. So get ready to sing and dance and HAVE FUN!!!