Win Tickets to Sesame Street Live!
Sesame Street Live is coming to the Van Andel Arena, and we are thrilled to provide you with a chance to win tickets! Get ready to sing and dance with Elmo, Grover, Baby Bear, Cookie Monster, Bert and Ernie. “Can’t Stop Singing” will take place November 16-18. Each of our 18 branches will be giving away a family four pack of ticket vouchers. Five shows will take place over the three days, and winners can choose which show they would like to attend. The lucky winners will also receive an exclusive invitation to a special playdate with Elmo!
Stop by any KDL branch location by October 11 and complete an entry form for your chance to win.
Want to increase your chance of winning tickets? Leave us a comment on this post and share your favorite Sesame Street memory or story. We will randomly select one commenter to win four ticket vouchers!
Good luck to all!
Posted by: Katie
September 17th, 2012 at 11:59 am
I have always loved Ernie. I still have a stuffed Ernie from when I was a toddler
September 17th, 2012 at 1:28 pm
I remember watching Christmas Eve on Sesame Street every Christmas Eve growing up. So many great lessons!
September 17th, 2012 at 2:23 pm
I always loved the “Rubber Duckie” song! And my daughter loves it now too. Makes me smile every time it comes on my iPod and she is happy about it!
September 17th, 2012 at 3:44 pm
My two godsons absolutely LOVE Roosevelt Franklin. He was a character who was somewhat controversial, but I love hearing them sing along to “I love the skin I’m in”…a great message of self-esteem for them!
September 17th, 2012 at 5:27 pm
When my daughter and I watch Sesame Street together, I love sharing memories of my favorite characters with her. It’s so amazing to be able to share that experience with my daughters and reminisce about my childhood at the same time.
September 17th, 2012 at 6:05 pm
My 2 children (33 & 30) would not be as successful as they are without Sesame Street. They learned so much in a fun way and it was a great break for mom
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September 17th, 2012 at 7:04 pm
My boys ages 5 and 2 would love to go to this. My 2 year old is absolutely obssessed with Elmo
September 17th, 2012 at 9:19 pm
My boys (5 and 2) love Sesame Street and would love to go to this! Elmo traveled with us all summer as we camped throughout Michigan!
September 17th, 2012 at 9:49 pm
I think I would have as much fun at this as my kids… I always said my dream job would be to work on Sesame Street!
September 17th, 2012 at 10:14 pm
We LOVE Elmo around here. My boys think he’s the best. Big Bird was my favorite growing up!
September 17th, 2012 at 10:45 pm
Visiting Sesame Street Place at the Stong’s Museum of Play in Rochester, NY. It’s a beautiful museum and nice tribute to Sesame Street’s influence on youngsters (including myself and my kiddos).
September 17th, 2012 at 11:18 pm
Our girls are in love with Elmo! When our daughter had tubes put in her ears she would show us on Elmo what hurt.
September 17th, 2012 at 11:30 pm
Grover’s the best! When I was 4, I found a stuffed Grover toy in a cereal box, and I brought that toy with me everywhere. But my niece would definitely love this show at Van Andel, it would make for the ultimate Christmas present.
September 18th, 2012 at 6:46 am
I always loved Big Bird as a kid…didn’t know he was yellow for years until my parents got a color tv. Great show for kids to learn counting & numbers, etc.
September 18th, 2012 at 9:24 am
I always loved it when Grover came on! Loveable, furry old grover! I loved all his mishaps and his lovable personality:) I still have my stuffed grover “doll”, and my favorite Grover book …..There’s a Monster at the End of this Book!! (not in good shape anymore since I’ve read it and all my 6 kids too
Good memories……
September 18th, 2012 at 10:08 am
My friends laugh but I actually learned to speak English by watching Sesame Street! And it’s not only my boys (7 and 5) that love Elmo but my father does too…so cute to see them all laugh so hard when the Elmo doll has his laughing fit!
September 18th, 2012 at 10:55 am
All 4 of my kids watched and loved Sesame Street, and my 5 year old still loves it! As far as educational television for young children, you can’t get much better than Sesame Street!
September 18th, 2012 at 11:01 am
My first memory of Sesame Street was the morning of my wedding in July of 1970. My niece joined my sister, the bridesmaids and me as I opened a few more wedding presents while watching Sesame Street. I didn’t know it existed, but 3 yr old Sarah sure did! We all laughed both at the characters and at Sara’s joy in watching. Years later my two girls watched every afternoon. What a gift that program has been to America’s children.
September 18th, 2012 at 8:46 pm
My son used to run to hug his stuffed Elmo toy every morning
September 19th, 2012 at 8:37 am
Elmo is our favorite!! So cute and fun. =)
September 19th, 2012 at 8:54 am
Ah… Sesasme Street … So many memories of my now three adult children enjoying and learning from this exceptional program. So cool that I can now interact with my grandchildren when they talk about their favorite characters (instead of not knowing which new program or character they are “into”) and to be able to tell them that their daddies loved Elmo, Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grooch, Miss Piggy, and especially Bert and Ernie is so special…
September 19th, 2012 at 6:39 pm
I grew up watching Sesame Street and now it is a favorite of my daughter’s. She loves the songs and it has really helped her learn the alphabet, counting, colors and shapes! It’s our favorite….besides reading together of course!
September 20th, 2012 at 8:17 am
I have vivid memories of going to Sesame Street Live when I was younger- picking up a Grover souvenir and carrying it around for months! I would love to take my little girl to see the show and continue the tradition- she loves Grover too! Sesame Street is definitely one of the great American treasures!
September 20th, 2012 at 8:43 am
Our family would love to attend this event. We have a 9 mo. old who is growing to love Sesame Street and a 5 year old who still enjoys it. S.S. speaks to all of us.
September 20th, 2012 at 9:22 am
My kids still love this show just as much as I did when I was younger! My youngest loves Elmo!
September 20th, 2012 at 7:10 pm
I remember my parents taking me to Sesame Street Live shows when I was younger. I can’t wait to introduce my son to these great events and I’m so glad that Grand Rapids is able to host the show!
September 20th, 2012 at 9:18 pm
I remember getting a ernie toy on a stick and waving it all around in the air at the show.
September 21st, 2012 at 7:37 am
Sesame Street was a regular part of my life and my imagination world growing up. I was GREAT friends especially with Big Bird! We’d go on all kinds of adventures together. I was a little nervous around Oscar the Grouch though…My 3 year old is in love with Elmo now,and he has been en essential part of her potty training (Elmo Potty Time). I find myself watching parts of shows with her (and not even minding at times) when my old friends are part of the show. Our family would love to see Elmo and friends LIVE!
September 21st, 2012 at 10:24 am
I loved Big Bird and both of my kids have too! My oldest had a stuffed Big Bird that he called “Maw Moo” before he could really talk. Now, my youngest has taken over the doll because his favorite color is yellow. My husbands grandparents took him to see Sesame Street Live when he was little and our kids LOVE to listen to the story!
September 21st, 2012 at 9:16 pm
I watched Sesame street growing up and now my son watches it to. My fav was big bird his is Elmo.
September 21st, 2012 at 11:41 pm
When I was little, Sesame Street taught kids how to sound out words by putting profiles of two close-up faces on the screen with animated syllables or sounds coming out of each mouth. The syllables/sounds would join audibly to form a word. I still think of this when I help my kids sound out words. “S” + “ound” = “Sound”
September 22nd, 2012 at 7:08 am
I remember watching sesame street and then watching with my children. Now i am watching with my nephew and it helps alot with all the sounds. Keep up the good work!
September 22nd, 2012 at 1:50 pm
I still amazed at how much my son loves Elmo. When he was 10 months old, if we had PBS on and Elmo come on the TV he would just stop and stare. At two he still loves Elmo (melmo).
September 22nd, 2012 at 8:45 pm
I still love Elmo even though I’m almost 16. I have a ton of Elmo t-shirts and even a set of Elmo PJ’s. My little sister and I watch it all the time!
September 23rd, 2012 at 9:57 am
I love being able to share something like Sesame Street with my kids knowing that I too was a child fan of the show and characters.
September 23rd, 2012 at 2:13 pm
I remember watching Sesame Street as a kid. I always loved Oscar and how even though he was grouchy he was still a loveable character. My kids love watching the show now also.
September 24th, 2012 at 11:43 am
I love that Sesame Street is just so classic. While they have added some new characters, they still have a lot of the same characters I remember watching as a child. It’s so fun to be able to watch them with my own children!
September 24th, 2012 at 11:44 am
Though I have many, many Sesame Street memories from my own childhood, one that is current will stay with me forever — dancing with my three-year-old daughter to “Rock Around the Clock” with our Rock and Roll Ernie doll. I also have DOZENS of pictures of my son and daughter in front of the Muppet painting at the Mr. Burger on 44th Street (my kids call it “The Muppet Place”).
September 24th, 2012 at 11:49 am
By far my favorite Sesame Street memory is when my son Michael who has autism would laugh when Elmo would say something silly on Elmo’s World. We knew he was understanding what was being said. Needless to say, we made sure he never missed it!
Awesome memory!
September 24th, 2012 at 11:49 am
My fondest memories are of learning with the animals on there, preferrably Big Bird. He was the greatest. The whole cast of puppets, kids and adults were spectacular. I enjoyed the singing and being able to bee bop and jump around. What a freedom,to be able to just be a kid back then. When I make the time to turn on channel 35 to watch, even as an adult I still get that tingly feeling and sit watching like I never left.
Felicia
September 24th, 2012 at 11:52 am
I still remember ot this day when my parents took me to see Sesame Street Live!! I remember the little Sesame Street flag that I got to wave while I was there
Oh’ the memories and I would love to share these same memories with my little Twins..who have been watching Sesame Street or years!!
September 24th, 2012 at 12:01 pm
My two boys (4 and 2) would love to go see Sesame Street Live. We took them two years ago when my youngest was a newborn and he slept the entire time!!
September 24th, 2012 at 12:02 pm
My oldest daughter went to a Sesame Street Live show almost 12 years ago…and now it would be so amazing to have my youngest daughter follow in her footsteps…since she likes to be JUST like her anyway.
September 24th, 2012 at 12:05 pm
My brother, even as an adult, loves to talk like Elmo. He must have practiced that voice over and over and could pass for him any day! My favorite Sesame Street “product” is “The Monster At The End of This Book”!
September 24th, 2012 at 12:25 pm
I have always loved the music on Sesame Street… all the songs about the letters, numbers, even washing your hands! My children sing those songs today because of their love of Sesame Street and that makes me happy!
September 24th, 2012 at 12:37 pm
I had a Sesame Street record set that I would play over and over and over again with my sister. We’d sing along and perform the songs for my friends and family!
September 24th, 2012 at 12:50 pm
The kids loved Sesame Street and now the grandkids love it.
September 24th, 2012 at 12:56 pm
I bought my little brother a tickle-me-Elmo and he absolutely loved it. I had never seen him so happy to open a gift. Sesame Street is his favorite and I love watching it with him.
September 24th, 2012 at 1:00 pm
I grew up with Sesame Street and have passed on this love to my daughter. What a fantastic series!
September 24th, 2012 at 1:00 pm
I always loved Bert and Ernie, the way they joke with each other! Growing up you had to have a sense of humor in my family. I think it teaches kids it okay to jokes around and still be good friends! My ten month old loves to laugh at them! and the rest of the Sesame Street gang! I’m so glad Sesame Street has been around for 43 years, good old family traditions you can pass on! Keep them coming!
September 24th, 2012 at 1:04 pm
I love Elmo’s world and Murray is always entertaining. I love how Sesame Street was my favorite show and now my children’s.
September 24th, 2012 at 2:22 pm
I can remember watching Seseme Street when I was a little girl in the early 70′s and pretending with my friends that we lived on 123 Seseme Street! I love that it has survived and still is educating children all over the world 40 years later!
September 24th, 2012 at 2:30 pm
My sons were really into Sesame Street as children, and now their children love it too! One of our granddaughters has been watching from about one year old and now she is 4! She has several of Elmo’s World and various other DVD’s and a lot of Sesame Street plush dolls. She would be in heaven to get a chance to see this show! I think the show really helps children in a visual way to learn in a fun way.
September 24th, 2012 at 3:24 pm
My 11 month old and 2 1/2 year old have just started coloring together side by side in their Sesame Street coloring books. So cute!
September 24th, 2012 at 3:24 pm
We love Sesame Street in our house. My 3 daughters all grew up enjoying it and now the grandkids too. Our youngest grandson age 4 just loves it & has watched it on TV & all my older videos. I know he would really enjoy seeing this show & meeting the characters in person.
September 24th, 2012 at 3:52 pm
Sesame Street has been great for our children as they make connections in the world around them. Thanks for all the great shows and learning opportunities.
September 24th, 2012 at 4:16 pm
Loved taking our 3 kids to Sesame Street Live! Now enjoy watching the thrill on the faces of our grandchildren when they see all of their favorite Sesame Street characters on the stage.
September 24th, 2012 at 5:18 pm
Elmo is a favorite of all my grandsons!
September 24th, 2012 at 7:00 pm
I watched Sesame Street with my son and now I watch with his son, my grandson. He ADORES Elmo and has stuffed Elmos in three sizes who he puts to sleep on his pillow each night. I can still sing all the words to the Sesame Street Song.
September 24th, 2012 at 7:11 pm
My three year old son loves the Count! I had been working on counting with him to no avail, but he learned to count to thirteen from the Count!
September 24th, 2012 at 8:12 pm
Sesame Street was a part of our two sons childhood. They laughed a lot AND learned a lot! Marcia Ager, proud mom of two college grads!
September 25th, 2012 at 7:38 am
Sesame Street was what I grew up on and what my children grew up on. My favorite memory is being so excited and couldn’t wait until it came on. Cookie Monster was my favorite. My 2 older children, 15 & 13, loved Sesame Street and learned a lot from it. They were talking, counting and reading very early, have always been straight A students and I believe a lot of it is from watching Sesame Street. Now my 4 year old is on the same path. Thanks for the help, Sesame Street!
September 25th, 2012 at 10:57 am
My son loves dancing with Elmo!
September 25th, 2012 at 12:58 pm
i just love the elmo theme song….hahaha….it sure is catchy!
September 25th, 2012 at 2:38 pm
I loved learning a little Spanish everyday as a kid!
September 25th, 2012 at 4:19 pm
Sesame Street garners the attention of many young minds; including that of my daughter. She absolutely loves singing, counting and rhyming with the Sesame Street Characters! Here’s to La-La-La-La, La-La-La-La Elmos World!
September 26th, 2012 at 8:17 am
My little boy adores the Sesame Street gang! The only thing that we are watch recent episodes on tv or checked out Elmo movies. We appreciate all the Sesame street books, CD’s and movies that KDL offeres!
September 26th, 2012 at 11:10 am
The first time my daughter (18 months) said “I Love You” was to a giant stuffed Elmo!
September 26th, 2012 at 11:16 am
Favorite memories of Sesame Street were the guest appearances by Kermit the Frog.
September 26th, 2012 at 11:22 am
My greatest memories of Sesame Street are the counting song (1,2,3,4,5..6,7,8,9,10,11, twe-e-e-e-elve!) and of course Snuffleupagus appearances!
September 26th, 2012 at 1:40 pm
I have always loved Grover and his silly appearances on Sesame Street. My son loves the Grover book “The Monster at the End of this Book.” He always has lots of belly laughs when Grover is around
September 26th, 2012 at 3:31 pm
When my daughter was in high school, her homeroom class passed around a petition to bring back the original Sesame Street theme song. It made me laugh that a bunch of tenth graders even cared that it had been updated.
September 26th, 2012 at 3:45 pm
When my son was about 2, the only thing that he wanted to do was watch a DVD of Elmo singing the song “5″ …and oh man would he dance…..OVER & OVER & OVER &……. I have never laughed so hard in my laugh as watching a two year old singing and dancing and trying to copy EVERY move Elmo made!!!
September 26th, 2012 at 4:31 pm
my youngest daughter callista(18 months) is in love with elmo. sesame street has long been a part of my older two’s life as well.
September 27th, 2012 at 11:44 am
I started watching Sesame Street with my son when he was little and now I waatch ir with my grandchildren and enjoy it very much.
September 27th, 2012 at 12:33 pm
I have 4 children and my last one who is 19months is fascinated with sesame street (elmo).this would be a life time memory if I could take him to the show.
September 27th, 2012 at 1:35 pm
My 2 year old son happened to see an advertisement for Sesame Street Live and wants to go so bad. Unfortunately, money is tight! He would LOVE to go see Elmo!
September 27th, 2012 at 3:53 pm
Sesame Street started when our kids were growing. Our son watched it at college for a good laugh. Now the grandkids enjoy it.
September 27th, 2012 at 10:09 pm
My daughter is a huge Elmo fan, she is 21/2 years old and she knows all the charters on Seasme street by name. I would love to take her to the show and she would love to go! Thanks for the consideration!
September 28th, 2012 at 5:46 pm
My daughter LOVES Elmo! She is only 16 months but asks to watch “Elmo” everyday <3
September 28th, 2012 at 9:04 pm
My kids (and I) love Sesame Street. I love watching the older episodes and the newest with them and seeing how they teach them new words, and really help with early learning skills.
September 28th, 2012 at 9:52 pm
Where I grew up we never got PBS so I have just learned about Sesame Street with my son, and it is so much fun… he learns so very much from Elmo and friends.
September 28th, 2012 at 10:52 pm
My daughter would love to see Elmo live!
September 29th, 2012 at 10:11 pm
My triplets would love to see “Melmo”! That is what they call him. My nieces and nephew did too! We all sing along every week day. It is a ritual.
September 30th, 2012 at 1:11 am
i always liked Mr. Snuffleupagus when i was little!
October 1st, 2012 at 11:04 am
Ayanna has been watching sesame street since birth and now 5 years later she is still enjoying and learning! Her favoris of course Elmo! But I think she loves his pet Dorothy just as much!
October 1st, 2012 at 12:43 pm
I watched Sesame Street when I was a little girl and now I get to share it with my daughter. “Elmo” was the first TV character that she ever said the name of and recognized. She is 2-years-old and often repeats phrases from the Elmo’s World DVDs that we have. =)
October 1st, 2012 at 12:56 pm
My kids love the Sesame Street country sing along. Elmo is both of my kids favorites.
October 1st, 2012 at 3:05 pm
My 2 year old daughter is obsessed with Elmo. Elmo is the only thing she will watch and seeing him live on stage would make her so happy.
October 2nd, 2012 at 10:25 pm
Our son chooses an Elmo book to read every night before bed. Nothing would make him happier than seeing the little red monster live on stage.
October 2nd, 2012 at 10:54 pm
My boys love Elmo! They would be in 7th heaven to be able to see him live on stage!
October 3rd, 2012 at 9:55 am
Ever since my daughter was born, she is now 19mths, she has LOVED anything to do with Sesame Street. She carries with her ALL THE TIME BigBird, and watched Elmos world. She fed BigBird MashedPotatos one day, and I had to put him in the wash. She sat and cried “BABY” is how she says it….:) the whole wash <3 I would love to buy tickets to go, but money is tight… I would love LOVE to have her see Elmo and all his friends on stage! She would flip!!! It would be a wonderful memory to cherish. I am seriously going to have to buy a back up BigBird to have, just incase something happens to this one, I know its going to be rough! When
October 3rd, 2012 at 3:50 pm
My grandson 3yrs old, loves Elmo when we are sitting together and enjoying Sesame Street he says look nanny “he makes this funny face” Rubber Duckie your the one and he sings and dances to that song we just have a good time.
October 3rd, 2012 at 10:27 pm
I have lost of memories but I think my favorite include my two boys watching Sesame Street on PBS & singing along or doing the motions with some of the characters. I especially love it when we sing the Elmo World theme song:) The favorite character seems to be Elmo so for them to win a play date with him would be fabulous!
October 5th, 2012 at 2:53 pm
I remember growing up with Sesame street, my favorite memory is when my oldest daughter fell in love with Elmo at a JC Penny’s store and HAD to have the doll. She loved the show, movies, books and all things Elmo! We have the movie Follow that Bird, which she could watch over and over, so we have fun memories with that movie and big bird who is the main character
October 5th, 2012 at 6:27 pm
Our grand daughter loves the trains at the Walker Library almost as much as she lovesssssss Sesame Street. When she is allowed to watch TV, she sings and groves to Sesame Street just like her mama did. So many fond memories, what a wonderful world!
October 6th, 2012 at 9:49 pm
I watched a documentary on Elmo and his creator, and I fell in love with him. I watch sesame street all the time. Kevin Clash is my Idol. It would mean the world to me to meet him.
October 8th, 2012 at 1:47 pm
I loved learning about not wasting water on Sesame Street. To this day, I think about that segment when I’m brushing my teeth!
October 11th, 2012 at 5:23 pm
I have a picture of my son and I with our Elmo slippers on. We are diehard Elmo fans!!
October 12th, 2012 at 11:22 am
Thanks for your entries, everyone! The randomly-selected winner of the Sesame Street Live ticket vouchers and play date with Elmo is Comment #78 June Hubbard. June — please check your email for instructions on how to claim your tickets.
Sheri
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