Bill & Kath Worsfold

Bill and Kath Worsfold are New Zealand (Northland based) full time entertainers/singers/musicians/storytellers specialising in Family Entertainment, Barn Dances, and “Walkaround” or “Roving” Entertainment, including ambient music, magic, storytelling, puppetry and balloon twisting. They both sing and harmonise, and both are multi-instrumentalists. Bill is a prolific writer of songs and stories. They lived in Australia for five years, performing in schools and for barn dances, and became full-time professional entertainers.

On returning to New Zealand, Bill and Kath continued with music/cultural/drama school shows and barn dances – touring schools every year, and performing at various music clubs and festivals around the country, specialising in New Zealand songs.

With the addition of their long-time interests in magic, puppets, ventriloquism and storytelling, Bill & Kath tour with their “Bill & Kath’s Family Fun Show”, performing in community centres, fairs, shopping malls and libraries. They have twice been featured performers at the “Glistening Waters Storytelling Festival”, a national event, and at the “Auckland Storytelling Festival”. They have performed at A & P shows, libraries, community centres, and at many and varied events throughout the country.

Bill and Kath occasionally tour overseas, performing family shows, concerts and dances at fairs, libraries and festivals.

Bill and Kath’s specialties include Family Entertainment – shows featuring songs, stories, magic and puppets – and for families or adults – Barn Dances. Roving Entertainment with music and puppets, plus six different educational School Shows round out their present entertainment “menu”.All their shows are highly interactive, with lots of audience participation.

Bill and Kath are on a crusade  to encourage children and adults to play music themselves, and sing themselves, rather than relying on tapes and CDs and overhead projections of words.

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