Disney Shake It Up: I Love/Heart Dance CD Review

I received Shake It Up: I <3 Dance soundtrack free from Walt Disney Records to facilitate this review.

My kids love Disney's Shake It Up TV series. It is funny and well written. The set looks very similar to the one they used for Wizards of Waverly Place. Shake It Up is a preteen - teen sitcom that stars Bella Thorne and Zendaya. The show is about two friends, CeCe Jones (Thorne) and Rocky Blue (Zendaya), that star as background dancers on Shake It Up Chicago. It also follows their misadventures on and off the Shake It Up Chicago set. Also staring as main cast members are: Davis Cleveland as Flynn Jones, Roshon Fegan as Ty Blue, Adam Irigoyen as Deuce Martinez, Kenton Duty as Gunther Hessenheffer and Caroline Sunshine as Tinka Hessenheffer.

The multi-talented stars of Shake It Up, Bella Thorne and Zendaya, both sing on I <3 Dance, the 3rd soundtrack from Shake IT Up and Walt Disney Records. Their fellow Disney stars also join them singing on this CD: Selena Gomez, Bridgit Mendler, Roshon Fegan and Caroline Sunshine, in addition to up-and-coming stars Coco Jones, McClain Sisters and more. My favorite songs on this album are: This Is My Dance Floor, Beat Of My Drum, Future Sounds Like Us, Shake It Up Theme Song, and We're Dancing. I haven't heard any of the other CDs to compare this one to, but this CD has a great dance beat, is clean and family friendly. It has pop, dance, rock and a bit of rap. These 12 tracks come from the 3rd season of the show. I believe my little sister Jennifer would love the series and albums because she loves to dance and Shake It Up reminds me of her.

Track Listing:

1. Contagious Love (Zendaya and Bella Thorne)
2. This Is My Dance Floor (Bella Thorne and Zendaya)
3. Beat of My Drum (Zendaya)
4. Blow the System (Bella Thorne)
5. Afterparty (Roshon Fegan and Caroline Sunshine)
6. Holla at the DJ (The DJ Mike D Remix) (Coco Jones)
7. These Boots Are Made for Walkin (Olivia Holt)
8. Sharp as a Razor (McClain Sisters)
9. Future Sounds Like Us (Dove Cameron)
10. I Can Do Better (Young LA)
11. Shake It Up Theme Song (Cole Plante Reboot Remix) (Selena Gomez)
12. Bonus Track: We're Dancing (Alex Ghenea 3.0 Remix) (Bridgit Mendler)

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The Shake It Up: I <3 Dance soundtrack is currently available for $9.99 on both iTunes and Amazon.com.

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DISCLOSURE/DISCLAIMER: I received product for free to facilitate my review. My thoughts are mine and my family's own opinion and have not been altered by anyone else. I did not receive any other compensation for doing this review.

Oregon Zoo and Radio Disney's Madagascar 3 DVD Release Party Recap

It was my youngest daughter, Zari's birthday on Friday October 19th and we wanted it to be extra special. We had already celebrated it with her Babu and Papa (my parents) on Friday the 12th and then on Saturday the 13th we went to the screening of Secret of the Wings a new Tinker Bell movie. Then we were offered the chance to hang out at the Oregon Zoo for free to experience Oregon Zoo and Radio Disney's Madagascar 3 DVD Debut Release Party we all did the Afro Circus dance. It seemed like another perfect opportunity to celebrate Zari's 2nd birthday, especially since the zoo event was the day after her actual birthday.

The weather in Oregon this time of year is well, rainy. But since it is rainy a lot in Oregon it usually doesn't stop us from having fun. We packed for the weather, made some lunches and headed out for the zoo. Our drive to the zoo was very pleasant and we were greeted happily by some sunshine peeking through the clouds when we arrived. We got our tickets and made our way to the elephants where we were told that Radio Disney would be.

When we got there we saw that Radio Disney had three covered booths. One booth had their music speakers and bins of things to win, the other had swag bags that you could take and load with stuff from the table and another had coloring activities, crafts and a photo op where you could put your head through a hole in Melman's face. Also the zoo had placed their covered booth in the same square for getting your face painted.

We met my long time friend, Erin, and her family there. Erin has been my friend since about 1997. We met online and role played back and forth with each other. She lived in Maine at that time and I in Utah. It is really neat that we would end up both in Oregon.

Erin brought her family to the event and we all hung out at the beginning of the zoo day. Radio Disney provided us with a lot of fun activities, games, and prizes. My kids colored pictures, made zoo masks, danced with the music, played some hoops with inflatable balls and got rainbow colored wigs like Marty wore in the Madagascar 3 movie. My son Jaedan got his face painted like a tiger and both of my boys won Madagascar 3 t-shirts to take home with them.

After that we headed over to Pacific Shores in Steller Cove and it is a good thing we all did because it started pouring rain and then hailing. We all hung out and ate our lunches watching the sea lions swim. We waited for the rain to let up a bit and then Erin and her family parted ways with us.

Next we went to the Great Northwest because that is the area we missed last time we were at the zoo. At Black Bear Ridge we saw Black Bears and Bobcats. Then we went though Eagle Canyon and saw the magnificent Bald Eagles and different kinds of salmon. After that we went to Cascade Stream and saw beavers, river otters, waterfowl, fish, reptiles and amphibians. Then we went to Cougar Crossing and saw the cougars. They were going up and down a long log in their habitat. When we came out we saw goats and chickens on the Trillium creek Family Farm.

Then we headed back towards Pacific Shores to see the penguins and polar bears. One of the Polar bears yawned right when I took a picture and then he rolled over and I got a great shot of his gigantic paws. We also saw a leopard as we were heading out of the zoo and got pictures of the kids on the mountain goat sculpture.

As we left in our car and got home I got some more cute pictures of the kids. We had so much fun at this event!

DISCLOSURE/DISCLAIMER: Since I am in the Cascadia Connect group of bloggers I became aware of this event and was given free tickets to go. Thanks to the zoo and others involved for this opportunity. My thoughts are mine and my family's own opinion and have not been altered by anyone else. I did not receive any other compensation for doing this promotion.

Madagascar 3 DVD Giveaway and Oregon Zoo Event

Having 4 kids in the house we are huge fans of Dreamworks Madagascar movies and when we got wig er wind of the 3rd movie coming out my whole family was ecstatic...literally we were jumping up and down doing the Afro Circus! Needless to say when we were even happier when we learned that there would be an event at our local zoo. We will be trying to make it even with our super busy schedules. I have a copy of the new MADAGASCAR 3 Blu-Ray/DVD Wig Combo Pack to giveaway so make sure you enter on Rafflecopter below!

MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE’S MOST WANTED: 

• Enter to win a MADAGASCAR 3 Blu-Ray/DVD Wig Combo Pack on this blog post with Rafflecopter!
• MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE’S MOST WANTED debuts on Blu-Ray & DVD on Tuesday, October 16th

Oregon Zoo Event: 

• On Saturday, October 20th Radio Disney will be at Oregon Zoo in Portland from 10:30am to 12:30pm with music, dancing, games, activities and more. 
• The first 100 kids in line will receive a prize! Get ready to wig out as we celebrate the Blu-Ray and DVD debut of Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted!
• Check out the flyer above for more detail.

Side Note:  These events are happening all over so check to see if your local zoo is having this event too :)

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Prize: Win a copy of MADAGASCAR 3 Blu-Ray/DVD Wig Combo Pack.

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DISCLOSURE/DISCLAIMER: Since I am in the Cascadia Connect group of bloggers I became aware of this event and also was emailed about the giveaway. I am receiving one MADAGASCAR 3 Blu-Ray/DVD Wig Combo Pack to giveaway on my blog and one to keep for myself free for posting. Thanks to Madagascar 3, the Oregon Zoo and others involved for this giveaway. My thoughts are mine and my family's own opinion and have not been altered by anyone else. I did not receive any other compensation for doing this promotion.

Disney Secret of the Wings Advance Screening Review

I was recently invited to go to an advance screening of the Disney Fairies movie called Secret of the Wings on October 13th in Portland, Oregon at the Regal Bridgeport . I could take 3 guests so my husband and my two daughters went with me. I really hadn't heard much about this new Tinker Bell movie because I kind of live a sheltered life with no TV, but I knew that my daughters would enjoy it a whole lot because they have seen Disney's Peter Pan and love that movie.

This was also sort of an early birthday present for my youngest. Zari will be 2 on October 19th. I dressed my daughters up in fairy wings for the event :) They wanted to pose for some pictures before we left for the theater and then we were off in our van.

We got to the theater and Radio Disney was out front having some contests and fun activities for the kids. We received a free Secret of the Wings movie poster and some other things from Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport, KidFest, Finding Nemo 3D, Cinderella, etc. from them before the movie. It was great to see everyone having fun dancing and participating.

The movie was so adorable and had a great moral. Teela and Zari were loving every moment of it. My husband is an animation buff and said they did a very good job on the computer generated animation. I agreed. We all thoroughly enjoyed the storyline and I was so into it that the last part made me cry a little. I also loved the music and am thinking about purchasing the soundtrack now. We thought the fairy worlds were spectacularly done with gorgeous animation. We were very impressed. I also loved the shorts Disney put on YouTube before the movie. So cute and funny!

Here is the synopsis from the Disney Fairies website:
Journey with Tinker Bell and her fairy friends into the forbidden world of the Mysterious Winter Woods, where curiosity and adventure leads Tink to an amazing discovery and reveals a magical secret that could change her world forever. Flitterrific Fairies DVD/Blu-Ray Double Pack available Oct. 23rd.

Here is the Teaser Trailer to the movie:

Here is the Trailer to the movie (Spoiler Alert!!):

You can do all sorts of fun activities from the Disney Fairies website too. Also at your local Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Store you can join for their FREE Make It-Take-It from 11am-noon this Saturday, Oct. 20 to Create a Tinker Bell & Periwinkle fairy craft!
  
DISCLOSURE/DISCLAIMER: I became aware of this event by email and was able to go for free with 3 guests in exchange for this post. Thanks to Disney and others involved for the free theater tickets. My thoughts are mine and my family's own opinion and have not been altered by anyone else. I did not receive any other compensation for doing this post.