PRESS RELEASE
For immediate release
November 4, 2014
Media Contact
Jane Gendron
(435) 640-3315
jgendron@jgendron.com
Park City Institute Presents
Disney’s Choo-Choo Soul “with Genevieve!”
December 6, 2014
PARK CITY, UT – All aboard for Disney’s Choo-Choo Soul “with Genevieve!” The Parents
Choice Award-winning show chugs into Park City’s Eccles Center with sing-along-able fun led by
train conductor Genevieve and her breakdancing/beatboxing engineer DC on Saturday, December
6. Show starts at 5 p.m. Tickets are available by calling 435-655-3114 or online at EcclesCenter.org.
“This is a smart, captivating show that not only reaches the train-loving preschool and kindergarten
set, but also thoroughly entertains grown-ups,” says PCI executive director Teri Orr.
Teaching children through music, Choo-Choo Soul delivers soulful and current renditions of the
ABCs, 1-2-3s, and learning how to be polite. It’s the high-energy stage version of the Junior Disney
television show, peppered with rich, upbeat vocals and dazzling dancing.
The show was born out of a creative parent’s frustration with his own children’s sonic entertainment.
Seeking an escape from “bad children’s music,” video game designer Greg Johnson created ChooChoo Soul while he was working on an Xbox project “ToeJam & Earl III, Mission to Earth.” He and
Burke Treischmann, who was the audio lead and music director on the video game project, met
Genevieve Goings when she auditioned for one of the voiceover roles in the game. The trio
combined creative efforts, landed a pitch with Disney, won over a focus group of four- and fiveyear-olds, added “engineer” Constantine "DC" Abramson to the show and the train barreled out of
the station to the screen and the stage.
The L.A.-based Goings, who has toured with her neo-soul band Legato and done studio work for a
variety of musicians and voiceovers (video games, children’s toys and television), has released a solo
album “Diversity Personified,” which reflects both her heritage and ability to cross genres and styles,
as well as the recent independent album “Do You Know?” Her “engineer” and former Legato
bandmate DC – who adds beat boxing and breakdancing to Choo-Choo Soul – is also one of the
NBA’s mascots as well as an actor and a painter. The energetic duo combines unique talents on The
Eccles stage for one evening only in Park City.
TICKETS AND INFORMATION
Park City Institute presents Disney’s Choo-Choo Soul “with Genevieve!” on Saturday, December
6. The sing-along-able fun chugs into The George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Center for the
Performing Arts (1750 Kearns Blvd., Park City) for one night only. Show starts at 5 p.m. General
Admission Tickets are $5 for children and $15 for adults; Reserved seating is available in the first 8
rows of the theater for $15 (children) and $30 (adults).
Tickets and information are available at The Eccles Center box office, 435-655-3114 or
www.ecclescenter.org.
Upcoming Eccles Center Shows and PCI Events:
Strategic News Service Founder and CEO Mark Anderson – November 14, 2014
Disney’s Choo-Choo Soul “with Genevieve!” - December 6, 2014
Parsons Dance Company - December 20, 2014
Cirque Mechanics Pedal Punk - December 30, 2014
Jane Lynch - New Year’s Eve
Keb’ Mo’ - January 3, 2015
Green River Ordinance - January 10, 2015
Aoife O’Donovan - January 17, 2015
MOMIX “Dreamcatcher” - February 7, 2015
Marcia Ball and Elvin Bishop - February 14, 2015
Lucia Micarelli - February 21, 2015
Sam Bush - February 28, 2015
L.A. Theatre Works “In the Heat of the Night” - March 8, 2015
Suzanne Vega - March 21, 2015
Mummenschanz - April 4, 2015
Hot Sardines - April 11, 2015
An Evening with Neil Gaiman- April 18, 2015
Alonzo King LINES Ballet - April 25, 2015
* Please contact Jane Gendron for interview requests, review tickets and press information,
jgendron@jgendron.com or 435-640-3315.
ENTERTAINING, EDUCATING AND ILLUMINATING SINCE 1998
Park City Institute (formerly Park City Performing Arts Foundation) is a non-profit organization,
dedicated to bringing world-class performances and new ideas to the community. Founded in 1994, PCI
presents internationally renowned and cutting edge musicians, actors, authors, comedians, dancers,
speakers and film at The George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Center for the Performing Arts (a joint-use
facility with the Park City School District). PCI is dedicated to introducing young people to the arts
through free student outreach workshops, shows and demonstrations. The institute proudly launched the
Mega Genius Supply Store and IQ HQ – a free, after school literacy program and very thinky retail store
- in January 2010. And the organization continues to illuminate with TEDx events, Curiosities evenings
and The Park City Institute / Strategic News Service “Future in Review” Speaker Series. The
organization recently wrapped up its11th season of summer concerts at Deer Valley Resort.
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