Most of the Sesame Street crew joined the Luhrs Performing Arts Center on Sunday, March 23. 

Parents were seen bringing their children to enjoy watching their favorite characters in the “Sesame Street Live!” experience.

Sesame Street has been around since 1969, created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett. It is an educational program that teaches a variety of valuable lessons.

The show started off with two Sesame Street civilians singing “Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes,” each time it got faster and faster. The children in the crowd stood up to dance along to the song. 

Throughout the show, toddlers could be seen with bubble wands that were sold at the merch table for $20. Each character was greeted by the audience with cheer, but Elmo gained the loudest uproar from the crowd. After his entrance, they sang a catchy song called “Hello.” Elmo expressed to the audience how important it was to greet someone with a warm welcoming hello and a goodbye at departure. It was educational for the children all around.

Abby Cadabby, Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Grover, Rosita, Oscar the Grouch, and Count von Count all helped Elmo in a game of hide and seek on his quest to find his beloved dog, Tango. 

Oscar the Grouch sang a song called “I Love Trash,” before the group headed to a food pantry to look for Tango. The Sesame Street friends donated food and Cookie Monster brought boxes of cookies. Those boxes turned out to be empty and were filled with cookie tambourines instead. He then sang a song about cookies, teach the children that “Cookie, cookie, cookie starts with C.”

The friends then went to the pet store to see if Tango was hiding there. They found a trail of pup treats and continued to follow the trial. Cookie Monster took the treats, thinking it would lead them to finding Tango.

Elmo and his friends finally make it to the dog park. They asked the audience to call for “Tango.” Tango ran across the stage without the Sesame Street crew seeing him twice, causing the audience to yell “Behind you” and “He’s right there.” Elmo ultimately found Tango hiding in the puppy tunnel. 

The show ended with them doing a happy dance with Tango and saying goodbye to everyone. Families were able to meet the characters after the show with a photo experience of $50. 

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