The music of Sharon, Lois & Bram lives on

'Skinnamarink': Sharon & Bram kick off final tour Iconic Canadian duo Sharon & Bram kicked off their farewell tour Saturday, performing some of their biggest hits.

A Canadian children’s entertainment icon made a stop in Sault Ste. Marie for the Algoma Fall Festival on Saturday. Sharon Hampson of Sharon, Lois & Bram fame is keeping the music alive – only now, she is performing with her daughter.

“We started out as ‘Sharon, Lois and Bram,’ and then Lois retired from touring, so we were ‘Sharon and Bram,’ and then she passed away,” said Sharon.

“We continued as ‘Sharon and Bram,’ and then Bram said, ‘I’m tired, I want to stay home.’ So, we became, with much encouragement from Bram, we became ‘Sharon and Randi.’”

Parents and children gathered in the auditorium at Collegiate and Vocational School for a sing-along with Sharon & Randi, covering children’s classics such as She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain, Five Little Monkeys and Skinnamarink.

“To get to work with my mom after being at the side of the stage to being on stage with her and to feed off the energy of the audience and to be contributing to it is really powerful for me,” said Randi.

Sharon, Lois & Bram began their careers as entertainers more than 45 years ago. Sharon said today the show is just as much for grown-ups as it is for kids.

“Adults are the ones with the memories, and the people who grew up on us are the ones who are emotional when we meet,” said Sharon.

“They have those happy memories of childhood, and they want to bring their kids along to build those kinds of memories.”

Of those adults who attend the shows, Randi said her mother refers to them as Sharon, Lois and Bram ‘graduates.’

Meantime, Sharon & Randi are taking their show to Toronto at the Winter Garden Theatre next month. That performance will be filmed as part of a documentary in the works. It will be called Skinnamarink: A Sharon, Lois & Bram Celebration.

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