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BENNY is equal parts singer, songwriter, performer, early childhood educator & a proud Dad too.<\/p>\n

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Benny is an early childhood educator with a career spanning over 25 years in a multitude of services, and areas. His work with children has seen him and his colleagues, recieve the Anti Bias Award in Early Childhood (2019), along with Reconciliation Australia’s 2019 Narragunnawali Award finalists. A nation wide award celebrating efforts in reconciliation. He continues to work with the Social Justice group\u00a0including the 2020 release \u2018like to be me\u2019, a song written with Dr Red Ruby Scarlett, \u00a0celebrating and expressing individual choice<\/p>\n

As the performer Benny Time, he has three albums, ‘What a beautiful Day’, ‘Beyond the Little Star’ An album reimagining the nursery rhyme for 0-2’s (and awarded top ten albums for children in 2018 by Kinderling Kids Radio) and his most recent, ‘Stories and Poems’ and album made up entirely of stories and poems dealing with issues such as anxiety, Death and identity. He is a hi-rotation artist on Kinderling Kids radio and highlights include MC-ing (and perhaps throwing in a song) the Wiggles Live Darling Harbour Show (4500 people) , and playing as part of the City of Sydney Village Carols sharing the stage \u00a0with Justine Clarke, The Listies, Nay Nay to name a few.<\/p>\n

Benny \u00a0holds a diploma in Early\u00a0Childhood Studies and a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Music and is an ardent supporter of\u00a0Australia\u2019s growing children\u2019s music scene, driven by the desire to see all Australian\u00a0children experience entertainment diversity and representation.\u00a0Through his podcast, \u2018Benny asking people questions\u2019 he has\u00a0not only created a platform by which Australia\u2019s Children\u2019s Acts can be heard as\u00a0artists, but the success of the program has seen Australia\u2019s own shared within the\u00a0wider international community of early learning music.<\/p>\n

Benny lives in Sydney with his wife Jo\u00a0and their two children Frankie, aged 9 and Jay, aged 5.<\/p>\n

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