WOODSTOCK - Canada is the place to be if you want to make it in the children's music world, says children entertainer David of Judy and David fame. And the place to be on April 20 was Woodstock High School where the due performed an energetic concert.

"I feel that Canadians are leading this (children's entertainment) field. If you want to be a children's entertainer, Canada is a good place to start," he said.

Woodstock was the first stop in theduo's five week east coast tour (their largest tour yet), with five cities in five days in New Brunswick. The couple has been performing for children of all ages since their official beginning only two and a half years ago and they have been married for four.

The children who attended had an active roll in the Judy and David concert. They spent little time sitting still in their seats and more time clapping, dancing, and jumpin' up and down (the name of their tour). Before almost every song performed by the couple, the children were given some instructions on what actions and words went along with that particular song. The children participated in new as well as more familiar classic children's songs. Most of the familiar songs were given a unique individual twist by Judy and David, keeping the young audience wondering what would come next.

I'm a Little Tea Pot was turned into I'm a Funky Tea Pot, keeping the children on their toes doing the basic actions only at an exhilarated speed. My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean changed to My Bagel Lies Over the Ocean with the audience leaping out of their seats every time a "b" word was sung - "bring back my bagel to me." Even when the songs were slowed and a little more tranquil, the children were still involved and enthusiastically participated.

During the song Rainbow Waiting for Me, which Judy wrote, the children quickly picked up the words and the actions (raising their arms high above their heads and- bringing them slowly down stretched out by their sides to represent a rainbow) and even learned some sign language for Kumbaya.

After the children had quieted down for Kumbaya, it was time to get them up again with the song Twisty Freeze. The children almost instinctively knew to freeze every time the word freeze was said.

Some of the young audience members and their parents were asked up on stage during this song to demonstrate how to do the twist. It took a little coaxing by Judy and David to convince some of the parents to venture up into the spotlight, but once on stage, the parents seemed to be having as much fun as their children were.

As Judy and David were thanking the audience for coming out, a sure sign the show is over, Judy and David started Jumpin' Up and Down, the title track from their debut album. Before the song had even started, the enthusiastic crowd were following Judy and David's lead.

After the show, Judy and David went to the lobby where the children could purchase their tapes and pins and ask for autographs.

"This is our fantasy," said David. "Our dream come true."

In the short time Judy and David have been recording material, they have put out five tapes including a four tape compilation titled My Little Yellow Bus which is packaged creatively in a little yellow bus.

"On My Little Yellow Bus tapes, only a couple of the songs are our own. But on the Jumpin' Up and Down tape most of the material is our own. During our live performances, we usually do about 80 per cent of our own songs," David noted.

Judy and David are constantly working on new material and are now performing new material that hasn't been available on previous tapes.

This is the second time that Judy and David have toured the east coast. Their first tour one and a half years ago was "much smaller" and had only a couple stops in Nova Scotia and P.E.I.

While touring closer to home in Ontario, Judy and David usually tour with their four band members, but find it easier to tour by themselves on longer trips. The duo usually keep their concerts to about an hour in length, in order to keep the attention of the young audience and so they 'enjoy it more.'

The entertainers have sold over five million copies of their cassettes around the world, in over 10 different languages.

"We don't sing the songs in different languages," said David "but it is our music. Someone translates the words and we find someone to sing them in the different languages." They have also appeared on local Ontario television shows and we are working on a television special.

"When you perform for kids, you get an immediate response," said David. "They are a very honest audience. They also give you so much energy. We like having the kids involved in the songs. It is a good way for them to experience music first hand, not third person."

Judy and David's audience is usually between the ages of three and eight.

The only way to purchase their tapes is through special promotions, but soon they will be available in tape stores. "We just haven't set up those relationships yet, but we are working on it."