Hi! We're about to pass 1 million subscribers, which is amazing!
And we have all of you to thank for this.
So we wanted to do something a little special, so we're having a little Q&A session with
all of us here so that you can get to know us a little bit better.
So we're going to start off with some introductions Hey, I'm Will.
Hi, I'm Alyssa.
I'm Jacinta.
I'm Rachel.
I'm Jackson.
Hi I'm Shannon, I'm the creator behind Bounce Patrol.
So I do everything behind the scenes, and make the videos for you guys
OK so our first question comes from Crystal Byrd (she is from Texas) and she wants to know how Bounce Patrol got started
Well, I ran an amateur theatre company for about 10 years and all of these guys were in a lot of the shows that we did.
I was excited to start a new YouTube channel, so I was having a conversation with Jacinta,
and Jacinta was trying to talk me into directing another musical because she wanted to do a show
So she was saying "we want to dance and sing" and I was saying "but I want to do a YouTube channel
that's maybe educational" and it just kind of came about - why don't we dance and sing and teach kids, and Bounce Patrol was born.
And then I got in contact with everyone and said "Jacinta and I are starting this thing,
and you need to come be a part of it" so it just kind of went from there.
Our next question is from Nathan Ginn, he wants to know how did we all meet?
I can answer that one. [Great!]
I went to school with Jacinta and Rachel and Shannon.
I think we were all roughly in the same year level, but Shannon was a little bit younger than us I think.
I remember being in choir in Year 12 we had this Year 9 brat kid come in and it was Shannon
the only Year 9 allowed in the upper school choir.
"Who's this little brat?"
Started bossing everyone around immediately.
That's exactly how it went down.
I met Shannon through friends and ended up joining a choir she was directing at the time,
and through that ended up meeting everyone else here in Bounce Patrol.
That's cool. I went to University with Shannon, and we used to perform in musicals and do all that
stuff, and then I met all these guys doing the same thing.
Hayley and Harper from Florida in the USA would like to know,
which one of you typically has the most bloopers or outtakes when we're filming?
That is a very good question. It's a bit hard.
What, me? That's so unfair!
I don't even reckon. I reckon it's pretty equal between all of us.
I don't think I make any mate, really. Nail every take.
The most bloopers!
Well there we go, unanimous.
Do you guys have a favourite blooper or outtake that you can remember?
I do... which I think some of you have picked up.
It's at the very start of "Kid's Life" when we're all sitting on the grass.
We get up, and if you catch just a little sliver there, you see me trip over Will's leg
which about 2 seconds later ends up with me face first on the ground. [So good!]
Here we go, let's go!
And it made it into the video because it was still the best take
There was the time that Alyssa poked you in the eye with a fairy wand.
At the end of Halloween Rules, she went "Halloween Rules!!" straight in the eye.
Halloween Rules! [You hit me in the eye!]
There was a time when I was being an astronaut...
I was piloting the spacecraft, and I was sitting in the chair and I was so excited at piloting
the spacecraft that I went all the way backwards....
That's a good sneak preview of a video that's coming out next month. There might be astronauts in there. Spoilers!
I should never go in space.
Archer and Elwin in the UK would like to know which videos were the most fun to make, and which videos were the most difficult?
Am I allowed to say, the hardest ones for me were the ones where I had to work next to you?
Jacinta's very distracting [Fair!]
She just makes everybody laugh, so we can't get any work done!
There was a couple that we shot in about 38 degrees heat [oh my goodness!]
A lot of dancing, a lot of sweating...
I don't know what that translates to in Fahrenheit, but it's really hot.
(It's over 100 degrees F)
And then the lights, and then the costumes, and then the dancing...
Especially, go watch Old MacDonald where we're in onesies...
That was filmed in the summer. That was terrible. That was hot! That was very hot!
I think the funnest ones, I don't know, I'm a bit of a sucker for holidays
but I love the Halloween ones, cos I love all the different costumes we have
it's always fun cos we're together and we get to do some fun choreography, and throw lots of candy in the air
We had a lot of fun with you with the goo in "Let's Get Spooky"; where you were a swamp thing all covered in goo
That was fun. We had a tarp out and there was goo flying everywhere
Where was I for that? I want to be Goo Man!
We even got to make the goo [What? You made the goo??]
I made the goo. [Homemade goo by Alyssa]
How do you make goo? Can we just cover this quickly?
Cornflour. Food dye. [So it's edible?] It was edible, yeah.
It washed off quite easily, which was good.
Except I came in to film a week later, and I found goo on the lights and on the ceiling.
I reckon Shannon would probably say the hardest videos to make are when she has to get us
all to do the same dance move at the same time, and look at the camera, and say the same words...
Almost impossible!
And the lyrics for "Ice Cream Song"
I was going to say - I actually loved making that because that was such a challenge, but it was also really hard.
Can anyone still do it?
Yummy yummy fun fun, yummy fun yum Ice cream's yummy in my tummy tum tum
Cold and creamy, swirly dreamy, my tum tum tummy goes yum yum yum.
But then the next bit...
Chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, tutti frutti, boysenberry, caramel, peppermint, choc-chip, mmm goes great with a banana split.
Raspberry ripple, butterscotch, toffee, mango, licorice, ch-ch-cherry
bubblegum, apple, cookies and cream, when it's time for ice cream, we scream!
I do my DJ bit with the cherry... ch-ch-cherry
Our next question is from Victoria in New Jersey.
She wants to know if we have any kids, and if they love to dance to our music?
There's two people in the group that do.
Both myself and Rachel have kids.
I've got twins, a boy and a girl, who are 2. They love Bounce Patrol.
They listen to it every single time we're in the car, cos I've got the CDs and they get played on repeat constantly. They love it.
They've even got the shirts, which they do actually request to wear, I promise I'm not forcing this on them [I was going to ask that Alyssa!] Fair enough!
But they love it, and they dance around. Right now their favourite one to dance around to is Halloween Stomp because they can just
go around the house going "Halloween stomp stomp stomp stomp" and stomp their feet everywhere.
Do they recognise you in the videos do you think? They do. They point to me and go "Mum! Mum! Mama!" So cute.
And I've got 2 kids; I've got a boy and a girl.
They really enjoy Bounce Patrol too, and having a bit of a boogie.
They kind of think it's normal to see Mum on TV. "Yeah, there's Mum".
And my son actually did tell me the other day that I'm his favourite Wiggle.
Amber would like to know, what are your favourite songs to do? What was your favourite song everybody?
My favourite's any where I'm dressed up as Superman. Or sword fighting, I sword fight in a few.
(Yeah the pirate song was fun). It was fun. Batman.... I'm still talking! I like being Batman.
Centre of attention!
What about you, Rachel? Do you have a favourite?
Well I particularly liked in the Submarine song where I had to wear a wetsuit and pretend to be swimming.
That was pretty fun.
Alaina for Pennsylvania in the USA asks, what are you going to be for Halloween?
We can just borrow costumes from the rack. [There's a lot of costumes now to choose from]
I was thinking, I'm not sure which one I'm going to borrow this year.
Maybe you guys could tell us what you think, so what's been your favourite Halloween character?
Leave a comment down below, what do you think we should be for Halloween?
What about Jackson as a pumpkin? Can't really beat that.
I think you need to be a pumpkin for Halloween this year Jackson.
Hey, that pumpkin suit is amazing. I'm the real winner!
Can't do any choreography either, just have to waddle.
Just arms sticking out the side
It does have a fan in it though - good for summer [that's true]
Does it have a fan in it? [Yes, that's how it inflates]
Tara Rafferty asks, how did Rachel dance in the video Mummy's Got a Baby in Her Belly, it must have been hard to dance?
Yeah, it was a bit of a challenge. I had my, you know, good supportive pants on.
I also did have a toddler when I was pregnant, so I was kind of used to running around a bit
But my dancing was more like waddling I think, so don't look too close.
Our next question is from Hillary and her son Lev.
Do you all write the songs, plan the choreography and edit your own videos, or is there a whole crew behind the scenes that helps with these parts?
I work with a couple of different songwriters, and choreography is usually me although sometimes my cousin Michaela helps out with that.
But the filming, the editing, the planning, the costumes, all of that stuff... this is a one person crew
I've got one here from Darrie on Twitter; Bounce Patrol do you find yourselves humming your songs while driving in the car without your kids?
Yeah, I've got to say, especially when we've just recorded a song and you've had to sing it over and over and over...
It gets stuck in there. Ear worms, lots of ear worms!
And quite often Shannon will get a text from one of us, being like "Shannon! I can't stop singing the song!"
I sing in the shower I reckon, all the Bounce Patrol songs. Actually! It's embarrassing isn't it?
Some of them are catchy!
We've got a question from Angela Hopkins; how long does it take to create a video from start to finish? This is a good one for Shannon.
It depends on the video and how long it is, but generally between 3 to 6 months.
We usually have a few going on at the same time, because they do take quite a long time to make
So we don't just start one and spend 6 months on that, I think we have about 10 that are currently in progress at the moment at various stages of being ready.
For those of you who've been asking when we'll finish the alphabet...
Sorry we're trying! It takes a while. [There's lots of projects]
Doesn't the alphabet stop at V?
The X has been filmed...it's coming!
Emily Jankowski would like to know, what makes each of you happy?
I really enjoy filming Bounce Patrol videos. I really enjoy hanging out with you guys and watching you do crazy dances, and
get dressed up in silly costumes like my barbie dolls. [Is that what we are to you? Dolls?]
I've got a thing, lots of things make me happy, but I love it when we get all your comments
who watch our videos and when you tell us how much you love it and how much you want
to see more of what we do, it just makes me really happy and makes what we do super fun.
So that's one of the things that makes me really happy. Thank you very much for all your support!
Passing 1 million subscribers is so amazing! We're so excited and we could not have done that without you and all of your support,
so thank you so much from all of us for supporting our show, it's great.
Thank you! Bye! See you next time!
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