Fife couple go viral to entertain youngsters with songs and puppets during lockdown

A Fife couple have been helping entertain pre-school children from their homes.

Musicians Mark and Claire Urban, of Newport, run Movers and Shakers sessions for pre-school children featuring traditional songs and puppets.

After lockdown they moved the sessions online and have found they are reaching a wider audience as parents try to keep youngsters entertained.

Sessions take place over the Zoom online meeting platform on Fridays at 10.30am.

Mark, 49, said: “It’s been good because we were doing this in Newport but it seems to work quite well online.

“I never used social media that much before but I got stuck into it because I was stuck in the house.

“The response has been really good. Our audience doubled in one week.”

Mark is a guitar teacher and his wife Claire, 39, teaches piano. They have performed as a duo under the name St Kilda Mailboat.

“I think it’s important to share songs,” said Mark.

“We perform traditional music, children’s songs and our own songs, and we’ve got puppets.”