Former puppeteer Tanika Anderson lands dream job
- From: The Daily Telegraph
- June 16, 2014
Tanika Anderson will join the other members of Hi -5 Ainsley Melham, Dayen Zheng, Lauren Brant, Stevie Nicholson and Mary Lascaris as Lauren Brant leaves in July. Picture: John Appleyard Source: News Corp Australia
SHE has worked as a Hi-5 puppeteer and understudy for many months but now Tanika Anderson is set to take centre stage with the group.
The Sydney performer has been chosen as the newest member of the children’s act and she will replace outgoing member Lauren Brant at the end of the band’s current tour.
Tanika Anderson is new member of hi-5 after being a puppeteer with the group. Pic Stephen Cooper Source: News Limited
“This is just everything I’ve always wanted — I love travelling, my life wouldn’t be complete without it, and I love kids and singing and dancing,” 20-year-old Anderson told Confidential.
But she said even in working with the band behind-the-scenes she was surprised by the intensity of the job.
“It’s so much more challenging, but more rewarding, than I expected it to be,” she said.
Brant, who is leaving to focus on her ‘loliboli’ clothing range, will do an onstage handover to Anderson at the end of the band’s current tour.
The Hi-5 House Hits tour is taking place at venues across Sydney in late June and early July, in locations including Chatswood and Enmore.
Hi-5 member Lauren Brant is leaving the team to concentrate on her clothing line. Source: News Corp Australia
