The Teddy Bear Band is celebrating its 40th anniversary, after their very first show in Bloomington on March 25, 1985.
In 1963, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the teddy bear, the Michtoms gifted Kermit Roosevelt Jr., the grandson of the late former president, one of the original bears for his children.
The Teddy Bear Band will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a performance 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 27 at Edina’s Edinborough Park.