Roscoe Orman, who plays the character of Gordon on Sesame Street, sang to a group of 30 Saturday at the 26th annual Celebration of Fine Arts.

Orman performed audience participation songs from “Sesame Street” such as, “One of these things is not like the other,” and four children selected from the audience wore yellow vests with traffic lights to illustrate the lyrics of the song.

The audience also danced, clapped and sang along to “Sing a Song.”

Orman has played his character of Gordon for 30 years.

“Sesame Street,” filmed in New York City, has been on television for 35 years and is played in more than 140 countries world wide.

The show has also been awarded more Emmys than any other television show.

Many members of the audience were Eastern students that have been Sesame fans since they were small children.

Rosemary Garrigan, a senior therapeutic recreation major, said “I just wanted to see him. I thought it would be fun … watching him as a kid, I can’t believe he looks the same.”

Kevin Coulton, a freshman computer science major, said he attended the show “because it’s nostalgic. We all grew up with Gordon.”

Sophomore English major Sandy Bylut said she has watched the show since she was a child and enjoyed all the children at the performance participating.

Bylut laughed about Orman telling audience members the other characters of the show sent their regards.

“I wish the muppets could have come to say hi, but I am glad they sent their regards,” she said.

“The best part would have to be ‘One of these things is not like the other,’ a song we used to sing back in the day,” said Kyle Schultz, a senior at Charleston High School.

Orman said he welcomes any appearances he can make for PBS stations.

“I think it’s important to support PBS efforts to bring programming,” he said.

Of all the guest appearances on “Sesame Street,” Orman said his favorite guest was Lilly Tomlin.

“Lilly Tomlin was probably the most fun,” he said. “I’ve always had a real affinity for comics.”

Orman said he has also had a lot of fun working with “Sesame Street” guess Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Tony Bennet and Rosemary Clooney.

“There have been so many great guests,” Orman said. “I’ve had a chance to work with so many great people … even Ralph Nader made an appearance on ‘Sesame Street.'”

The event was sponsored by WEIU TV.