Vocal Trash’s “THINK” Program

What they will learn…

  • The value of recycling, reusing , and upcycling through song and dance, doing so by taking lyrics and changing them into informative learning material.
  • The value of composting and eliminating waste.
  • The value of conserving energy.
  • Kids will learn how to make “trash” into musical instruments.
  • Kids will learn to “Just Say No” and “Stop Bullying” as VT explains how negative that can be through music.
  • Kids will learn that recycling can be cool and fun by bringing in hit songs like “I Gotta Feeling” by the popular group Black Eyed Pea.

Materials used in performance…

  • ALL of our instruments are made of “Upcycled” items rescued from a landfill.
  • Tool box guitar and bass
  • milk urn bass
  • gas can guitar
  • PVC pipes
  • pots and pans, water bottles, trash can, hubcaps, trash can lids.

Details about what will happen in the 45 minute show…

  • 25 minutes of recycled and hip music such as hits such as Queens “We will Rock you” but replaced with the the lyrics “We will Recycle”.
  • 5 minutes of teaching the kids to just say no and stop bullying through songs like “Why Cant We Be Friends” from the band War.
  • 5 minutes of teaching the kids how to make a musical instrument out of trash.
  • 5 minutes of taking the mic into the audience, allowing the children to share with their peers items they have “upcycled” (Taking something old and making it new).
  • Ending the show with our exciting original song “THINK…Before you throw it away.”