How to create an effective performance:
All shows or performances must meet the following criteria:
- Shows must have a theme relating to water and/or resource protection
- Must be appropriate for 4th and 5th graders
- Be suited for audiences of up to 200 people or more
- Engage or include some level of audience participation
- Be a full 25 minutes in length
Here are some more descriptions of past performances for your information (and inspiration!):
As The Faucet Turns “As the Faucet Turns” is an improvisational game show in which students compete, under the guidance of two actors, in answering questions about water and water conservation. The performance takes place in a highly interactive setting that requires both student and audience participation. The sassy host and zany sidekick will leave you laughing in this entertaining and educational production. Performed by Creative Information Transformation Education (CITE).
Make a Ripple, Make A Wave A concert for Clean River with the musical duo, Sky In The Road. They perform original songs that educate students and inspire actions to care for and protect urban rivers and streams. Songs include: Alexander Salamander, The City When It Rains, Don’t Have to Spray, The Steelhead Song, and It’s My Watershed.
Enuf! The PLANET’s Favorite Band This versatile, eclectic quartet has geared their entertainment for middle and high school, college and adult audiences. While always in good taste, the performances dish out hot music with a cool message – saving the planet’s resources. Enuf! will also perform some of the water use reduction classics made famous by the Garbage Gurus (“Red Worm Boogie”, “2,4 & 6 Don’t Buy Plastics” and “Milk Jug Stomp”).
We All Live Downstream National storyteller Greg Harris and Wild Willa’ (the giant Chinook salmon) take you on a trip throughout the Willamette River Basin In “We All Live Downstream”. This entertaining and educational assembly program blends interactive stories, music, and science activities to build awareness of the plight of the salmon and inspire students to become stewards of their watershed.
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