FRIDGE ENTERTAIN CARE BERTLES ENVIRONMENT AGE BRING GET DEMONSTRATE GROUP ISSUE YOUNGER WORKSHOP OWN
Bash the Trash aren’t ___ ordinary band. They perform ___ instruments made from natural ___ recycled materials. These range ___ sticks and stones to ___ drawers. In addition to ___, Bash the Trash try ___ teach their audiences about ___ for the environment. John ___ started the group with ___ wife Carina in 1988. ___ had been interested in ___ issues from a young ___. He believed that by ___ this programme to schools, ___ could encourage children to ___ their families to be ___ environmentally aware. Bash the ___ performances are a lot ___ fun. Audiences of all ___ clap and sing as ___ musicians show them how ___ instruments are made and ___ how to make sounds ___ different objects. Although the ___ talks about many environmental ___, its main message is ___ looking for different ways ___ re-use unwanted objects. This ___ an issue that even ___ aware people often ignore. ___ audiences participate in a ___ where they make their ___ musical instruments using objects that they bring from home.
While they are making instruments out of plastic containers and cans, the children learn about problem-solving and being creative. The group have come a long way since they first began. What started out as a husband and wife team is now a large group of travelling musicians and educators. In addition to performing at schools, they play to audiences of all ages at universities and in concert halls all over the US. Awareness of environmental issues has grown a lot over the past few decades. This is partly because of projects like Bash the Trash. It seems that when Bertles said that it was possible to change the way people think, he was right.
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Have fun....and take care!
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Have fun....and take care!
