PROGRAM

Be Cool, Be Safe involves a fun jam of original music, mime, hand shadows, circus stuff, and audience participation that really rocks! It is an educational, highly entertaining performance designed to leave the audience with plenty of creative tools to build and maintain harmony in our world. Be Cool, Be Safe uses fun skits and songs to give kids valuable tools which help them to get along with others and express their feelings in positive ways. Musical instruments become the central characters in this creative and participatory show. Each instrument is different and special in its own way, yet each needs the others to blend together and make wonderful music.

PERFORMANCE FOCUS

• Conflict Resolution
• Solving Problems Creatively
• Bullying
• Positive Choices
• Taming Tempers
• Preventing Abuse & Violence
• Positive Self-Imaging
• Resisting Peer Pressure
• Building Self-Esteem
• Celebrating Differences

FORMAT

The performance is made up of a series of original songs and skits written and performed by Rick Adam. Audiences learn how invention, intelligience and imagination can solve any problem. An open forum is used. Audience members give input to address issues regarding bullying, taming tempers, preventing abuse and violence, resisting peer pressure and celebrating differences. Also by combining positive songs with catchy melodies, audiences walk away with tunes as tools that will last a lifetime.

WORKSHOPS

Interactive workshops to control emotions and channel aggression. Using mime, creative and expressive movement, and role playing games and exercises, Rick addresses the issues of channeling aggression, preventing violence, smoothing conflicts, and making healthy choices. Through fun games and exercises, students will gain tools to control tempers, relieve frustration, resist peer pressure, resolve rage, celebrate differences, and empathize with others. The workshops will reinforce the messages in Rick's social issues performances, or they can stand on their own.

PRESENTER RESOURCES

View-Download "Be Cool, Be Safe STUDY GUIDE" (.pdf format)
View-Download "Be Cool, Be Safe INFOSHEET" (.pdf format)
INFOSHEETS CONTAIN PROGRAM DESCRIPTION, ARTIST BIOGRAPHY, CONTACT INFORMATION, AND TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS.
View-Download High Resolution PUBLICITY PHOTOS (.pdf format)