The performance includes some songs written with different groups of children of approximately the same age group as the participants. There is a lot of singing along and some opportunity for percussion sounds and movement. The second half of theassembly involves a group writing a song with Dave guiding the process, calling on volunteers to provide words and melodic and rhythmic ideas.
Some room is left at the end for questions and answers about songwriting.
This program is the culmination of workshops held in the individual classrooms, either earlier the same day, or on the day before the assembly. At these individualized workshops, students in each class will write a song with Dave's guidance. Different techniques will be used in each classroom. At the beginning of the assembly Dave will perform some of his own songs, and at the end he will hold a question and answer session about songwriting. Dave's 'Songwriting for Kids' was creative, funny, enthralling and entertaining, holding every one of that large group of kids riveted at his feet.