The Proverb is illustrated with auditions to the air band Adam's Nostrils.
LEADER – AWANA leader
MELISSA – chattering air guitar wannabe
HANNAH – chattering air bass guitar wannabe
2-6 kids – lead singer, drummer, and maybe two backup singers
2 kids – to replace the chattering wannabes
Costume:
Street clothes
Props:
Rock-style song (I am using I'm a Believer by Cadet)
LEADER: Today, we are going to start an AWANA air band. For those who don't know what an air band is, an air band is a band that uses no real instruments. All of the instruments are made of air. For example the air guitar (pantomimes playing guitar) or air drums (pantomimes playing drums). The band is going to be called "Adam's Nostrils." You know like how God breathed air into Adam's nostrils? (Pauses to see if anyone gets it then gives up.) Anyway…
I need some volunteers to audition for Adam's Nostrils. I need a lead singer (pick a volunteer), a guitarist (pick MELISSA), a bass player (pick HANNAH), and a drummer (pick a volunteer). [If there are enough kids, take volunteers for backup singers.]
(During the instructions, MELISSA and HANNAH silently chatter to one another.)
Okay, here are the instructions: I am going to play I'm a Believer by Cadet. When the song starts, you (pointing to the singer/singers) lip-synch the song, and the rest of you pretend to play your instruments. You don't sing, and you don't make any noise.
(LEADER starts the music. MELISSA and HANNAH start looking around for their instruments. LEADER pauses the music.)
LEADER: What are you two doing?
HANNAH: We are looking for our instruments.
MELISSA: Yeah, where are our instruments?
LEADER: As I just explained, this is an air band, so you just pretend to play your instruments.
HANNAH: Oh.
MELISSA: Okay.
(LEADER starts the music. MELISSA and HANNAH start making guitar sounds. LEADER pauses the music.)
LEADER: What are you two doing now?
HANNAH: I'm playing bass.
MELISSA: I'm playing guitar.
LEADER: But you are suppose to doing it without making any noise. If you hadn’t been chattering you would have heard me explain that.
HANNAH: Sorry.
MELISSA: We have it now.
(LEADER starts the music. As soon as the singing starts, MELISSA and HANNAH start singing along. LEADER pauses the music.)
LEADER: (obviously very frustrated) What part of "You don't sing, and you don't make any noise" did you not understand?
HANNAH: But it's a good song.
MELISSA: Yeah. (Turning to HANNAH) Didn’t they sing it in Shrek?
HANNAH: I think so. I love Donkey. He is so funny.
MELISSA: I like Puss In Boots better.
LEADER: Excuse me. If you two could have followed instructions, you would have known what to do. Have a seat.
(MELISSA and HANNAH sit down with a harrumph.)
LEADER: Who wants to take their place? (Pick a volunteer) You are the guitarist; (pick another volunteer) you are the bass player. Remember: No singing. No noise.
(LEADER start the music one last time. The kids perform the song with no further incidents.)
LEADER: Proverbs 10:8
The wise person accepts instructions,
but a chattering fool comes to ruin.
Let's give our new air band Adam's Nostrils a big hand! You guys did a great job!
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