True or False? Ada's town was made of trash.
TRUE! It was built on a landfill.
True or False? Ada liked to imagine that each garbage truck was a load of elephants.
FALSE! She imagined each one was a box of surprises!
True or False? Ada's grandmother took care of Ada while her parents were at work.
TRUE! She stayed with her grandmother.
True or False? Ada loved the sound of the trombone.
FALSE! She loved the sound of the violin.
True or False? Ada and her sister were done with school at noon each day.
TRUE! Would you like a short day like that?
True or False? Ada and the kids in her school looked forward to growing up and working in the landfill.
FALSE! No, they did not want to work in the landfill.
True or False? Mr. Chavez had 25 violins to share among the students.
FALSE! He only had two.
True or False? There were 10 kids who signed up for music lessons.
TRUE! It was a great start to something big!
True or False? Mr. Chavez asked for help to build more instruments
TRUE! He would use garbage from the landfill.
True or False? Mr. Chavez gave instrument lessons that were 20 minutes long.
FALSE! His lessons were 3 hours long!
True or False? Students did not learn to play their instruments very quickly.
TRUE! It took them a long time to learn to play.
True or False? The symphony of sound made the gancheros happy on their way home from the landfill.
TRUE! They loved hearing the music!
True or False? There were 46 players in the orchestra.
FALSE! There were 39 members.
True or False? Ada was 12 years old when she was named first violinist in the orchestra.
TRUE! She was only 12 years old!
True or False? A world famous rock band invited the Recycled Orchestra to perform.
TRUE! They performed together a lot!
True or False? The Recycled Orchestra plays all over the world to this day.
TRUE! They perform in many places all over the world, even Raleigh!
