Win Your Family Tickets to The Detroit Science Center!

"How's your family "going green"?", ask two members of the Michigan Opera Theatre's Children's Chorus, in a YouTube video competition, designed to promote their upcoming performance of Cary John Franklin's "The Very Last Green Thing."

The competition which was launched earlier this week encourages viewers to post a video response for a chance to win one of five family-four pack tickets to the Detroit Science Center. Contestants have until Wednesday, April 23 to post their response in order to be considered in the competition. Individuals interested in entering the contest can participate by clicking the YouTube link, on the opera houses homepage or they can follow this link MOTCC's Very Last Green Thing Video Competition.

A fully staged production of "The Very Last Green Thing" will be performed by the Michigan Opera Theatre's Children's Chorus, MOTCC, on Saturday, April 24, 2010 at the Detroit Opera House. The MOTCC will be partnering with the Detroit Science Center and Detroit's RecycleHere! program. The Detroit Science Center will give a brief presentation from their " Going Green" traveling show before Saturdays performance. Families are also encouraged to bring a plastic bottle from home to recycle with RecycleHere!.

Composed by Cary John Franklin with libretto by Micheal Patrick Albeno, the opera depicts a classroom of students in 2192, who take a rare field trip outside and discover a time capsule, containing an unusual object... a small-green withering plant.