Tara Elementary School fifth graders perform 'Snow Jubilee!'

Dressed as snowmen, Tara Elementary School fifth graders danced and sang their way across the stage Dec. 8 during a special event called "Snow Jubilee."

"I told the kids we were going to jump into a book, make the book come to life and have a snowy adventure," said Barbara Siffermann, the school's music teacher who created the musical portion of the event with her friend, Zadda Bazzi, who since has moved to North Carolina to teach music. 

Siffermann said she and Bazzi started writing the songs after receiving their Orff certification, which is a specific approach to music education developed in the 1920s. She said the approach teaches students music through movement, body percussion, singing, instruments and literature.

"We decided there wasn't enough shows that were written for the style that we like to teach," Siffermann said. "All the time in our classes we take a book, the children act it out, we add sound effects and we have singing and instrument parts."

For "Snow Jubilee!," students acted out their interpretation of the book "Snow, What Fun!"