Mackinac Island Public School kindergarten student Harrison Myers (far left) picks out a person from the crowd and flashes a smile of glee as students beside him perform their sign language song. Teacher and musical program director Karen Allen said the students learned the song in about three weeks. Pictured with Harrison are (from left) Macade Ferguson, Ella Cowell, John Andress, toy soldiers Christian Styburski and Nicholas Davis.

What's a Christmas musical without elves? From left: Dominic Morse, Ava Sehoyan, and Brooke Dziobak do the honors of wearing elf hats for a song as Molly Tokarz, Keely Johnson, and Adrienne Rilenge sing along behind them. Galloping away as reindeer are (from left) sisters Keely and Sadie Johnson and Halee Tokarz. Kindergarten student Ella Cowell, in a red dress and hair bow, shows her Christmas spirit as she enjoys ringing sleigh bells during one of the elementary students' Christmas songs. Forty students from Mackinac Island Public School high school and elementary classes participated in the annual school Christmas musical for residents and parents in the school's multipurpose room Wednesday, December 17. The high school students, coordinated by teacher Mary Patay, performed a Christmas rap musical about their teachers and school staff, while elementary students, coordinated by teacher Karen Allen, sang 12 Christmas songs, with a sign language song as the finale.