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Bring On the Snow!: Enhanced CD

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Bring On the Snow!: Enhanced CD

Songs and Sketches for a Snowlarious Winter

By Andy Beck and Brian Fisher, featuring additional music by Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse

Grade: 4 & up

Item: 00-41850

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This hilarious variety show is chock-full of one-liners, wintertime puns, and even a few knock-knock jokes! Plenty of parts allow you to show off oodles of young actors, or combine roles for just a select group of comedic kids. Silly skits include a pair of wisecracking reindeer, a snowflake ballet class, "Freeze-Whiz" (everyone's favorite game show), and a directionally challenged family of geese. It's a breeze to put together---just stage the scenes around your regular choral formation. Featuring two-part music, appropriate for grades four and up. Thirty minutes of bad jokes and belly laughs! Book is 100% reproducible.

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Publisher: Alfred Music
UPC: 038081469300
SKU: 00-41850

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About the Composer: Andy Beck

Andy Beck

Andy Beck directs choral publications at Alfred Music and has composed and arranged over 450 works for singers of all ages, from young choristers to adult ensembles. His catalog spans choral octavos, children's musicals, vocal resources, and sight-singing curricula including Sing at First Sight and Vocalize! 45 Vocal Warm-Ups That Teach Technique. Beyond the printed page, his music reaches performers worldwide; a YouTube search reveals his compositions in rehearsal rooms and concert halls across the globe.

Beck works regularly as a guest conductor, choreographer, clinician, and adjudicator for music educators and students throughout the United States and internationally. He has served as commissioned composer and guest conductor for honor choirs and all-state groups, particularly throughout the Southeast. A tenor vocalist himself, he performs with the North Carolina Master Chorale Chamber Choir and has been an Alfred Music studio singer since 1992. He holds degrees from Ithaca College and Northwest Missouri State University, both in music education.

Why we love this

This script delivers exactly what upper elementary and middle school directors need: a high-energy, low-stress winter show that actually lands the jokes with fourth graders and up. The two-part writing accommodates mixed-ability singers without sacrificing humor, and the flexible casting means you can expand or shrink the cast depending on your ensemble size and comfort level. Best of all, the reproducible format and straightforward staging around standard choral formation remove the setup barriers that derail seasonal programming.

What to expect

Pure, unapologetic silliness with a winter theme. Expect constant laughter from both audience and cast: knock-knock jokes land between musical numbers, reindeer banter keeps energy bouncing, and a game-show segment delivers absurdist comedy. The two-part choral writing sits comfortably in the background, letting the comedy and ensemble movement take center stage while keeping singers engaged and musically active.

Who it's for

Directors of fourth-grade and older choirs who want a full winter show without the production complexity of a traditional musical. This works equally well for school choirs, community youth ensembles, and church music programs looking to engage young singers in performance that celebrates humor alongside musicianship.

How to get the most out of it

  • Assign the wisecracking reindeer roles to performers comfortable with rapid-fire dialogue and exaggerated comedic timing; the one-liners carry the sketch.
  • Run the snowflake ballet class as a full-ensemble moment with all singers participating in synchronized movement to maximize the visual humor and keep energy high throughout.
  • Use the recorded accompaniment to lock tempos during the game-show number ("Freeze-Whiz"), which relies on tight pacing for the comedy to land.
  • Rehearse the directionally challenged geese sequence with clear blocking so the physical comedy reads from the back row of the audience; slapstick only works if the audience sees it.

How to use it

Schedule this as a winter concert centerpiece or holiday assembly performance when you want something that feels fresh and playful rather than reverent. Its thirty-minute runtime fits neatly into an afternoon school program or evening concert alongside a shorter opener, or it can anchor a full evening show with minimal additional repertoire needed.

Skills your students will build

  • Two-part singing with flexible voice distribution
  • Musical theatre performance and comedic timing
  • Ensemble coordination with choreographed movement and staging
  • Confidence performing spoken dialogue alongside singing
  • Reading and interpreting humorous musical context and character

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