PHOTO GALLERY: Lee Elementary School put on Spring Fest

From left, Sam Williams, Ethan Rastofer and Michael Chong look for familiar faces in the crowd before their percussion performance Wednesday at Stephens Lake Park. Students from Lee Expressive Arts Elementary School came together to perform "Talk, Talk, Talk," a musical story from Ghana.   |  Carrie Durkee

Lee Elementary School students came together Wednesday at the Stephens Lake Park Amphitheater for Spring Fest. Partners from MU helped put together the performance of “Talk, Talk, Talk.” The performance combined storytelling, music, art and audience participation to present this Ghanaian play.   |  Carrie Durkee

Lawrence Chiteri, a graduate student in MU's Theatre Department, leads a call and response session at the beginning of the performance Wednesday at Stephens Lake Park with the help of teachers from Lee Expressive Arts Elementary School.   |  Carrie Durkee

Audience members follow Lawrence Chiteri's call and response directions at the beginning of the performance of "Talk, Talk, Talk" on Wednesday.   |  Carrie Durkee

Students of Lee Expressive Arts Elementary School came together Wednesday at the Stephens Lake Park Amphitheater for Spring Fest. From left are student percussionists Ron Franklin, Deborah Muberarugo, Le'Bria Cook, Lily Welch, Michael Blesdoe, and CJ Campbell. Julia Gaines, of MU's Music Department, spent one hour before school each week with the students to help them learn the drumming portion of the performance.   |  Carrie Durkee

From left, Ella Boyt, Tempestt Kemp and Elsa Dickerson participate in the Lee Elementary Spring Fest Performance of "Talk, Talk, Talk" on Wednesday at Stephens Lake Park. The girls hold puppets they made in art class as a component of a Ghanaian play. These puppets represent characters in the story.   |  Carrie Durkee