Finger snapping, head bopping, hand jiving and shimmying song and dance.

Audience members can expect all that and more as the Penn State Singing Lions presents their holiday showcase at 4 p.m. Sunday in the Esber Recital Hall.

"It's kind of showing everyone what we've done so far and also bringing in the holidays," Singing Lions President Allison Naughton (senior-advertising and public relations) said. "We eventually build up to a bigger 90-minute show in the spring."

Nearing its 25th anniversary, Penn State's only song and dance ensemble will perform songs spanning Penn State, Broadway, pop, jazz, Motown and holiday favorites.

"We try to pick upbeat things even if the audience doesn't know the songs. And we try to put something into it," Steve Tornetta, the Singing Lions' secretary and treasurer, said.

Offering a mixture of hip-shaking, body flips and dips, songs such as "Good morning, Baltimore" and "The Nicest Kids in Town" will be part of the Broadway musical Hairspray medley.

"We're generally out of breath by the end of it, but I enjoy it," Michelle Rochkind (freshman-communications) said.

As the performers partner with one another while singing "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," dance captain Laura Yoder maneuvers between them, stopping only to direct people to the right spots.

"To actually have a good sound and choreography is hard," Tornetta said. "It's hard for the choreographer to come up with moves where the singing isn't compromised."

Sitting alongside the classroom wall where the Singing Lions rehearse for its show are sparkling silver hats and canes used in Frank Sinatra's "New York, New York" and Tornetta's favorite piece.

Frank Sinatra's classic "Come Fly With Me" best captures the Singing Lions personality because "that's what the Singing Lions are all about -- bopping and singing," Tornetta said.

In addition to performing at the Student Book Store, 330 E. College Ave., before home football games, and at Beaver Stadium, the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel and the Allen Street Christmas tree lighting ceremony, group members spend their spring breaks touring places like Disney World and Italy. "This year we're doing a mid-Atlantic tour of Pittsburgh, to Delaware and Baltimore," Naughton said.

With 14 members, the Singing Lions are a "close-knit" group in which members often have dinners before rehearsals and hang out on the weekends, Rochkind said.

"I love the people in the group, and even through it's my first semester, it's been a great way to meet people," Stephanie Riddle (freshman-theatre) said.

The lyrics "it takes two" resound from the flushed and smiling faces of the group while two female performers pretend to fight over another male performer.

"It's rewarding to see the progress that everyone makes and, because it's student-run, we want to keep it going," Naughton said.

"I think it's a reason why most members work so hard to preserve history," she added.

Tickets for the show are available at the door of the Esber Recital Hall in the Music Building.

They cost $3 for students and $5 for adults.