INOKWACA: N-cracker 2011

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

N-cracker 2011

We survived yet another season of the Nutcracker and lived to tell about it. We are indeed still breathing. Well, I haven't told you anything just yet, but I will.

This year, our dancer girl was in the following roles:
1. Party Scene (Liesey was a party mom in two shows and Clara's mother in two shows)
2. Snow Princess
3. Arabian Trio
4. Waltz of the Flowers (Corps)

Liesey also was responsible for working with five little cherubs, ages four and five. She spent several weeks at rehearsal teaching them their choreography. The "teacher" soon learned it was good to bribe her young pupils with candy, specifically Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, to get them to pay attention. If the kids worked hard, they were rewarded with a treat at the end of the rehearsal. This plan was most effective! Dangled chocolate is much tastier than a dangled carrot. ;-)

The performances were held at the Will Rogers Auditorium in Ft. Worth. It is a lovely old art deco style theatre that was built in the 1930s. The auditorium holds 3,000. Only one performance was sold out, but we still figure that 8,000-ish patrons saw the Nutcracker over the four-day run.

It was a lovely show, from start to finish. We are oh, so proud of our daughter, and all of her dancing friends. All of their hard work resulted in a fantastic show!

Let it snow...

I'm thinkin' these lil' cherubs are looking forward to that Reese's candy for a job well done.

Arabian Coffee

A Starbuck's "extra hot split quad shot (two shots decaf, two shots regular) latte with whip" ain't got nothin' over these beauties.

"Flowers"

Sorry, there are no action photos. I simply sat back and enjoyed watching this piece. I couldn't help but smile... Waltz of the Flowers was both of Liesey's grandmothers' favorite part of the ballet, so I wanted to watch it to honor them. I know they were smiling, too.