HOORAY!
This Friday evening, I'm going to see the Nutcracker Ballet!
Anything related to the story of the Nutcracker holds a special place in my heart because the play, it's music, and the performing arts have been a large part of most of my life.
When I was in Kindergarden back in LA my school put on this MASSIVE schoolwide production in which kids from every grade took part, including two girls from my class who were chosen to play Sugar Plum Faries (one of them got kicked out and replaced for behavior problems, I think. And my teacher informed my mom who informed me that she would have picked me but I was "too shy.") All the damn faries had to do was skip across the stage in a tutu, tap the Christmas tree with their wand and skip back off stage. I'm not resentful in the least...
I also played viola from age ten through college. My junior year of high school the orchestra performed Trepak, also known as the "Russian Dance." That is THE liveliest, fastest song from the Nutcracker, and well, let's just say our teacher let one of the students, in fact it was this hyperactive raver chick, conduct the orchestra during that piece. We probably could've sparked a campfire with out bows if we'd gone any longer. That same year, I was also with the Las Vegas Youth Symphony. I can't remember but I think I was first chair during the holiday concert when we performed Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies. And did I mention the violas had our own solo? How do you like me now, kindergarden teacher???
And if nothing else, going to the ballet gives me an excuse to wear my poofy dress again! :D
Anything related to the story of the Nutcracker holds a special place in my heart because the play, it's music, and the performing arts have been a large part of most of my life.
When I was in Kindergarden back in LA my school put on this MASSIVE schoolwide production in which kids from every grade took part, including two girls from my class who were chosen to play Sugar Plum Faries (one of them got kicked out and replaced for behavior problems, I think. And my teacher informed my mom who informed me that she would have picked me but I was "too shy.") All the damn faries had to do was skip across the stage in a tutu, tap the Christmas tree with their wand and skip back off stage. I'm not resentful in the least...
I also played viola from age ten through college. My junior year of high school the orchestra performed Trepak, also known as the "Russian Dance." That is THE liveliest, fastest song from the Nutcracker, and well, let's just say our teacher let one of the students, in fact it was this hyperactive raver chick, conduct the orchestra during that piece. We probably could've sparked a campfire with out bows if we'd gone any longer. That same year, I was also with the Las Vegas Youth Symphony. I can't remember but I think I was first chair during the holiday concert when we performed Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies. And did I mention the violas had our own solo? How do you like me now, kindergarden teacher???
And if nothing else, going to the ballet gives me an excuse to wear my poofy dress again! :D