CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL

Chocolate Festival @ Dover Downs

Friday November 26^th 5:00pm-Arrive at 4:15

Chinese: Emalie w/ Brittany & Hunter

Marzipan:   Hayley w/Brooke & Julie Konrad

Flowers: Natalie w/ Mary, Brooke, Emalie, Konrad, Charlene, Katcher

Sugar Plum: Taylor

Saturday November 27^th 11:00am- arrive at 10:15

Snow: Kayla w/ Chelsea, Mary, Amanda Robinson, Katcher

Hoops: Mary w/ Amanda, Hunter, Brittany, Heather, Ana, Haley

Sugar Plum: Taylor

Saturday November 27^th 4:00pm- arrive at 3:15

Spanish: Rachel & Andrew w/ Ana, Haley, Heather

Arabian: Charlene

Flowers: Natalie w/ Mary Brooke, Emalie, Konrad, Charlene Katcher

Sugar Plum: Taylor

*we will set the dances based on number of dancers*

If you will be home that weekend and are not performing, we would LOVE volunteers to help out with working the table.

A Dancer's View

Hello Delaware Ballet followers! I’m Rachel McCubbin, and for those of you that don’t know me, I’m the Ballet-Mistress-in-training. Nutcracker is VERY near, and we are all excited. We have been working really hard and we are almost ready. Rehearsals seem to always be going on (especially Marzipan, ehem, Kimmy) but we want this Nutcracker to be our best ever!

            Last weekend we had our annual Big Sister Little Sister party. It was a blast and the costumes were great! Thanks to everyone who worked to put it on and everyone who brought food (especially the pudding stuff with the nuts in layers, it was DELICIOUS!). Anyway, all the older girls are grateful for the chance to get to know our younger dancers. We had a lot of fun making t-shirts, designing quilt squares, and eating Pizza.

            We are almost there! The performance is right around the corner and we can’t wait to put on a great show for all the parents who devoted so much time. Thanks for driving us around and frantically ordering pointe shoes! I’m positive it will all be worth it when you see the show =]

~Rachel McCubbin

** Please feel free to send me anything you would like to be posted on the blog.  We love to hear from our dancers!**

Dover Post Article

Below is the Dover Post article written by Jennifer Rios.  Thank you Jennifer for taking the time to submit the article!

Before your very eyes, a young girl’s holiday dreams come alive as you witness a fierce battle between toy soldiers and rats, get lost in a flurry of snowflakes, and revel in the enchanting dance of the Sugarplum Fairy as she guides Clara through the Kingdom of Sweets.

Nine Caesar Rodney High School students are set to perform in Delaware Ballet’s  presentation of THE NUTCRACKER. Delaware Ballet has 18 Company dancers and 12 Apprentice and trainees. Delaware Ballet and Caesar Rodney High School students that are perfoming include:

SOLOISTS

Ransom Crowder

Rachel McCubbin

Hayley Schuster

CORPS DE BALLET

Abby Chow

Charlene Gustafson

Julie Konrad

Andrew McGowan

Amanda Robinson

APPRENTICE

Heather Reid

THE NUTCRACKER will open on Friday, December 3, 2010 at 7pm and continue through Saturday, December 4, 2010 at 2pm and 7pm.  All Performances are held at Delaware State University Education and Humanities Theater

Tickets are available at The Central Delaware Dance Academy ( 302.674.3030) or at the box office the day of the show.

Students and Seniors $12 and Adults $15

Delaware Ballet is the area’s only nonprofit 501 (c) (3) ballet company under the direction of Artistic Director-Daniel Kaiser, Ballet Mistress - Kimberly Diaz, and Ballet Mistress - Brittany Kaiser

Visit their website at http://delawareballet.org/