Markely Motors and The Nutcracker

Markley Motors supports The Nutcracker and is a major sponsor of Canyon Concert Ballet & Dance Center.

Canyon Concert Ballet & Dance Center is a non profit school and performance company and is comprised of children and dance professionals in the Northern Colorado community who volunteer to perform a full season of high quality productions. One such production, is The Nutcracker, held annually at the Fort Collins Lincoln Center, December 10-13, 2009

THE NUTCRACKER:
The Nutcracker is a fairy tale-ballet in two acts, three scenes, by Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky. In 1891 Alexandre Dumas Pere adapted E.T.A. Hoffman's story, "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" and was set to music by Tchaikovsky.

For many years Canyon Concert Ballet has held many variations of this production as a way for its students to gain exposure and experience dancing in a large, open-stage production. The Nutcracker is a major fundraising event for the non profit dance center. It raises roughly 75% of the money needed, for annual operating expenses and teacher's salaries.

ABOUT CANYON CONCERT BALLET

Canyon Concert Ballet (CCB), along with the Canyon Concert Dance Center (CCDC), is a leading dance performance producer and dance education institution. Founded in 1978, Canyon Concert Ballet and Dance Center is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization.

Our mission is to create and share the passion of dance through artistically enriching performances and dance education. Our vision is to provide a sustainable community forum for dance performance and education.

--http://www.ccballet.org/

LIVE SYMPHONY:

As always, CCB strives to have a live Symphony perform with their annual Nutcracker. In recent years, we have hired a number of independent musicians (most of whom perform with the Fort Collins Symphony) and they have performed under Wes Kenny as the Canyon Concert Symphony. This year, we are happy to announce that CCB has been able Negotiate a price with the Fort Collins Symphony directly. It is always such a joy to have live orchestration! It is however; the most expensive element of staging the Nutcracker, totaling approx. 1/4 of our total expenses.

--Jessica Freestone - Artistic Director, CCB

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL ARTS

Nearly all of the dancers are from Fort Collins and Northern Colorado. They need your support to continue dancing in Fort Collins. Come watch our local dancers and enjoy a great show!

Venue:
Lincoln Center Performance Hall

Price:
$28 Center
$23 Sides
$23, or 18 Children/Seniors

Dates/Times:
Dec 10 - 7:00pm
Dec 11 - 7:00pm
Dec 12 - 2:00pm & 7:00pm
Dec 13 - 2:00pm

Tickets on sale November 10th.
Call the Lincoln Center Box Office at (970) 221-6730

Or click the link below:
Purchase The Nutcracker Tickets Online

Written and posted by Tim Northburg - Sales / Internet Manager