Hello SOBT Families:
This
year The Nutcracker will feature a photo opportunity in a special "Land
of Sweets" location on the first balcony level. The Sugar Plum Fairy, a
soldier and a mouse
will be there, along with the Land of Sweets model train, Big Rock Candy
Mountain, Candy Cane Lane, and select boutique items for sale. We are
hoping to have your assistance to make this new experience a lot of fun
for children attending The Nutcracker. Would
you be willing to purchase a kit at Fred Meyer or Trader Joe’s and
create a Gingerbread House for our Land of Sweets?
I can offer you two-four tickets to the Dress Rehearsal on Friday, December 13 at 7:00pm for every Gingerbread House you turn in by noon on Dec. 13th. Please let me know if you are going to do this project; depending on interest, we may need to limit the number of houses, and I would like to
get tickets to you ahead of time since there is no Box Office open that
night. We’d be happy to return the house to you after the show closes,
for your family to enjoy.
We
are also looking for large (Styrofoam) candy canes (2-3 feet tall),
large nutcrackers, drums, rocking horses, and other items to decorate
our Land of Sweets. The
train locomotive is about 8 inches tall, and the buildings we have are
about 12-18” tall, but we hope to have things of various scales, so size
is not the most important consideration. Any ideas or extra trimmings
you may have to lend or donate will be welcome
and seriously considered.
We
also will need volunteers to help staff the Land of Sweets and to guide
traffic to the new location for the photos at every performance. Students, ages 12-15, may work a shift with their parent; students, 16-17, may volunteer to work unattended with parent permission. We have a few extra party girl / boy and soldier costumes - we
will do our best to
find costumes for any student helpers who might want to work a shift.
Please
contact Kristan Knapp, Retail & Volunteer Manager, about your
availability and interest. Many, many thanks for all you do for your
students and for OBT. We
look forward to working together on this project.
SPECIAL EVENT: This Saturday from 9:30-3:30 or so there will be an OBTique Pre-Sale in
the studio lobby just for you and other volunteers. You’ll have first
pick of the ornaments and nutcrackers we have
this year.
Check it out!
Thanks again,
Kristan
Kristan B. Knapp
OREGON BALLET
THEATRE
Retail & Volunteer Manager
Kristan.Knapp@obt.org
503.227.0977 Ext. 240
