The Littlest Nutcracker

This year we got to see two of our grandsons perform in "The Littlest Nutcracker" produced by Trix, a local dance and gymnastics studio. It was perhaps unfortunate that they were in two different shows which made it a long day for the boys. Tim played the lead male Fritz and Jake danced as one of the flowers toward the end of his production. I think that both of them really did a great job.
Of course the grandparents loved the show, delighting in the bloopers perhaps more than the things that went right. A couple of dancers walked reluctantly on stage from stage left and then just kept going off the stage on stage right. No amount of coaxing seemed to convince them their dance wasn't over yet. Another young dancer cried for her mother and as soon as her mother came up to the stage the little girl ran away from her to hug the 5 foot tall nutcracker statue in the front of the stage.

But where else can you enjoy seeing your grandkids, delight in the antics of little girls (and a couple of boys), and even enjoy the beauty and grace of the young women instructors in their tutus, leotards, and gauze skirts, all for only $3 a ticket?