"The Nutcracker" by the Central Oregon School of Ballet

Last weekend Amy participated in her 1st production of 'The Nutcracker'. She was thrilled with her parts as a rat and in 'Waltz of the Flowers'. Her only regret was that they couldn't do it more than the 3 scheduled performances. Unfortunately we did not get any pictures of her as a 'rat' but I honestly could not tell which one she was as the costume hid her face so....
With the exception of the last picture in the slide show, all the pictures were taken by our neighbor, Darren. He and his wife, Heather, were sitting in the last row but he has a good camera and got these wonderful shots.

We have just returned from Portland where we saw the Oregon Ballet Theater's production of 'The Nutcracker' on Friday night. It was lovely and we all enjoyed it but, I must say, on our way home there was a lot of comparisons/discussion of who was better... the professionals or the school production.
The other highlight of this weekend was having breakfast with my niece, Nancy, at our hotel in Portland. It was great to see her and she is having a terrific week visiting with friends. She promised to be back in July '09 and visit us here in Bend.
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