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“Each year MBC strives to rise to the challenge of keeping a classic annual tradition exciting and engaging for our audience, and we hope we have done that again this season,” said MBC Artistic Director, Amber

Michalik.

Hearing holiday classics live in the lobby was a wonderful way to help our audience get into the festive spirit before the show. Thank you to

THE MACOMBERS!!

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The generosity of these sponsors allowed for 20 very special guests to kick off the holidays and enjoy tickets to the Tea Party Luncheon followed by the Sunday Matinée of The Nutcracker ballet! Companies like theirs assist us in being a part of a community that cares!!!

Very Special Thanks

2017 Nutcracker Tea Party Sponsors:

Nylok LLC &

Ashton Automotive Testing Inc

Glad our friends from ALL THE WORLD’S

A STAGE were able to join us and perform; what an awesome addition to this wonderful VIP Event:

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NUTCRACKER 2017 SUPPORTERS: Corporate Supporters

Bianchi’s Salon, CNA Financial, Mt. Clemens Bakery, Red Velvet Cakes & Pastries, Sweet City Cupcakes,

That’s How I Dough and Zerilli’s Bakery

Ruby Level Supporters

The Altman Family, The Borngesser Family and The Catherwood Family

Sapphire Level Supporters

The Allen Family, The Bazzy Family, The Borowy Family, The Cole Family, The DeRosa Family, The Hojnoski Family, The Iwasko Family, The Jacques Family,

The Kerr-Luckhurst Family, The Koshurba Family, The Marquette Family, The McCauley Family, The McFadden Family, The Meteer Family,

The Orlando Family, The Partyka Family, The Saje Family, The Sanderson Family, The Sierens Family, The Sievert Family, The Sisak-Seal Family, The Teolis Family,

The Timm Family, The White Family, The Winterfield-Woods Family, and The Wittwer Family

Pearl Level Supporters

The Apel Family, The Baroni Family, The Boitnott Family, The Cilluffo Family, The Cucinella Family, The Denard Family, The Hardy Family, The Hunt Family, The Kitchko Family, The Irwin Family, Dr. Sue Krolikowski, The LaParl Family,

The Lauchlan Family, The Nesternko Family, The Palmer Family, The Payne Family, The Quattrocchi Family, Dr. Bhimsem Rao, The Redlin Family,

The Reese-Martin Family, The Savage Family, The Scalici Family, The Shilling Family, The Sodergren Family, The Stern Family, The Trask Family, The Tremberth Family, The Weidemann-Haslett Family, The Wilczynski Family,

The Wood Family, and The Wrinkle Family

Advertising Supporters Addelia Hardwood Pros, Atlas Tile & Stone, Badalamenti-Ferlito Ortho, Comprehensive Weight Clinic & Medical Spa, Darlings Flowers & Gifts,

Expert Carpet Cleaning, Heidebreicht Chevrolet, MI Signs, Nino Salvaggio’s, Ray McKinley DDS, PC, SC Lawnscape LLC, Scoop & Twist of Macomb,

Signature Kitchen & Bath, Share Data, Sleek Studio, Underground Dance Company, and Wesner Tuxedo

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Special thanks to the family of MBC Apprentice Bethany Jacques (left). This special family teamed up with Wines for Humanity LLC and held a private fundraiser with all proceeds benefiting the Macomb Ballet Company!! Grateful for their constant support and continued kindness.

Twice annually, the MBC invites local

students to attend the ballet free of charge

in an effort to reach out to local youth who

may not otherwise have the opportunity to

be educated in, and enriched by, the world of

the performing arts. We welcomed Ms.

Gresko’s second graders from Centerline Public Schools to The Nutcracker ! Learn

more and give your classroom a chance to

see Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in May:

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A DAY AT THE BALLET

MBC participated in some great community fundraising, including Carson’s Community Days and “Pizza With a Purpose” offered by Partirdge Creek’s California Pizza Kitchen.

Carson’s

Community Days

Helpers

Performing to live music with the Macomb Symphony Orchestra was a unique and memorable experience for these dancers. Glad to have been included, and hope to have more opportunities like this in the future.

Where will you be doing your summer training? Grand Rapids Ballet Company & Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp will be holding auditions this winter for their summer intensive, and we're glad to be one of the hosting sites!

Grand Rapids Ballet Sunday, January 21, 2018 1:30-2 pm – Registration 2-3:30pm – AuditionMore Information: http://www.grballet.com/summer-intensives/Blue Lakes Fine Arts Camp Sunday, February 4, 2018 2:30 - 4 pm More Information: https://bluelake.org/pdf/scholarships/2018_Dance_Packet.pdf

CCA EMC Committee Student Ballet Day will be held at Wayne State University on January 27 & 28, 2018. Scholarship auditions to attend CCA International Summer School will take place on Saturday and Sunday. Visit https://www.cecchetti.org/event/cca-eastern-michigan-committee-ballet-day-teacher-refresher/ for details. Teacher Refresher will be held on Sunday, January 28, 2018.

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