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November 30, 1984/The Maroon Tiger/Page 6A
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Atlanta Ballet
This year marks the 30th an
niversary of The Nutcracker as
choreographed by the late
George Balanchine of the New
York City Ballet. The Atlanta
Ballet has been dancing
Balanchine’s version of the
famous Christmas classic for over
20 years. The 23rd Nutcracker
season for The Atlanta Ballet will
take place December 7-23 at the
Fox Theatre.
In 1962, The Atlanta Ballet
received sole permission to use
Balanchine’s Nutcracker
choreography. Today, only a
select number of companies
perform his acclaimed produc
tion. Atlanta Ballet Artistic Direc
tor Robert Barnett, who danced
as a soloist with the New York
City Ballet for eight years under
George Balanchine, was the
original Candy Cane in
Balanchine’s first Nutcracker in
1954.
For 15 days and nights in
December, Atlanta audiences
will take a magical journey to a
fantasy world of dancing candy
canes, dueling toy soldiers, giant
mice, sugar plum fairies, and
swirling snowflakes. Elaborate
set designs, including a gigantic
Christmas tree which grows to
enormous heights, will adorn the
Fox Theatre stage. (The tree is
made possible by a special major
gift from BankSouth.) Ap
proximately 150 different
costumes will be worn by a cast
of 90 (40 adults and 50 children.)
The Atlanta Ballet Orchestra,
under the direction of Music
Director and Conductor John
Naskiewicz, will provide
Tchaikovsky’s celebrated
musical score.
Funding for the 1984-85 season
production of The Nutcracker
has been provided by a generous
gift from Days Inn of America,
Inc.
The Atlanta Ballet will kick off
its 1984 Nutcracker season with a
“Nutcracker Celebration”
following the opening night per
formance.
Friday, December 7
Egyptian Ballroom
10:00 pm
Fox Theatre
The celebration recognizes
the 30th anniversary of
Balanchine’s Nutcracker which
has come to be a holiday tradi
tion in Atlanta. Guests will be
transported to the famous “Land
of Sweets” with orchestral music,
dancing and a scrumptious array
of desserts. Tickets for the “Nut
cracker Celebration” are $12.50
and are available by calling The
Atlanta Ballet at (404) 873-5811.
Morehouse-Spelman
The 58th Annual Morehouse-
Spelman Christmas Carol Con
cert will be presented on Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday,
November 30, December 1, and
2, 1984, in the Martin Luther
King, Jr. International Chapel.
All performances will be at 8:00
p.m.
Dr Wendell P. Whalum, Fuller
E. Callaway professor of Music
and Chairman of the Depart
ment of Music at Morehouse
College and Dr. Roland Allison,
Chairman of the Department of
Music at Spelman College will be
in command of the combined
college glee clubs which will
feature carols from many lands
— a part of every concert since
Glee Club
the founding. Traditional Christ
mas spirituals will include
“Behold the Star," arranged by
William Dawson; “New Born,"
arranged by John Work; and
“Mary Had a Baby,” arranged by
Whalum. The program will con
clude with the audience and
chorus singing the traditional
“Go Tell It On The Mountain."
Bush Gardens
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — The
road to fame for aspiring per
formers in 17 eastern and
midwestern cities may well began
when talent scouts from Busch
Gardens, The Old Country, held
auditions beginning Nov. 17 for
240 entertainers, technicians and
stage managers for the
European-themed park’s 1985
season.
Busch Gardens’ Entertainment
Manager Linda Searls and her
staff are looking for singers and
dancers for the park’s German,
Italian, Country and Broadway-
style shows; musicians and varie
ty artists, actors and actresses,
technicians and stage managers.
The Old Country is rapidly
establishing itself in respected
circles as a leading “farm-
system” for the high-powered
reaches of Broadway, television
and stage, according to Searls.
“Almost every year, one of our
performers hits the big time,”
she said. “Many Busch Gardens’
alumni have been in Broadway
productions, commercialsand in
major motion pictures.”
According to Sears, young
performers often think the best
route to success is directly via the
streets of Los Angeles or New
York. "That simply isn’t the
case,” she said. “Busch Gardens’
performers enter a fast-paced
environment in which they can
truly test their talents and rise to
the maximum.”
In addition, park entertainers
often make TV appearances,
perform at special events and
appear in a variety of parades
and shows.
“Busch Gardens’ six-month
season gives young performers
invaluable experience and a
first-hand opportunity to dis
cover if their long-range career
goals are in show business,” said
Searls.
In addition to the Valuable
exposure, performers can also
take advantage of free classes in
all forms of dance, vocal instruc
tion and instrumental arranging;
participate in choral, band, jazz
and dance concerts; and take
part in every stage of fully
theatrical productions.
Auditions will be conducted
on a first-come, first-served basis
in Harrisonburg, Va.; Richmond,
Va.; Greensboro, N.C.;
Winchester, Va.; Pittsburgh, Pa.;
Columbus, Ohio; Cincinnati,
Ohio; Bloomington, Ind.;
Champaign-Urbana, III;
Washington, D.C.; Philadephia,
Pa.; New York City, N.Y.; Boston,
Mass.; St. Louis, Mo.; Chicago,
III.; Atlanta, Ga. and
Williamsburg, Va.
Performers attending the
auditions should be at least 18
years of age and be available for
full-time seasonal employment.
Audition presentation should be
limited to two minutes, but
performers should be prepared
to present additional material
upon request.
The entertainment shows stag
ed at Busch Gardens are per
formed an average of six times
daily, with as many as 400 total
performances during the park’s
season.
Busch Gardens, The Old
Country, is a 360-acre family
entertainment park featuring
eight authentically detailed 17th
century European hamlets. The
park offers rides, shows, enter
tainment, shops and restaurants.
Located three miles east of
historic Williamsburg, Busch
Gardens is a two-and-one-half-
hour drive from Washington,
D.C., and an hour drive from
Richmond and Norfolk, Va. For
more information call Kristine
Brill at 314-982-1786.
MANUSCRIPTS INVITED: POETRY AND FICTION
Agnes Scott Writers’ Festival
April 3, 1985
Prizes of $100 each for best poem and best story
‘Contributors must be enrolled in Georgia college or university.
‘No more than 5 typed pages of poetry accepted.
‘No more than 2 stories (total 5,000 words) accepted.
‘Works entered must not have been published except in campus
magazines or newspapers.
‘Only manuscripts accompanied by SASE will be returned.
‘No contestant may win either prize more than twice.
DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 13, 1985
Mail entries to:
Agnes Scott Writers’ Festival
Department of English
Box 979, Agnes Cott College
Decatur, Georgia 30030
Author Gives $10,000
New York, N.Y. — In an
unusual and generous gesture, a
New York writer and attorney
has donated $10,000, in order to
stimulate widespread debate on
how worldwide peace and
justice may be achieved in our
time.
Stuart M. Speiser is the author
of more than twenty books, the
latest of which is How to End the
Nuclear Nightmare, published in
September by New Rivers Press
and distributed by Dodd, Mead.
In that book, he develops one
approach to reducing the con
flict between the United States
and the Soviet Union.
Eager to find other ap-
proahces, Speiser conceived
the idea of the year-long essay
contest, which is administered
by the Council on International
and Public Affairs, in New York.
The prize money will go to the
writer of a 5,000-word essay on
the following topic;
How we can, without adopting
socialism or giving up our
treasured freedoms, modify
American capitalism to make it
more equitable, and to reduce
the level of ideological conflict
with the Soviet Union, so as to
make possible an end to the
nuclear nightmare..
Anyone anywhere in the
world — except officers,
trustees, and employees of the
Council on International and
Public Affairs — is eligible to
enter. Essays must be post
marked by December 31, 1985.
It is not necessary to buy or
read Speiser’s book to enter
the contest. Essays may be
devoted to suggestions for im
proving or changing the plan
presented by Speiser, or they
may advocate fundamentally
new ideas related to the topic of
ending the nuclear nightmare.
The Council on International
and Public Affairs is solely
responsible for administering
the contest. For more details,
contest rules, and the required
entry forms, send a stamped,
self-addressed envelope to:
Speiser Essay Contest, Council
on International and Public
Affairs, 777 United Nations Plaza,
New York, NY 10017.