The Nutcracker

The traditional Christmas ballet dance program, "The Nutcracker", was being presented in nearby Edinburg, Texas, which is here in the Valley about 10 miles from where we are staying in the Palm Shadows RV Park. We had our choice of an evening performance or an afternoon matinee. We decided to take in the 2:00 PM performance on Saturday afternoon.



The production was put on by the Edinburg Dance Theatre at the University of Texas Pan American Fine Arts Auditorium, pictured below.


Th University of Texas Pan American campus appears to be fairly new. All of the buildings are new and very modern, including the Fine Arts Auditorium.

The production was very well done with really nice costumes. Carole and I both enjoyed the performance very much. I had not seen a production of "The Nutcracker" before, but Carole has seen it presented many times before. I was a little surprised that there were no speaking or singing parts . . . it was totally music and dance. Carole found it hard to believe I was so "theatrically uneducated". Oh well, I'm just a country boy.

Of course, after the show, we just had to go for Chinese.