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St. Augustine Community Nutcracker on stage Dec. 16-18

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Porcelain dolls, marching soldiers, a dancing Nutcracker, and a Christmas Eve fete will be just some of the popular scenes recreated in this year’s deportment of The Nutcracker ballet, on stage by more than 60 neighbourhood dance students.

This holiday favorite will be performed at 7 p.m. Dec. 16-17, and at 2 p.m. Dec. 18 in Flagler College Auditorium, 14 Granada St., downtown St. Augustine.

This year’s mould includes 63 students representing 16 Saint Johns County schools as well as a few of homeschoolers.

Other special performers include current college graduate Jessica Lengyel dancing as Dewdrop, and Philip McDaniel making his Nutcracker come out as Mother Ginger.

New to the production will be professional ballet dancers Yosbel Delgado-Hernandez from Lustig Social Theatre in New Jersey, and Orlando Molina, formerly of Orlando Ballet and currently with the Centre For Romp Education at Atlanta Ballet.

Local celebrities in Act One allow for Joe and Jane Boles, Jennifer Dournaux, Chelsea Hilding, Sheryl Lepera, Tommy Bledsoe, Georgia Garrett, Todd and Katherine Batenhorst, and James and Kassie McCune.

Source: St. Augustine Record

Get crafty about gifts

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The crafters are back in a big way for the Castleberry Faire Arts and Artfulness Festival taking place at the Shriner's Auditorium, 99 Fordham Route in Wilmington, Nov. 25-27.

This three-day event includes over 250 craftsmen and artisans, working in delftware, scarves, tapestry, jewelry, candles, wood, quilts, basketry, photography, painted antiques, metal figurine, doll clothes, ceramics, soap, wall hangings, puppets, braids accessories, hats, primitive and folk art, stone remedy, carved birds, soft sculpture, Victorian wreaths, leather, oil paintings, calligraphy, silk & dried floral arrangements, plunder, watercolors, slate, ornaments, porcelain dolls, cameos, music boxes, quilt-pillows, aromatherapy, snowmen, smell, stained glass, lampshades, old maps, recreation plaques, miniatures, intarsia, chimes, wearable art, blown plate glass and more.

Be ready for a "food sampling" extravaganza, with herbal dips, sauces, jams and jellies, candies, peanut insecure, fudge, vinegars, pastry, oils, salsas, chutney, jerky, baked goods, coffees and more.

Source: Eagle Tribune