#FOOTLIGHT DANCE HAILEY ID PROFESSIONAL#

#FOOTLIGHT DANCE HAILEY ID PROFESSIONAL#

Hilarie, who’s career as a professional dancers first brought her to Sun Valley to perform and teach in 1979, instructs the young local dancers on their parts. Volunteers also help with a variety of tasks, including helping with the set during the day of the performance. The group of dancers then rehearses with a local teacher until the show arrives. Local children then try out and are selected for parts and as understudies. The traveling dance company first comes to town three months before the performance. “It’s a wonderfully unique experience,” Hilarie said, explaining how a touring company like Eugene Ballet brings the Nutcracker to the Wood River Valley, something that has happened intermittently since 1993. Thanks, however, to the efforts of Footlight Dance and the support of the College of Southern Idaho, we’re lucky to have the Nutcracker come to us again this year. While places as small as Twin Falls and as large as New York City offer performances of the Nutcracker every year, we usually have to travel to see it. It’s something the whole community, people of all ages, can enjoy.” “It’s a familiar story and the music is so beautiful. “The Nutcracker is a traditional ballet that has been a vehicle to introduce young children and families to dance for decades,” said Hilarie, who founded Footlight Dance Centre in 1984.

“It is a special holiday tradition for many families,” said Hilarie Neely, the director of Footlight Dance Centre, who trains the local dancers for their roles. The Eugene Ballet Company will lead the performance with the help of over 50 local dancers. This year, we’re lucky to have the classic tale performed locally at the Wood River Performing Arts Center on the Community Campus, this Sunday night, December 8 th at 6:30pm. It’s little wonder why the Nutcracker Ballet has been a popular holiday tradition around the world for more than a century. All set to the timeless and enchanting music of Tchaikovsky. A young heroine and her prince pass through the Land of Snow on their way to see the Sugar Plum Fairy in the Land of Sweets. Please leave your dog at home.A festive family Christmas Eve drifts into an epic battle with the Mouse King. *No dogs are allowed at the parade for the sake of the sheep and the safety of spectators. Our 2022 riderless horse honors Baxter Black, Gary Crowe, Marlene Guerry, Leon Jauregui, Jean Siddoway and Raymond Talbott.

The parade includes historic sheep wagons and participants from the Folklife Fair, each identified by sign-bearing dancers from the Footlight Dance Centre.Ī riderless horse will again be a part of the Trailing of the Sheep Parade in memoriam of those we have lost in our sheep family this year. Most of Faulkner's sheep run in the Smokey Mountains at the head of the South Fork of the Boise River, in the hills behind Featherville and Fairfield and through the Wood River Valley north into the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. It has been headquartered in Gooding, Idaho since 1933. They are assisted by Sheep Manager John Etchart. John Faulkner, a third-generation sheep rancher, first with his father and two brothers and now with his sons, Mike and Jack, has run the sheep operation since 1956. The hosts of this year's sheep for the Parade are the men and women of Faulkner Land & Livestock. 1,500 sheep parade down Ketchum's Main Street with sheep ranching family members and herders headed south. Join an authentic trailing of the sheep down Ketchum's Main Street as part of their annual migration to winter pastures. With Faulkner Land and Livestock Sheep Sunday, October 9, 2022

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