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Presentation BVM School’s annual Christmas Bazaar this Friday and Saturday

November 30th, 2022 | By Ryan Genova

Presentation BVM School will host its annual Christmas Bazaar on Friday from 10:00am to 2:00pm and on Saturday from 9:00am to 5:00pm at 100 Old Soldiers Road, Cheltenham. The event will feature local vendors, crafts, sweets, children’s games and activities, 50/50 raffles, coffee treats, face painting and more. Santa will arrives at 12:00pm and will be available for purchased pictures. The school’s kitchen will be offering homemade chili and soups, hoagies, hot dogs, pizza, meatballs, fries, and nachos. For more information about Presentation BVM School, you can click here .

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Christmas Bazaar

December 3, 2022 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.

Presentation BVM Christmas Bazaar

Experience raffles, sweets, 50/50, vendors, games, Santa, and face-painting

Enjoy homemade soups, chili, meatballs, plus hoagies, pizza, sandwiches, hot dogs, and a coffee bar

Lunch and pictures with Santa on Saturday from Noon until 2 pm

When: Friday, December 2 nd , 10 am – 2 pm

Saturday, December 3 rd , 9 am – 5 pm

Where: Presentation BVM Church Hall

100 Old Soldiers Road, Cheltenham, PA

T H E  N U T C R A C K E R  

M U S I C : Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky L I B R E T T O : Victor Smirnov-Golovanov V E R S I O N  AND  D I R E C T I O N : Victor Smirnov-Golovanov C H O R E O G R  A P H Y : Victor Smirnov-Golovanov after the original of Marius Petipa D E S I G N E R : Natalia Povago C O S T U M E S : Elisaveta Dvorkina

RUNNING TIMES:  ACT 1: 55 minutes; ACT 2: 55 minutes;

A C T   O N E  SCENE 1

Dr Silbergaus hosts a Christmas Eve party for his daughter Clara.  The guest of honour is Clara’s Godfather Drosselmeyer, arriving with gifts for the young girl, including a book entitled The Nutcracker & the Mouse King.  Clara becomes enthralled with the book as other guests arrive and admire the Christmas tree. Drosselmeyer appears as Santa Clause, with toys for the children and carnival masks for the adults.  Later, he surprises everyone by appearing as a magician.   He orders mechanical toys to be brought into the room.  At the wave of his wand, three puppets appear – a Nutcracker, a Doll, and a Mouse King.  

The Nutcracker starts dancing declaring he can gain victory over everyone.  Everybody joins in the dancing, except Clara who watches the Mouse King come to life and challenge the Nutcracker for the right to dance with the Doll. The Nutcracker and Mouse King are soon fighting, and Clara realises this is just what she read in her book.  The Doll throws a slipper at the fighting pair, who stop just as Drosselmeyer re-appears.  The guests congratulate him on a wonderful show.   Clara’s brother Fritz challenges the Nutcracker to a duel.   In the ensuing fight, the Nutcracker is wounded. Fritz is punished, and the toys are covered up.   Clara is comforted by her Godfather, who tells her that she will see more later that night.   

The guests depart, thanking the host Dr. Silbergaus.  Clara sits in her darkened room with the damaged Nutcracker.  She wonders what her Godfather had meant ….what surprises will be in store for her.   Soon she is awakened by a strange rattling noise. “Mice,” thinks Clara. But these are not ordinary mice they are dressed to celebrate Christmas.  She tries to escape when the clock strikes midnight, the mice are still and Clara sees her Godfather sitting on top of the clock. When she begs him for help Drosselmeyer takes her in his arms.   

As the Christmas tree begins to grow, the Nutcracker comes back to life. He leaps to his feet and calls upon his friends to help fight the mice.  An army of toy soldiers appear.  At the height of the battle, Clara hurls her slipper it at the Mouse King who is knocked down.   Clara faints.   As darkness returns, Drosselmeyer covers Clara and the Nutcracker with a shawl. Minutes later, Clara reawakens to find she has become a beautiful Princess and as her Godfather lifts the shawl, she sees the Nutcracker has turned into a handsome Prince.  She is overcome with joy and hugs her Godfather as the Prince beckons her to follow him.     

A C T  O N E

As Clara sleeps, Drosselmeyer appears and transforms the room into a pine forest.  It starts to snow and Clara awakens and stares in amazement at the magical sight.

A C T  T W O

Drosselmeyer appears and completes the transformation – flowers appear everywhere.

Clara arrives with the Nutcracker Prince.   She is overjoyed but fails to notice that Drosselmeyer has transformed himself into a young man.  The Flower Fairy appears and hears the Nutcracker boast about his defeat of the Mouse King.   Drosselmeyer is upset by this and once again conjures up the Mouse King.  The fight resumes and the Nutcracker faces defeat.   Clara begs her Godfather to help and with a final wave of his wand a crown of flowers appears on the Mouse King’s head!   The Nutcracker thanks Drosselmeyer for his help and they both ask Clara to dance.  Amazed to see how similar they now look, Clara chooses to dance with the Nutcracker.   Her Godfather feels rejected and turns himself back into the Magician.    Dawn breaks and as the Kingdom of the Flowers fades, Clara finds herself back in the family living room.   She rushes to uncover the Nutcracker but under the clock she finds only a basket of flowers.

International Ballet, Dance & Opera Impresario

Archived Tours

Tour details, earlier tours.

June: The Russian Ballet of St Petersburg Giselle and Swan Lake The premiere visit of the company to the UK took place at the Wolverhampton Grand where the critics said :- “these splendid dancers took the house by storm” The Birmingham Post 1997

February: The Latvian National Opera Nabucco and La Boheme

April: The St Petersburg Ballet Theatre Don Quixote and Giselle The premiere of this new young company took place in Belfast Grand Opera House, and the Press said: “Classic Ballet performed the way it was intended” Belfast Telegraph (Giselle)

October: The National Ballet of Latvia La Sylphide 1998

April: The Polish Opera companies from Wroclaw and Lodz Nabucco and La Traviata

April/May: St Petersburg Ballet Theatre Don Q , Giselle, and their new Swan Lake Return visits by two Ballet companies

June: The National Ballet of Latvia The Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake

October: The Hungarian Opera of Szeged Tosca and Il Barbieri di Siviglia 1999

February:St Petersburg Ballet Theatre Premiere of The Nutcracker

February/November: The Polish State Opera of Wroclaw La Traviata, Aida and Nabucco

December: The Russian Ballet of St Petersburg Under the artistic direction of Alexandr Bruskin this company made its second visit to the UK where it welcomed the Millennium at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast with Swan Lake

May/June: The Polish State Opera of Wroclaw Aida and La Traviata To great acclaim the company returned for its fourth visit with sold-out performances of these two Verdi masterpieces.

August: Igor Zelensky International Russian ballet star IGOR ZELENSKY, with a group of 7 other Russian star dancers, made a British debut with his own Gala show at the new Lowry in Salford.

November: The Polish State Opera of Wroclaw Tosca

December: The Russian Ballet of St Petersburg 2001

january/February: St Petersburg Ballet Theatre Swan Lake, The Nutcracker

February/March: Viva Verdi

May: The Polish State Opera of Wroclaw La Boheme and Tosca

November/December: The Polish State Opera Krakow Carmen

November/December: St Petersburg Ballet Theatre Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty (premiere) 2002

January/February: St Petersburg Ballet Theatre Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty

January: St Petersburg Ballet Theatre The Sleeping Beauty at Royal Albert Hall

April: The Latvian National Ballet La Sylphide and Coppélia at Salford Lowry

May: The Polish State Opera of Wroclaw Aida and La Traviata

October/November: The Russian State Opera of Rostov Production of “Madama Butterfly” (premiere)

November/December: St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle

December: St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre Swan Lake Royal Albert Hall

December: The Latvian National Ballet The Nutcracker at Salford Lowry (UK Premiere) 2003

January/February: The St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle

January/February: The Russian State Opera of Rostov Madama Butterfly

March/April: The Latvian National Ballet Swan Lake

November: The Russian State Opera of Rostov Eugene Onegin, Barber of Seville

November/December: The St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle 2004

November/December: The St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, La Bayadere

January/February: The St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, La Bayadere

October-December: The St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre Stars of SPBT Gala, Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty

January/February: The St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre Stars of SPBT Gala, Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty

October/November: The Russian State Opera of Rostov La Traviata and Madama Butterfly

October: The St Petersburg Ballet Theatre, Paris debut Swan Lake, Theatre Champs Elysees

October-December: The St Petersburg Ballet Theatre Stars of SPBT Gala, Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty

December: Kiev Classical Orchestra (London, Cadogan Hall) Christmas Concert of Tchaikovsky and Strauss

December/January: Cardiff Christmas Ballet with Kiev Classical Ballet Nutcracker, Peter and the Wolf/Carnival of the Animals, Romeo and Juliet

January: Kiev Classical Orchestra and Singers (London, Cadogan Hall) Opera Gala

January/February: The St Petersburg Ballet Theatre Stars of SPBT Gala, Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty

June/July: Peter Schaufuss DIVAS Music of Piaf, Dietrich and Garland

July: Mikhailovsky Ballet at London Coliseum (debut) Spartacus, Giselle, Triple Bill and Divertissements

November/December: Moscow City Ballet Nutcracker, Cinderella

December: St Petersburg Ballet Theatre Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty

December: Kiev Classical Ballet Peter & The Wolf, Carnival of the Animals, Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Snow White

January: Kiev Classical Ballet Nutcracker, Swan Lake

January/February: Moscow City Ballet Romeo & Juliet, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Nutcracker

January/February: St Petersburg Ballet Theatre Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty

May: St Petersburg Ballet Theatre Irina Kolesnikova – La Bayadere (London Coliseum)

May: St Petersburg Ballet Irina Kolesnikova – La Bayadere & Swan Lake (Theatre des Champs Elysees)

July: Anastasia Volochkova Nerve (London Coliseum)

July/August: Chun Yi The Legend of Kung Fu (London Coliseum)

October/November: St Petersburg Ballet Theatre Irina Kolesnikova – Don Quixote, Giselle (Theatre des Champs Elysees)

December: St Petersburg Ballet Theatre Giselle, Swan Lake, Don Quixote 2010

January/February: Moscow City Ballet Romeo & Juliet, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker, Swan Lake

May/June: St Petersburg Ballet Theatre Swan Lake & Giselle

July: Mikhailvosky Ballet Swan Lake, Giselle, Laurencia, Triple Bill & Divertissements (London Coliseum)

August: Caracalla Dance Theatre Zayed & The Dream (London Coliseum)

November/December: Moscow City Ballet Swan Lake, Romeo & Juliet, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty

December: Russian Patriarchate Choir Aberdeen, Dunfermline, Birmingham, Poole

January: St Petersburg Ballet Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty

January/February: Moscow City Ballet Swan Lake, Romeo & Juliet, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty

April: Saisons Russes du XXI siecle Diaghilev Festival (London Coliseum)

July: Peter Schaufuss Dance with Ivan Vasiliev & Natalia Osipova Romeo & Juliet (London Coliseum)

August: Teatro Eliseo Latin-Neapolitan Musical Napoletango (London Coliseum)

November/December: Moscow City Ballet Nutcracker, Swan Lake

January-March: Moscow City Ballet Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Romeo & Juliet, Giselle

April: Eifman Ballet of Saint Petersburg Anna Karenina and Onegin (London Coliseum)

July: Peter Schaufuss Dance, Irek Mukhamedov and Alban Lendorf Tchaikovsky Trilogy (London Coliseum)

July: Saisons Russes du XX1e siècle Maris Liepa Gala (London Coliseum)

July: Los Vivancos Aeternum (London Coliseum debut)

July: Moscow Stanislawsky Ballet London Coliseum debut

July: Saisons Russes du XX1e siècle Cleopatra and Diaghilev Festival (London Coliseum)

July: Shanghai Ballet Jane Eyre (UK Premiere)

November/December: Moscow City Ballet Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Romeo & Juliet 2014

January-March: Moscow City Ballet Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Romeo & Juliet, Giselle

April: Monte Carlo Ballet LAC (Swan Lake) (London Coliseum)

April: Eifman Ballet Rodin and Anna Karenina (London Coliseum)

July: Saisons Russes XX1 century Le Coq d’Or and Diaghilev Festival (London Coliseum)

April: Monte Carlo Ballet Romeo et Juliette (London Coliseum)

August: Queensland Ballet La Sylphide (London Coliseum)