The San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band presents
2008 Dance-Along Nutcracker®: Bah Humbug!

Starring Trauma Flintstone and Donna Sachet

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum
701 Mission Street (@ 3rd) in San Francisco

Information: http://www.sflgfb.org/dancealong.html  Phone: (415) 255-1355
Box Office: http://www.ybca.org/tickets  Phone: (415) 978-ARTS (2787).
Tickets:
Opening Night Gala: Sat., December 13 at 7 p.m.: $50
Daytime shows: 2:30 pm, Sat., December 13 & 11 am & 3 pm, Sun., December 14: $24 adults/ $16 children & seniors


When Clara’s scroogey Uncle Drosselmeyer “Bah Humbugs” the family party, a bevy of ghosts give him a good haunting and teach him the true meaning of the holidays.

At the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band’s 2008 Dance-Along Nutcracker, you’ll follow Uncle Drosselmeyer beyond the grave, dance with the Fezziwigs at the company party and pirouette with Clara and Fritz at the Stahlbaum’s big do.

A San Francisco tradition for more than 2 decades. It’s the bash with panache!


Highlights:

· Trauma Flintstone, “femcee” of Martuni’s renowned Bijou revue, stars as Uncle Drosselmeyer.

· Donna Sachet, radio and TV personality and host of the Sunday's a Drag Brunch at Harry Denton's Starlight Room, stars has the Ghost of Marley.

· Directing is Guest Conductor Jadine Louie, Artistic Director Emeritus of the Band and dubbed the “perfect deadpan” and “spiritual center” of the Dance-Along Nutcracker by the San Francisco Chronicle.

· San Francisco Opera Ballet veteran Carolyn Carvajal choreographs the feature dance numbers and dances as Mrs. Fezziwig.

· The Opening Night Gala features a cocktail party with dancing to the big band sound of City Swing fronted by jazz singer Joyce Grant, great-great niece of Scott Joplin.

· Corinne Levy, a veteran of Beach Blanket Babylon, returns to the Dance-Along Nutcracker to dance as Clara.

· All shows feature Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite and other music performed by the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band, named the Official Band of the City.

Tired of letting professional dancers have all the fun? The Dance-Along Nutcracker lets the audience concoct its own choreography beneath the spotlights of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. While the Band performs Nutcracker favorites like Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Waltz of the Flowers and Russian Trepak, sugar plum wannabes leap and pirouette about the dance floor. Tutu rentals and fairy wands are available for those with nothing to wear. Wallflowers have as much fun as dancers.

What the Critics Say About the Dance-Along Nutcracker
“Inspired foolishness, tomfoolery on a grand and witty scale… and the band was superb.” – San Francisco Chronicle

“It’s the best, most hilarious and most participatory Nutcracker around.” –San Francisco Frontiers Magazine

"…one of this city's most delightfully idiosyncratic events." – Wall Street Journal

"Women spin, men cavort and children leap… It is utterly ridiculous." –SF Weekly

"If more people find out about this thing, they'll have to rent the Cow Palace." – San Francisco Chronicle

For more information, check out www.sflgfb.org/dancealong.html.

The SFLGFB is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, proud to be sponsored in part by Grants for the Arts of the San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund, the San Francisco Arts Commission, Betty’s List (www.bettyslist.com) and the Jon Sims Endowment Fund for the Performing Arts (www.jsef.org) .