MODESTO  The Nutcracker with Central West Ballet,  December 9, 10, 11, 16, 17 & 18, 2011

Gallo Center for the Arts
1000 I St.
Modesto, CA
(877) 488-3380
galloarts.org
Cost: $15 -45 approx.

December 9, 7 p.m.
December 10, 2 p.m.
December 11, 2 p.m.
December 16, 7 p.m.
December 17, 2 p.m.
December 18, 2 p.m.

Performing the Nutcracker, an annual tradition, at Gallo Center for the Arts, Mary Stuart Rogers Theater, the annual event is community celebration embraced by young and old alike.  The perfect musical fantasy travels through music and dance with Clara,  Sugar Plum Fairies, The Nutcracker and a kingdom of colorful characters. 

Central West Ballet was created in 1987.  In 2004 former Ballet West dancers Rene Daveluy and Leslie Ann Larson assumed leadership of the Company.  Some productions have included and to be produced include Romeo & Juliet, The Rat Pack and Swan Lake.  

Central West Ballet, 5039 Pentecost Dr., Modesto CA. Call:  (209) 576-8957. centralwestballet.com

The Mary Stuart Rogers Theater is an amazing venue that seats up to 1,250 people-- 945 patrons at the orchestra and parterre levels, and 305 patrons in the balcony. The theater accommodates classical music concerts and theater with an audience chamber designed to provide sufficient volume in the hall to develop the degree of reverberation needed for classical music (1.7-1.9 seconds at mid-frequency, occupied). An ability to  tune the room acoustics gives a great range of control and choice to theater directors, conductors, and performers.

In keeping with the classical music acoustic objectives, a traditional shoebox shape with maximum width of 97 feet tapers in to approx. 72 feet between the side walls,  favorable with respect to directing early sound reflections towards the center portions of the orchestra seating areas.