Nut cracker

Last night M and l had the delight of seeing our 6 year old grandson, along with rest of his primary school, perform in an excerpt from the Nut Cracker in the local town hall.
480 inner city school kids between the ages of 3 and 11 kept us spell bound for 40 minutes in a fantastic performance. This was the brain child of world famous choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne, who had spent his young years at this primary school in the east end of London. He put two of his most experienced dancers from his company into the school for 6 weeks, they mingled with pupils and teachers, and as the headteacher said "became part of the school community", they coached the children from an enormous range of backgrounds and cultures, abilities and ages to a superb level - what a feat- and all looked so happy and pleased to be taking part. What a thing to talk about in later life.

Afterwards, as a family, we all met up for a pizza and a drink, such a lovely evening.

My photo shows part of the nutcracker - no photos of the children - a child protection thing.