Holiday Stamps Perform Live!
Postal Service and Milwaukee Ballet Bring Nutcrackers to Life
What:
The Holiday Nutcracker Stamps will be dedicated at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts during Opening Night for Milwaukee Ballet’s annual holiday tradition, Michael Pink’s “The Nutcracker.”
Who:
Michael Pink, Milwaukee Ballet Artistic Director
Charley Miller, Milwaukee Postmaster
When:
Friday, December 12, 2008
7:30 p.m.
Where:
Marcus Center for the Performing Arts
Uihlein Hall
929 N. Water Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53202
Background:
The Holiday Nutcrackers stamps will come to life during the opening ceremony of the 16-day run of the Milwaukee Ballet’s “The Nutcracker.” Nutcrackers have been around for centuries. They range from simple utilitarian devices to elaborate collectibles, with a host of creations that fall in between. During the winter holiday season, nutcrackers of all shapes and sizes are familiar sights in toy stores, on Christmas trees, on mantel pieces, on book and magazine covers, and in performance venues such as The Nutcracker” ballet.
Four eye-catching nutcracker designs — Santa (or “Father Christmas”), a king, a captain, and a drummer — add colorful, humorous touches to winter holiday correspondence in 2008. The 42-cent, Holiday Nutcrackers has four images that were designed by Derry Noyes of Washington, DC.
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