Reply To: A Child’s Edenic Dream: “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy”
Addendum…though I mention the regional ballet company…my true love of dance began with my tap mentor Beale Fletcher and his wife Peggy…a beautiful ballet and ballroom dancer…
Peggy was all about heart…and hers was the first nutcracker I experienced rolling out from under Mother Ginger’s dress and being in the festive party scene…Peggy even painted the scenery for the Nutcracker at Fletcher School of Dance and headed the Land of the Sky Ballet. She was from the old country of Scotland, though she also became a member of the Royal Canadian Ballet. Beale was a vaudevillian in the day…so stories there! Loved these two dearly! Unforgettable!