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2009 DANCE-ALONG NUTCRACKER®: BLAZING NUTCRACKERS!

2009 DANCE-ALONG NUTCRACKER

At the 2009 Dance-Along Nutcracker®: Blazing Nutcrackers! we send Clara on Adventures Through the Wild West. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, December 12 & 13, 2009

Dance-Along Nutcracker® is a fun way for kids to kick off the holiday season
SF EXAMINER.COM


Press Archives

Media CoveragePress Releases

The sound of Pride: San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band turns 30 at Pride
BAY AREA REPORTER

AUDIENCE IS THE STAR IN THE DANCE-ALONG NUTCRACKER® WITH MUSIC AND FUN FOR ALL AGES [MORE]

DANCE-ALONG NUTCRACKER® GALA IS GREAT WAY TO KICK OFF THE HOLIDAY SEASON [MORE]

MUSIC, DANCE, AND COMEDY COMBINE TO MAKE DANCE- ALONG NUTCRACKER® AN ENTERTAINMENT EXTRAVAGANZA [MORE]

SF Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band Presents The Official September Concert [MORE]

JADINE LOUIE RETURNS AS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF SAN FRANCISCO LESBIAN/GAY FREEDOM BAND
After a three-year hiatus, Jadine Louie, Best of the Bay winner for music education, returns to take the podium as Artistic Director/Conductor of the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band, the first openly LGBT community music group in the world.
[MORE]

Cal Band Director Robert Calonico Conducts SF Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band in “BANDANCING” [MORE]

DROSSELMEYER GETS SPOOKED AT 2008 DANCE-ALONG NUTCRACKER®: BAH HUMBUG!
At the 2008 Dance-Along Nutcracker: Bah Humbug! crazy clockmaker Uncle Drosselmeyer gets a good haunting from a bevy of ghosts when he turns down Clara´s Christmas party.
[PSA/Calendar Listing]
[Press Release]

DONNA SACHET & TRAUMA FLINTSTONE STAR IN 2008 DANCE-ALONG NUTCRACKER®: BAH HUMBUG!
In this year´s twist on the Nutcracker story, Donna Sachet appears as the haggard ghost in fabulous outfits, and Trauma Flintstone plays scroogey Uncle Drosselmeyer, who´s haunted by his past when he refuses Clara´s invitation to the Stahlbaum Christmas party.
[MORE]

JADINE LOUIE NAMED GUEST CONDUCTOR OF 2008 DANCE-ALONG NUTCRACKER®: BAH HUMBUG!
Longtime Dance-Along Nutcracker mastermind and Best of the Bay winner Jadine Louie directs the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band´s 2008 Dance-Along Nutcracker: Bah Humbug!
[MORE]

CITY SWING WITH JOYCE GRANT JAZZES UP GALA PERFORMANCE OF 2008 DANCE-ALONG NUTCRACKER®: BAH HUMBUG!
City Swing, the classic, 18-piece big band fronted by Joyce Grant, performs Les Brown´s jazzed up Nutcracker Suite and other swing favorites at the Gala performance of the 2008 Dance-Along Nutcracker: Bah Humbug!
[MORE]

August 7, 2008 - GOLDEN GATE PARK BAND DIRECTOR GUEST CONDUCTS SAN FRANCISCO LESBIAN/GAY FREEDOM BAND
Michael L. Wirgler, Music Director and Conductor of the 126-year-old Golden Gate Park Band, guest conducts the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band for its 2008-09 Community Concert Series season opener, Bands Across the Sea.
[MORE]

July 8, 2008 - DR. ROBERTO-JUAN GONZÁLEZ STEPS DOWN AS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF SAN FRANCISCO LESBIAN/GAY FREEDOM BAND
The San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band announced that Dr. Roberto-Juan González and the Band´s Board of Directors mutually agreed to not renew his contract. [MORE]

June 19, 2008 - KRON-TV & KCBS RADIO´S "HAT LADY" – JAN WAHL TO APPEAR AT 2008 PRIDE CONCERT: "OUR MESSAGE IS MUSIC"
Jan Wahl, San Francisco´s celebrated film critic and events journalist – affectionately nicknamed the "Hat Lady" – has just agreed to appear at the Thursday performance of the 2008 Pride Concert. [MORE]

June 8, 2008 - BETTY´S LIST FOUNDER HOSTS BIRTHDAY RECEPTION AT 2008 PRIDE CONCERT
Dr. Betty L. Sullivan, LGBTQ media maven and founder of the popular website "Betty´s List" (www.bettyslist.com), toasts 30 years of queer visibility through music when she hosts the birthday-party-style reception at the Friday performance of the 2008 Pride Concert. [MORE]

April 23, 2008 - 2008 PRIDE CONCERT CELEBRATES 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF SF L/G FREEDOM BAND & LGBTQ MUSIC MOVEMENT
The San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band celebrates its 30th anniversary with the Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco and San Francisco Gay Men´s Chorus at the 2008 Pride Concert: Our Message Is Music. [MORE]

PRIDE CONCERT PSA/CALENDAR LISTING - The San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band celebrates its 30th anniversary with the Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco and San Francisco Gay Men´s Chorus at the 2008 Pride Concert: Our Message Is Music. [MORE]

Blast From The Past
BETTY'S LIST

Freedom of expression in pearls and leather
EDGE: SAN FRANCISCO

Press Release:
A String of Pearls



PSA/Calendar Listing

Sugar Plum Haze
BETTY'S LIST

Press Release: RAT-ified!, Trauma Flinstone stars in RAT-ified!, Gala featuring City Swing and vocalist Joyce Grant, PSA/Calendar Listing

Tune, out
BAY AREA REPORTER

Rhapsody in Chapultepec: Concert Press Release, PSA/Calendar Listing

Freedom Band Marches Ahead
OUT NOW MAGAZINE (p46)

With Trumpets, Fifes, and Drums: Concert Press Release, PSA/Calendar Listing

SF Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band Announces New Conductor
SF BAY TIMES

Dr. Roberto-Juan Gonzalez Appointed Artistic Director:
Press Release (English),
Press Release (Spanish)

SF L/G Freedom Band celebrates endurance
BAY AREA REPORTER

Enduring View Community Concert: Concert Press Release, PSA/Calendar Listing

What good is dancing alone in your room? SF Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band offers annual 'Dance-Along Nutcracker'
BAY AREA REPORTER

BRADLEY CONNLAIN NAMED GUEST CONDUCTOR OF 2006 DANCE-ALONG NUTCRACKER®

Welcome back, Connlain!: 'Dance-Along Nutcracker' puts on a fresh face with a guest conductor
BAY AREA REPORTER

GAIL WILSON RETURNS TO SAN FRANCISCO TO STAR IN 2006 DANCE-ALONG NUTCRACKER®: CLARA-F I E D !  (Calendar and PSA Listing Editors Click Here)

SF Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band Nabs '06 Absolutely Fabulous Overall Contingent Award
SF PRIDE

COMMUNITY TICKET RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED FOR 2006 DANCE-ALONG NUTCRACKER®

So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye!
BAY AREA REPORTER

THE BEST IS YET TO COME BIDS FAREWELL TO SF LESBIAN/GAY FREEDOM BAND CONDUCTOR JADINE LOUIE

Good night, Jadine
SF CHRONICLE

A 'Nutty' holiday dance
Luckily, talent is not a prerequisite
SF CHRONICLE

Unique Spin on the Nutcracker
Everyone's a star at S.F.'s exuberant
'Dance-Along' version
SF CHRONICLE

Cheering on San Francisco
Dance-Along Nutcracker
LA TIMES

Cracked Up Nuts
Dance To Nutcracker
SF BAY TIMES

SF's Dance-Along Nutcracker
DANCE MAGAZINE

How Various Choreographers Spent Their Holidays
ART TIMES

Traveler's journal: Nutcracker nuttiness
SUNSET MAGAZINE

 

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