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The Dance-Along Nutcracker is our

gift to each other. With audience

Dance-Along sprinkled throughout

the show, a waltz lesson for those who

are comfortable with a more

structured invitation to the dance

Aoor, and sparkling tiaras, wands and

bow ties to accessorize your costume,

everyone can join the show.

This year, we feature different styles

of dance to inspire your Dance-Along

creations: ballet, ballroom and more

performed by Ken Ludden, a.k.a.

Dear Miss Diva , Allen Habel and

members of Dance Through Time.

We're excited to present cabaret

singer Gail Wilson in special holiday

arrangements. The rendition of Santa

Baby you'll hear tonight was arranged

for her by Wayne Love to perform at

the first Dance-Along Nutcracker

thirteen years ago. Jose Sarria, a.k.a.

the Widow Norton, presents one of

his most memorable, or notorious ,

roles from his days at the Black Cat.

Even with changes and surprises each

year, the basic Dance-Along

experience remains the same. It is a

reminder that art is essential to

community life. The show gives us a

taste of what it is to be a performer .

Regardless of specific content or

technique, we can be certain that

what comes across to the audience is

how we feel about what we are doing.

Art is a way to discover what is

authentic . That seems to me a good

gift indeed.

Happy Holidays ,

Jadine Louie

Artistic Director

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FREEDOM BAND

Approaching its 20th anniver sary this

June , the San Francisco Lesbian /Cay

Freedom Band (SFLCFB) is the first

openly gay musical organization ever ,

inspiring the formation of lesbian and

gay bands , choruses and performing

troupes around the world. Founded in

1978 by Jon Sims at the height of

Anita Bryant 's anti-gay crusade , the

Band has made music to build under­

standing between gay and non-gay

communities for two decades .

Conducted by Jadine Louie , the Band

is committed to community service,

appearing 15-20 times a year in

venues ranging from the Colden Cate

Polo Fields (Bay to Breakers and

AIDS Walk) to the Gift Center

(Closet Ball) to the Tenderloin

YMCA (Senior Outreach New Year's

Day Dinner ). The Band's Community

Concert Series , a series of free , pops-

style concerts , was awarded a Special

Director's Cable Car Award in 1993,

an award for Community Well Being

in 1994, and an award for th e Dance­

Along Nutcracker '" in 1995 .

Members performed at th e San

Francisco Domestic Partners

Ceremony , the dedication of the

Hormel Cay & Lesbian Cultural

Center and th e Presidential

Inaugurals of Bill Clinton . Most

recently, th e Band performed at the

United Methodist National

C onference in San Francisco and for

the ceremony commemorating the

20th anniversary of Harvey Milk's

election into office as Supervisor.

Membership in SFLCFB is open to

everyone, regardless of sexual identi­

fication , and th ere are performance

opportunities to suit many levels of

technical proficiency .

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STAFF & VOLUNTEERS

Artistic Director Jadine Louie

Technical Director Lisa Clayton

Publicity Heidi Beeler

Financial Managemrnt David Mundy

Graphic Design Julie Ann Yuen

House Manager Anthony Santos

Sponsor Coordinator Robin Hofheinz

Decorations Robert Rayburn

Celebrity Tutu Coordination Chaz Martinez

JON SIMS CENTER STAFF

Director Lauren Hewitt

Production Facilities Manager Rick Darnell

Business Manager Maehva Roffman

INDISPENSIBLE ASSISTANCE:

Kathleen Baldwin, Bill Beiersdorfer, Yewoubdar Beyene, Susan C. Blank, Evelyn Camacho, Jerry Fishman, Milam Freitag, Terry Hill , Raymond Hong, Ken Hunter , Maggi e Le igh , Jonathan McNeil! , Craig Osterberg, Walter Pederson, Cherlyn Pranga, Melinda Price, Jerri Raimondi, Nancy Russell, Jack Stern, Carolyn Talmadge , Karen Van Dine ·

SPECIAL THANKS: Steve Rausch & Bethany Unit ed Methodist Church Nick Rendon Ill Naomi Marks Wendy Gilmore Holly Krassner and the staff at Center for the Arts

The San Francisco Lesbian /Cay Freedom Band is a program of th e Jon Sims Center for the Performing Arts, proud to be funded in part by the Horizon Foundation, Grants for the Arts of th e San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund , th e California Arts Council, and the S.F. Arts Commission Cultural Equity Endowment.

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SAN FRANCISCO LESBIAN/GAY

FREEDOM BAND

FLUTE/PICCOLO BASSOON TROMBONE

Ruth Keys Richard Sears Billy Green Lon Wright Nora Greenleaf

FLUTE Phil Oliver Beth Brown ALTO SAX Dan Weinstein Beth Lewis Miriasiem Barnes

Kim Boyd BARITONE HORN

OBOE/ Karen Mack Michael Ellard ENGLISH HORN Mike McDonald Keith Sklower TUBA

TENOR SAX Mike Mehr CLARINET Darren Jones Gary Sponholtz Rob Chavez Kathy Hennig FRENCH HORN PERCUSSION

Barbara Jones Timothy Bradley Sally Canjura Alix Layman Steven Keys Darwin Choy Doug Litwin Keleigh Kretz Larry Hill

Naomi Marks Chris Smith ALTO CLARINET Kelly Shannon Neila Waters Beth Brown Linda Werner

TRUMPET

BASS CLARINET Heidi Beeler Rick Rowland Renae Briggs

Beth Gorman Wild Bill Hinson Sue Shallenberger Julie Ann Yuen

ETHA NY REGIMENTAL RINGERS (AK A. DON'T ASK, DON'T BELL)

Steve Rausch, Conductor

Wes Asakawa Michael Eaton Cliff Reilly David Braaten Susan Griffin Chris Smith Darwin Choy Doug Litwin Lon Wright Chr istie Croxall Steve Rausch

P R O G R A M

HOLIDAY FANFARE ARR. ROBERT W . SMITH

OVERTURE MINIATURE 0 PETER TS CHAIKOW SKY, ARR. M .l. LAKE

BEGUINE FOR BAND GLENN 0 ssER dancers, Corinne Levy & Lawrence Ewing (matinee); Carolyn Carvajal & Lawrence Ewing (evening)

THE BALLET LESSON •

MARCH OF THE TOYS from "BABES IN TOYLAND" VI CTOR HERBERT, ARR. SAMMY NE STI CO

RUSSIAN DANCE (TREPAK) 0 T SCHAIK OWS KY, ARR. L AKE

CARMEN (SELECTIONS) GEOR GES BIZ ET, ARR. V. SAFRANEK

featuring, Jose Sarria, a.k.a. - a demonstration denotes audience The Widow Norton

REED PIPE DANCE 0 T SCH AIKOWSKY , ARR. L AKE

dance along

special "Dance Along" dancer:

CHINESE DANCE 0 T SCHAIK OW SK Y, ARR. L AKE

MARCH Allen Habel IN THE MOOD T SCHAIKOW SKY, ARR. M. CLAW SON

featuring, the Bethany Regimental Ringers

SANTA BABY )AYITZ / SPRIN GER, ARR. WAYNE L O VE

vocalist: Gail Wilson

ARABIAN DANCE 0 T SCHAIKOW SKY, ARR. LAKE

THE WALTZ LESSON - an audience tutorial presented by Dance Through Time

WALTZ from "SLEEPING BEAUTY" 0 T SCHAIKOW SKY, ARR. LAKE

INTERMISSION

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dancers, Corinne Levy & Lawrence Ewing (matinee); Caroly n Carvajal & Lawrence Ewing (evening)

DANCE OF THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY T SCHAIKOW SK Y, ARR. L AKE

ballerina: Ken Ludden, a.k.a. Dear Miss Diva

MARCHO T SCHA IKOW SKY, ARR. LA KE

HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS MARTIN & BLAN E, ARR. W O LPE & L O UI E

vocalist: Gail Wilson

WALTZ OF THE FLOWERS 0 T SCHAIK O W SK Y, ARR. L A KE & KE NT

solo clarinet: Rob Chavez [audience note, please wait until after the introductory solo to hegin your dance along]

JADINE LOUIE - Artistic Director,

San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band

Nam ed Artistic Director of the San

Francisco Lesbian /Cay Freedom Band

in January 1997 , Jadine Louie has

directed bands and

orchestras for the San

Francisco Recreation

and Parks Department,

the All-City Honor

Orchestra and commu­

nity musical theater .

the Board of Supervisors in San

Francisco . 30 years ago Mr . Sarria

founded the Imperial Court of the

Empresses (later adding Emperors) in

San Francisco, established as a source

She is the founder and

director of Symphonic

Tornado , an all-star wind

ensemble that raises

Jadine Louie

for gay pride celebra­

tion and as a fundraising

and charitable organiza­

tion . This spring, he

spoke at the centennial

celebration of the first

gay liberation organiza­

tion in the world, estab­

lished in 1897 in Berlin,

Germany. Mr . Sarria has

been a supporter and

honorary member of the

San Francisco Lesbian/

Cay Freedom Band since

its beginning 20 years

ago . This is his fourth

appearance at the Dance­

Along Nutcracker .

funds for music educa­

tion and SF Swingfever

Jazz Band. As enamored

of theater music as she is

of symphonies, Ms .

Louie has found an out­

let in the many activities

of the Band. Jose Sarria

JOSE SARRIA,

GAIL WILSON -

Cabaret Singer

A.K.A. THE WIDOW NORTON - Carmen

After serving in the U.S.

Army during WWII ,

Jose Sarria achieved

notoriety as the unoffi­

cial spokesperson for

gay establishments Gail Wilson

A cabaret and stage per­

former , Cail Wilson is

probably best known

locally for fronting City

Swing , a local 18-piece

big band . Since 1986,

she's performed with

protesting police harassment in San

Francisco, while performing and host­

ing a cabaret nightclub act at the

Black Cat . In I 961, Mr. Sarria

became the first openly gay candidate

in the United States when he ran for

City Swing at events

and venues including Hard Candy

Christmas, the Herbst Theatre , the

Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, the

Beaux Arts Ball, the Galleria, the

Fashion Center, Marines Memorial

Club , Mayor Art Agnos' Inauguration

and a variety of San Francisco fairs

and fundraisers and prior Dance­ny performs year -round in concerts ,

special events , master class es, lecture Along Nutcrackers .

Wilson is the recipient

of two Cable Car

Awards : the Dorothy

Langston Human Rights

Award and the

Entertainer of the Year

Award . She has emceed

the Cable Car Awards

Banquet , having per­

formed with City Swing

as the house band for

Dance Through Time

demonstrations and resi­

dencies . Members travel

through th e countries

that have stood at the

hub of Western cul­

ture-from Italy, France

and England to 20th

Century America-to

research their craft .

Recent national expo­

sure of the troupe

includes a CBS this annual event for

over a decade, and also

performed a solo

cabaret act in New York

City, San Francisco and

Los Angeles.

Hallmark Hall of Fame

presentation and recog­

nition by the National

Endowment for the Arts .

DANCE THROUGH TIME

Ken Ludden

KEN LUDDEN, A.K.A. DEAR Miss D1vA -

A theatrical dance company , Dance

Through Time was founded in 1980

by noted dance historian and chore­

ographer Carol Te'ten. The com pa-

The Sugar Plum Fairy

Ken Ludden studied dance with an

impressive array of companies and

teachers , including the New York

City Ballet , the Royal Ballet

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Company and Dame Margot Fonteyn

and the Royal Academy of Dance .

H e danced professionally with the

Arlington Dance Th eater , served as

assistant artistic director and soloist

for the Luzern Ballet at the

Stadttheater Luzern in Switzerland,

and was principal dancer with the

Poughkeepsie Ballet Theater . Ludden

has taught ballet at Colgate

Univ ersity , Vassar College , Smith

College , Duse Ecole de Danse

(Switzerland ), Stadttheater

Mannheim (Germany) , Boston

Conservatory , Boston University,

Peabody Conservatory, an d.t he

Kennedy Center. Ludden has

coached dancers from the American

Ballet Theatre , Boston Ballet , NYC

Opera , th e M etropolitan Opera

Ballet, Luzern Ballet , Joffrey and

t· ·.-,··.,

Elliot Feld Ballets . In 1989 , he

choreographed for Soviet ballet star

Vadim Pisarev in the USSR . Ludden

has choreographed original musical

productions including the award­

winning "best production" of Piano

Player with the Sad Brown Eyes, Six

Women with Brain Death, Gods/>ell, West

Side Story and Gypsy.

ALLEN HABEL -

Dance-Along Specialty Dancer

Allen Habel is a product of the dance

school of Wishful Thinking - he

always wished he could dance . From

doing the twist , the monkey, inhabit­

ing discos and occasionally taking

ballet, jazz and tap classes , what you

see is what you get. To avoid dis­

crediting or embarrassing any of the

"The Old World Band with the New Math Problem"

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teachers whose classes he has attend­

ed , th e names have been eliminated

to protect the innocent and unsus ­

pecting . However , thanks be to DA ,

DB, WB , KE, DJ , DK , EK, MS and

ET for their assistance in getting one

foot in front of the other without

falling ... too much! Associated with

the San Francisco Band Foundation

for more than IO years , many may

also remember Mr . Habel concertiz­

ing and marching with a clarinet. He

still has not given up his day job!

NICHOLAS RENDON, III -Celebrity Tutu Designer

Nick Rendon started his career with

the Allegro American Ballet in

Chicago, IL. As a member of the

company , he began designing and

creating ballet costumes for prima

ballerina Doreen Tempest, and even­

tually created costumes for Allegro's

full productions of Swan Lake and

Sleeping Beauty Today , he designs and

produces ballet costumes for the

Santa Clara Ballet, including that

company's Nutcracker, Swan Lake and

Sleeping Beauty.

]ON SIMS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS The Jon Sims Center for the

Performing Arts USC), non-profit

sponsor of the San Francisco

Lesbian /Cay Freedom Band , strives to

provide educational programs in the

performing arts, non-profit fiscal

management services for its members,

support for emerging artists and

community rehearsal and workshop

facilities . Nam ed for the Band's

founder , Jon Sims , JSC has a wide

variety of programs , including City

Swing with Cail Wilson (an 18-piece

big band) , Outlook Video(a gay and

lesbian news program) , Cheer San

Francisco (a 25-member cheer team ),

and AIRspace (an acclaimed artists'

in residence program ).

)ON SIMS CENTER

BOARD OF DIR ECTO RS

President - Heidi Beeler

Vice President - Robin Hofheinz

Secretary - Anthony Santos

Treasurer - David Mundy

BOARD ME MBERS

Miriasiem Barnes , Billy Gr een ,

Raymond Hong, Patti Lockard ,

Chaz Martinez , Sue Shall enberger

The Arts License Plate helps

fund the arts in California .

Call the California Arts

Council at 1-800-201-6201

to receive your license plate

application today!

SPONSORS

NUTCRACKER ($1 000)

Douglas Ehrlich

Neil Fullagar

Richard Hirsch

DOUBLE ARABIAN DANCER ($650)

Kathy Burke

ARABIAN DANCER ($325)

Wref Fulton

Nancy Johnsen _

RUSSIAN COSSACK ($150)

Wref Fulton

Neila Waters

DOUBLE TOY SOLDIER ($100)

Malcolm E. Blum

Jonathan Coldman

Liza Reilly

WALTZING FLOWER ($75)

Deborah Brown

Cerome Coldstein

TOY SOLDIER ($50)

Beth Hansen & Bernadine Lewis

Kathrynn Lyle

Sharon Masterson

Will Maynez & Carmelita Alvarez

Loren D. McClade

Sheila Mone & Rich Shallenberger

Dave Studahl

CLARA'S UNCLE (DONATION)

Darwin Choy & Terry Hill Brad Sprankle

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COMMUNITY RECIPIENTS

Thanks to our Nutcracker sponsors, hundreds of folks have been able to add

sparkle to their holidays by attending Dance-Alongs free Clients and staff of the

following non-profits and community service providers have danced-along with

us for the holidays thanks to the generosity of our audience members:

Aurora-Dawn Foundation

Coming Home Hospice

The Haight-Ashbury Clinic

CAWK

CLOE

LYRIC

Jon Sims Center for the Rosalie House Performing Arts

San Francisco Marty's Place Lesbian/Cay Chorus

Parents & Friends of Shanti Project Lesbians & Cays

Women's AIDS Network PAWS

YMCA Tenderloin Providence House Seniors Program

Religious Society of YWCA Youth Services Friends (Quakers)

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Next Community Concert:

The Art of March Tuesday, March 3, 1998

Bethany Methodist Church, 8:15pm

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in San Francisco's Noe Valley

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