The Nutcracker

Anabella Recanatesi

Nina Lucchesi and Charlie Wright imported from Indiana by grandparents specifically to see the new Nutcracker

Dance Next Generation student Montana Beacham

Jeff the Juggler and Lara Kendall from Sanibel

Jeff the Juggler and Lara Kendall from Sanibel

Clowns Robin Eurich and Karen Bell behind Dawitt, Alitash and Mikael Tafesse

Calvin Parker and his grandmother Donna Parker

Daisy Quintal and her aunt Susan Kasow

Roselyn Wagner, Hannah Ramos, Anabella and Dylan Recanatesi

Anna and Kaleigh Valach and their aunt, Observer Group Advertising Director Jill Raleigh

Dance Next Generation Program Director Lisa Townsend and this year's crop of eight-to-nine year old first year students

Chef Paul and Gigi Mattison

Sydney Goldstein's granddaughter Jordan Acuff and her mom Amy Gerome from Atlanta

Stilt walker Nicole Hays from Tampa as the luncheon's Snow Queen

Circus Nutcracker Designer Peter Docherty and Kay Delaney Bring

Board chair emerita Sydney Goldstein, vice chair Sally Yanowitz and chair Hillary Steele

Managing Director Mary Ann Servian, Dance Next Generation student Melanie Gonzalez and board chair Hillary Steele

Managing Director Mary Ann Servian's perfect-for-the-occasion sweater