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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The whole thing is adorable and every kid has a blast!

The roles for the little kids are supposedly all comparable except for the party kids. Those are the most elite roles, but as a PP stated go to the political kids, who's-who kids, and donor kids. After that, I would say for the 1A-1B kids best roles are soldiers and mice bc have more stage time. The mice tend to be smaller kids. Next come the cherry blossoms bc there are fewer (only 4) per show, along with mushrooms and bees. Those are the itty bitties. Snow angels are probably the most kids bc there are 12 per show. I wish the snow angels danced more. 
Since it's the role with the most kids. [/quote]

Responding to this post and the one after it about whether any "normal" kids are cast as party girls.  My DD has been a party girl the last two years.  Our family is nothing special; we don't donate, we aren't important, and we aren't big presences.  There is nothing "political" about us, and our only collection to TWB is our daughter doing dance classes there for the past several years.  And when I volunteer backstage for Nutcracker, I see other party girls and their moms.  Most of them seem pretty normal and nothing special; not rich or prestigious.  [b]Maybe in the other cast there are "who's who" kids,[/b] but there are definitely many party girls who are just lucky and get this part.  It makes me sad that a PP suggested some other dancers are saying the party girls get the roles for unfair reasons.

As far as the expanded schedule for Nutcracker performances, this is a HUGE pain.  We already cannot travel over Thanksgiving (or indeed, over any weekend in the fall).  Now with the extra days of performances after Christmas, it means that traveling over the holidays is seriously difficult if not impossible.  DD goes to public school and we only get a week and a couple of days off for winter break.  This may be a deal-breaker as far as participating in Nutcracker this year, which is kind of sad.[/quote]

By this I mean that I do not know the other party girls in the other casts.[/quote]

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