It has been our yearly tradition to watch Eastern Connecticut Ballet’s Nutcracker performance every December from the time when my daughter participated in it. After she quit ballet for swimming, we still knew her friends who continued to participate and we continued to go to watch the show.

The Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky is so good. I absolutely love this music. Till before the pandemic, they used to have a live symphony orchestra for this performance. That was such a great experience. The waltz of the snowflakes and the waltz of the flowers are my favorites.

This year’s show was the last one with a cast member that we knew - our neighbor Lena. She will graduate from high school and go off to college next year.