"Nutcracker" Campaign Continues

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

Hear the Washington Ballet orchestra’s brass sextet performing at last week’s musician’s union “Nutcracker” demonstration in WPFW reporter Pete Tucker’s report, “The Nutcracker as Grim Reaper.” Plus, click here to join the nearly 400 area activists who have already participated in the email campaign to urge the Washington Ballet to restore the Nutcracker’s live orchestra this year (Musicians Play To Save Live "Nutcracker" 10/29 UC). “We’ll be leafleting this Wednesday and Thursday outside the Kennedy Center along F Street near the grand staircase from 7-8P prior to Washington Ballet performances there of ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ also danced to canned music,” reports D.C. Federation of Musicians Local 161-710 President John Cusick. - photo by Chris Garlock