WHO:
Cast members from Texas Ballet Theater’s The Nutcracker
Texas Ballet Theater staff
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children (TSRHC) patients, families, staff and volunteers

WHAT:
Texas Ballet Theater will bring characters from this year’s production of The Nutcracker to perform pieces of the ballet for the patients at TSRHC. During the fourth annual visit, cast members will sign autographs and take photos with the patients.  
   
WHEN:
Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007
2:00 p.m.         The Nutcracker performance begins
2:45 p.m.         Cast members sign autographs for patients
3:30 p.m.         Cast members depart TSRHC 

WHERE:
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
2222 Welborn St.
Dallas, Texas 75219
*Please meet TSRHC representative at main entrance to be escorted to the event.

HOSPITAL INFORMATION:
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children is one of the nation's leading pediatric centers for the treatment of orthopedic conditions, certain related neurological disorders and learning disorders, such as dyslexia. There is no charge to patient families for treatment at the hospital, and admission is open to Texas children from birth to 18 years of age. For more information, to volunteer or to make a donation, please call (214) 559-5000 or (800) 421-1121 or visit www.tsrhc.org.

ABOUT TEXAS BALLET THEATER:
Founded in 1961, Texas Ballet Theater is the premier resident professional Ballet Company of North Texas. Under the direction of artistic director Ben Stevenson, O.B.E., the ballet brings unprecedented talent, beauty and artistic expression to the stages of Fort Worth's Bass Performance Hall, Dallas' Music Hall at Fair Park and the historic Majestic Theatre in downtown Dallas. Texas Ballet Theater will become the resident ballet company for the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House at the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts when it opens in 2009. For more information, go to www.texasballettheater.org.