Ballet season

If I had enuff bows I'd be sporting Hanukkah-themed stuff during the duration of the holiday, but I don't.  Ergo, this bow.
One of my first truly nice bows, this one was given to me by my mother on my thirty-third birthday.  It has my initials on it, but it also has characters from The Nutcracker on it.  Clara/Marie is present, as are the Nutcracker and the Mouse King.  I've heard the lead character called both "Clara" and "Marie" during my life, but "Clara" is the name I hear more often.  Indeed, the only one I've heard using the name "Marie" was Shari Lewis.  But I won't heap too much hate on Shari and Lamb Chop, because they were the ones who taught me about The Nutcracker in the first place.  Yep, my sister and I were Lamb Chop fans growing up!  We had several of the cassette tapes, and one of them discussed The Nutcracker.  Uncle from St. Louis pointed out that in terms of ventriloquism Shari's technique was one of the worst he'd ever seen, a point proven if one watches this clip.  But Uncle from St. Louis also pointed out that no one ever noticed, because her schticks were both cute and hilarious.  Besides, it's not like us kids ever notice details like that.  I certainly didn't!  

So yeah, that's how I learned to love The Nutcracker at an early age.  "Waltz of the Flowers" is my favorite piece from the ballet, and is one of my favorite classical pieces, period.  As I've said many, MANY times in the past, I can't dance a step and never could, but I love watching ballerinas dance in ways that common mortals cannot.  In the case of my bow, the material also brings back memories of decorating Christmas trees as a child.  Grandma had a set of ornaments that looked hauntingly like the characters on my bow.
The Mouse King was always my favorite of the ornaments.  Mama is afraid of mice, and she always had some sort of comment about the King, LOL.

That's all!

Cheers,
RagingMoon1987

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