Bear Branch Elementary Presents 15th Annual Performance of “The Nutcracker" - Kingwood

Each year, a Christmas tradition at Bear Branch Elementary School is for the Fifth Graders to perform a version of Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker." "The Nutcracker”

tradition began in 1999 by music teacher Debbie McKinney, Ed. D. and has continued every year since then. With every new performance, additional costumes, make-up, props and scenery are added so that it becomes better and better. The students sing the songs while Toy Soldiers, Mice, Sugar Plum Fairies, Russian Bakers, Candy Flutes, Chinese Dancers, Arabian Dancers, and Flowers dance away.

This year's performances will be Friday, December 5, at 2:30 p.m. for the student body and Monday, December 8, at 6:40 p.m. for the PTA meeting. Both performances are in the Bear Branch School Auditorium, 3500 Garden Lake Drive, Kingwood, Texas.

"The Nutcracker" is a delight for all ages, and it is a night the Fifth Graders will remember for the rest of their lives.

Directions to Bear Branch Elementary Humble ISD/Kingwood:

• Head North on I-59/I-69 (Eastex Frwy)

• Exit Kingwood Drive

• Turn East (Right) on Kingwood Drive

• Go about a mile + to Woodland Hills Drive

• Turn North (Left) on Woodland Hills Drive

• Go several blocks to Tree Lane

• Turn East (Right) on Tree Lane

• Go a couple of blocks on Tree Lane

• Turn (North) left on Garden Lake Drive

• Bear Branch is on the corner of Tree Lane and Garden Lake Drive (3500 Garden

Lake Drive)