5 More Great Fort Collins Holiday Activities

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Experience the magic of a Victorian Christmas at the historic Fort Collins Avery House !

Antique decorations, live music, craft boutique

How does Santa get around when the reindeer aren't available? If he's in Fort Collins, it would probably be by bicycle! Winter Bike to Work Day puts a decidedly holiday spin on this NoCO favorite.

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Join us  Wednesday, December 10 from 7 - 9:30 am for free breakfast, warm cider and lots of fun bicycle friends to celebrate winter cycling. Stations are dispersed around town, ready to reward those who choose to ride their bicycles to work in the cold winter months! Visit us at the Oak Street Plaza station.

What a great reason to head into Old Town! The shops will be staying open later, so if you work until 5 or 6, you can still enjoy the lights, the shopping, the dining, and maybe even stay for some music or entertainment!

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Dozens of downtown retail shops keep their doors open until 8:00pm on the second Friday of each month!
Come walk along the sidewalks of the historic downtown shopping district and explore all the unique boutique shops, sports apparel, kitchen gifts, clothing, and so much more!  These various shops will have special trunk shows, treats in their stores, sales and featured products each 2nd Friday.  And after discovering some of your favorite shopping spots, finish the evening with dinner at over 45 restaurants, all located a few steps away!
Explore & discover what Downtown shopping has to offer!

Canyon Concert Ballet Presents The Nutcracker 

Fort Collins, CO.  For over a century, The Nutcracker has enchanted generations of audiences worldwide. In Fort Collins families and friends can continue the holiday tradition by seeing Canyon Concert Ballet’s The Nutcracker, December 12 -14 2014 at The Lincoln Center, 417 West Magnolia, Fort Collins, CO 80521 with the Fort Collins Symphony.  Additional performances will be held November 29 at the Rialto Theatre, 228 E 4th St., Loveland, CO 80537.

This classic production, adapted and choreographed by Canyon Concert Ballet’s Artistic Director Daniel R. Simmons, features principal guest artist, Dmitry Trubchanov and members of Canyon Concert Ballet’s Company and more than 75 pre-professionals and students of the Canyon Concert Ballet.

The curtain opens to a Christmas Eve party in a Victorian home where Herr Drosselmeyer, magician and toymaker, gives Clara a toy Nutcracker and Clara’s brother Fritz a Toy Jack-In-The-Box. Drosselmeyer summons to life the Nutcracker and Toy Jack-In-The-Box, along with a beautiful Ballerina Doll. Both Nutcracker and Toy Jack-In-The-Box fall desperately in love with her. After a battle between Nutcracker and Toy Jack-In-The-Box, mice and militia, waltzing snowflakes sweep the audience to a magical Toy Kingdom. There, The Sugar Plum, her Prince and characters from around the world come to life—Dresden Porcelain Dolls, Chinese Dancers, Magic Flowers of Holland, Spanish Dancers and Mother Ginger and her little Buffoons.

“What makes this Nutcracker so special is the camaraderie between veteran dancers, professionals and young students,” said Simmons. “I have Canyon Concert Ballet’s youngest students dancing alongside CCB Pre-Professionals and Company dancers. I am committed to bringing every young student to the stage, allowing them to experience the theater. Being onstage is a vital part of learning the craft of dance. There is no better ballet than The Nutcracker to allow that to happen.”

The Nutcracker Public Performances and Tickets
Saturday, November 29 -- 2 p.m. at the Rialto Theatre
Saturday, November 19 – 7 p.m. at the Rialto Theatre

-Tickets are $23 for adults, $18 for students and senior citizens. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Rialto Theatre at (970) 962-2120 or by visiting www.ci.loveland.co.us .

Friday, December 12 – 7 p.m. at the Lincoln Center
Saturday, December 13 – 2 p.m. at the Lincoln Center
Saturday, December 13 – 7 p.m. at the Lincoln Center
Sunday, December 14 – 2 p.m. at the Lincoln Center

-Tickets are $32 for adults-center seating, $27 for adult-side seating, $26 for students and senior citizens- center seating, $22 for students and senior citizens- side seating.  Children 12 and under tickets are $15. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Lincoln Center at (970) 221-6730 or by visiting www.lctix.com.

Group discounts for 10 or more people are available by calling Canyon Concert Ballet at (970) 221.6730 or emailing dance@ccballet.org.

Canyon Concert Ballet’s mission is to create and share the passion of dance through artistically enriching performances and dance education.
 
About Canyon Concert Ballet
Daniel R. Simmons, Artistic Director
In the beginning, we were a small troupe of dancers, dedicated to providing our community with superior performance experiences and dance instruction. Over the past 35 years, our company has grown to nearly 25 dancers and instructors. Our production of The Nutcracker has become a Fort Collins holiday tradition, along with the additional performances we give each year. In addition, the Canyon Concert Dance Center is the leading dance school in Northern Colorado with over 400 students in our two studio locations.

Canyon Concert Ballet’s 2014-2014 performance schedule includes:

The Nutcracker: November 29 & December 12-14, 2014
Snow White: April 11 & 12, 2015

Phone:                        (970) 472-4156
Website:                     www.ccballet.org
Email:                         dance@ccballet.org

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HOLIDAY BAROQUE SMORGASBORD
Featuring holiday music by Mozart, Corelli, Vivaldi, Gershwin and Piazzolla.