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Orchestra For Pacific Northwest Ballet's 'Nutcracker' Finds A Creative Outlet In Food

KNKX Public Radio | By Paula Wissel
Published December 23, 2015 at 5:00 AM PST
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The edible corps was created by the PNB orchestra for a Halloween performance.
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The Battle of Gettysburg theme for a nutcracker performance featured Spaghettisburg and Gettysburgers.
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The Cuban Missile Crisis, and other buffets during the Nutcracker, are around the theme "War and Pestilence."
Meg Brennand
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Krakatoa was the buffet when the 2nd violins hosted.
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Clarinets and bassoons hosted The Battle of Waterloo.
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The view from the orchestra pit at a matinee performance of PNB's 'Nutcracker' at McCaw Hall.
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A Trojan Horse in the musicians lounge, part of the orchestra's themed buffets. This year's theme is War and Pestilence.
Paula Wissel

Have you ever had a job that was so repetitive you did little things to try and spice it up?  Apparently, that’s true even when you’re a professional musician playing in the orchestra for Pacific Northwest Ballet’s "The Nutcracker."

That's what knkx's Paula Wissel found out when she went to a matinee performance on Tuesday and got a behind-the-scenes tour.

This story originally aired December 23, 2015
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Arts & Culture Pacific Northwest BalletNutcracker BalletPNB Nutcracker Orchestra
Paula Wissel
Paula is a former host, reporter and producer who retired from KNKX in 2021. She joined the station in 1989 as All Things Considered host and covered the Law and Justice beat for 15 years. Paula grew up in Idaho and, prior to KNKX, worked in public radio and television in Boise, San Francisco and upstate New York.
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