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METROPOLITAN BALLET COMPANY PRESENTS PREMIERE OF CHILDREN'S STORYBOOK CLASSIC, "TEA FOR RUBY" AND WELCOMES RENOWNED FANCY NANCY ILLUSTRATOR, ROBIN PREISS GLASSER

Metropolitan Ballet Company (MBC) will open its season on Saturday, November 23rd and Sunday,
November 24th with two
exciting productions. The family-oriented program will feature a company
premiere of Tea for Ruby, adapted from the picture book by #1 New York
Times best-selling, Fancy Nancy
illustrator, Robin Preiss Glasser, and author Sarah Ferguson, The Duchess of York.
   David Lichine’s Graduation Ball,
  the classic comedy ballet in one act, will complete this
action-packed program, sure to delight children of all ages.



 



As a special treat, Metropolitan
Ballet Company will also welcome Robin Preiss Glasser, the illustrator of the Fancy Nancy series, to our community. Glasser,
who was previously a dancer with Pennsylvania Ballet, will be available for
book signings at all four performances.

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The performances will be held at 12:30pm
and 4:30 pm on Saturday, November 23rd and 1:00pm and 4:00 pm on
Sunday, November 24th at the Josephine Muller Auditorium at Abington
Friends School, 575 Washington Lane, Jenkintown, PA 19046.  Tickets are $15 in advance or $18 at the
door. Running time of the program is one hour and 30 minutes, including one
intermission.

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Ms. Glasser
will also appear as “the Queen”, at Ruby’s Royal Tea Party, a special event to
be held in between the Saturday performances. 
Dress to dine with the Queen!  Delicious treats,
music and fun will abound.
 Ruby’s Royal Tea Party - Saturday,
November 23rd, 2:30pm, at the
Faulkner Library at Abington Friends School.  The $35 admission includes both the Tea Party
and a Saturday Ballet performance.  The $50 admission includes the Tea Party,
a Saturday Ballet Admission and an autographed copy of Tea for Ruby; Children must be
accompanied by an adult.





For more
information, please call 215-663-1665, email collinsvidnovic@verizon.net or
visit www.metropolitanballetcompany.org
to purchase tickets online.







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