More than a thousand children will get to see a holiday classic, The Nutcracker, for the first time on Friday. At the Adler Theater, Ballet Quad Cities will perform for 3rd grade students in The Great Minds Program, sponsored by the Davenport Schools Foundation.
Director Jennifer Weyeneth says the ten year old program provides special activities and field trips for children in kindergarten through 8th grade.
Great Minds sends kindergartners to the Niabi Zoo, and sponsors a special reading program for lst graders that involves police officers, soldiers, actors, and government and business employees.
Teachers have prepared the children for The Nutcracker, hosting classroom visits by dancers from Ballet Qud Cities to talk about ballet and the music.
Weyeneth says Great Minds is now looking at possible programs for high school age students in the Davenport schools.
