HomeMy WebLinkAbout1987-12-01 ProclamationCITY OF
CNIC CENTER IOWA
CITY
E. ST. IOWA CITY, IOWA
52240 (319) 356-5COC)
P R 0 C G A M is T x m x
wh a re a s , the City of Iowa City has welcomed the Jaffrey
Ballet and Joffreg II Dancers far performances
and residencies over a period of thirteen gears,
and
illhere a s , Iawa Citg has been the site of two previous world
premieres hg The Joffreg Ballet, leading to national
recognition of Iowa City and the Nniversitg of lama
as a "creative center", and
iUhe re a s ,
The Jaffrey Ballet was in residence in Iowa City
during June 1987 to create its new production
of the Nutcracker, and
IDhere a s , the Jaffreg's associate director and Nutcracker
choreographer Gerald Arpina has stressed that ¢he
Nutcracker reflects the influence of Iowa bg incar-
porating midwestern values of home and familg and
that the Nutcracker project highlights Iowa as
fertile Braund far the arts, and
iUhe re a s , twenty-one children from Iowa City-Caralville will
be dancing in performances of The Nutcracker at
Rancher Auditorium and fourteen at The Hennedg
Center in Mashington, D.C., and
the re a s , the Nniversibg of Iowa and the citizens and busi-
nesses of lama Citg have joined farces in gener-
auslg supporting the Nutcracker project, and
Whr= re a s , ¢he New�mes has recognized Iowa Citg as
The Jaffreg's "home in the Midwest",
Uaw '>=herJefarie, I, Nilliam J. Ambrisco, Magor of the
o' Cibg aE Iowa Cibg, Iowa, do hereby proclaim the
week of December 7 - 12, 1987, as
NuIrC•I2ACK En w££#C
and confirm the designation of Iowa Citg as The
Jaffrey Ballet's "game in the Midwesb".
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Signed in Iowa Citg, Iowa, etagar
this 1st day of December 1987.