Canyon Concert Ballet

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2020 Nutcracker Boutique

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Our famous annual Nutcracker Boutique is here!

Where: Canyon Concert Ballet, 1031 Conifer Street, Fort Collins, CO 80524

When: Saturday, December 12 from 2pm-6pm and Sunday, December 13 from 10am-2pm

While we cannot have our Nutcracker Boutique at the Lincoln Center this year, we still want to give folks the chance to shop for the holidays.

We will be setting up in the lobby of Canyon Concert Ballet, and will be following all guidelines for a safe boutique. Do note, you will be required to wear a mask at all times while at our boutique and will be asked to socially distance from other shoppers.

Magical nutcrackers, ornaments, plush toys, and more! 100% of all purchases support our mission as a nonprofit dance school and ballet company. Thank you for your support!

Get Snowballed for CCB!

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Schedule a donation of $75 or more for Colorado Gives Day, and a CCB ballerina, dressed as a snowflake from The Nutcracker, will come to the home or business of your choosing to “Snowball” you (or a friend)!

The ballerina will maintain social distance, and will place a goodie bag at your doorstep, throw some snow, and dance away – You’ve been snowballed!

How to Get Snowballed:

  • Schedule a donation of $75 or more to CCB for Colorado Gives Day here
  • Make sure to select “Colorado Gives Day” under Donation Frequency
  • You will receive an email from us with a form – fill out the form to detail where the Snowballing should take place and your preferred times
  • Snowballings will occur between now and December 18, 2020
  • And that’s it! Thank you for supporting dance experiences in Northern Colorado!

Please note – we can only go to addresses within a 20 mile radius of Fort Collins. Thank you!

1940s Prom Gala

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We are deeply saddened to announce that due to COVID-19 precautions, we are canceling our 1940s Prom Gala.

If you have already purchased tickets, please consider donating the ticket cost to CCB. If you would like a refund, please message us and we will process that for you right away.

If you were planning on purchasing tickets, please consider donating that amount to CCB instead.

Even though we are not able to be together in person, we will still have our silent auction available online and our voting for Prom King and Queen available online as well. The page is now live, and the items/voting will be added starting Tuesday, March 24. Bidding will be open until 5pm on Saturday, March 28. You can visit the bidding and voting pages here:  https://qtego.net/qlink/ccballet

The Prom Gala is our largest fundraiser of the year, so we appreciate any support you can give at this time.

Thank you, and please be safe.

~Jenna Riedi

Where:
Online: https://qtego.net/qlink/ccballet

When:
Starting at noon on Tuesday, March 24 you can bid on auction items and vote for Prom King and Queen. Bidding and voting will close at 5pm on Saturday, March 28

Supporting:
The 2020 Prom Gala supports CCB’s Outreach Programs. As a nonprofit, CCB does not believe that financial limitations should be an obstacle to dance, so we provide several outreach opportunities: Scholarship Program, Free Voucher Program, and Free Community Events. We also strongly believe in collaboration in the local arts community, fusing dance with other art forms in Fort Collins to bring dance to more people and make dance more accessible.

Here are just a couple of the things we did this past season:

– Given away over 400 tickets at the 2018 The Nutcracker to students and seniors
– Have scholarships available to under-served families, giving out around $800 in free tuition each month
– Presented 3 free school shows of Little Mermaid to over 600 elementary and middle school students
– Gave away over 300 tickets for The Little Mermaid to students and seniors
– Partnered with Larimer Chorale for our fall performance, Ballet & Beer
– Partnered with the Fort Collins Symphony for The Nutcracker and Musical Zoo’s Peter and the Wolf

Tax Time Creates a New Season of Giving to Support Our Work

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A new program allows you to use your state income tax return to make a big difference in your community.

If you’re due a state income tax refund, this state program gives you the opportunity to use some or all of it to directly support a local nonprofit that matters to you like Canyon Concert Ballet.

The new program, promoted through the ReFUND CO awareness initiative, lets you choose where your donation goes. All you have to do is:

  • Decide how much of your state income tax refund to donate (all or a portion of it).
  • Enter “Canyon Concert Ballet” and our registration number “20093007180 “ in the Donate to a Colorado Nonprofit Fund line on your state tax return or tax software – or give just give this info to your tax preparer when you share your tax documents.

You can learn more details about the program at RefundWhatMatters.org.

Last year, Colorado returned more than $1 billion in refunds to 1.9 million state taxpayers. Imagine how much this could support local community causes like us!

Because our important work is never done, we’re always in need of new funds to revitalize our organization and recharge our work.  ReFUND CO shows you how you can support our mission at a critical time of the year!

Randy Wray Endowment

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Canyon Concert Ballet is looking to establish our first ever official endowment at the Community Foundation of Northern Colorado in honor of our 40th Anniversary Season!

We are using the remaining funds from the original Randy Wray Choreographic Fund to help start this permanent endowment at the Community Foundation of Northern Colorado. However, a minimum of $10,000 is needed to establish the endowment at the Community Foundation. A generous donor is matching all donations up to $5000 to this endowment in Randy Wray’s memory. Help us raise the funds needed to set up a permanent endowment for Canyon Concert Ballet, named after the amazing and loved Randy Wray.

Donate today to support the memory of Randy Wray and to help Canyon Concert Ballet secure the funding for a permanent endowment, ensuring our success for the next 40 years and beyond!

The original Randy Wray Choreographic Fund was created as a memorial fund for Randy Wray, the Artistic Director of Canyon Concert Ballet from 1990-1996. Randy grew the performance company of CCB from a small group of local enthusiasts to a semi-professional company performing four full-evening length shows per year. Under Randy’s leadership CCB produced the classics of The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, and The Nutcracker, in addition to many of his own choreographed works. Randy’s productions were emotionally evocative and never failed to make the audience both laugh and cry. Randy died of AIDS related illness in July, 1996.

With this endowment, Randy’s legacy promoting the joy of dance will live through many future generations.

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