Christmas programs were packed events

DAVENPORT--If one was lucky enough to get a seat in this years annual Elementary Christmas program Wednesday, Dec. 7, they got to see the fifth grade band play, choir sing and kindergarten through fourth grades perform a production of the Nutcracker.

There was no ballet dancing involved with this performance; just a holiday play based on the well-loved story of the Nutcracker. The performance was a musical adapted into a play and was written by Mary Kay Beall, Ruth Artman and Bob Lowden for kids to perform in a production.

The performance included the classical music from the Nutcracker that p...