Nutcracker

So it's wicked hot today. (Can't tell I'm from Boston, can you?) :) I get off at Downtown Crossing, my normal routine. I see all these folks in red t-shirts, and a stage step up. Some protest or some such nonsense, I think, and I start to walk through the crowd. A woman stops me and hands me a mini candy cane with a promo flier, saying tickets go on sale for the Nutcracker today. I look again and there are all the characters from the show, Mouse King, Clara, the Nutcracker, ballerinas, all right there. So I run over with my digital cam and snap a couple of pics. A local DJ from Magic 106.7 comes out and says they are going to have some trivia and give away some cool prizes. What the heck, I think. They ask simple stuff to start - what is the little girl's name, what does the Nutcracker turn into, what is the little brother's name... bla bla bla. Then they ask who greets the little girl on her arrival into the Land of Sweets? "Sugar Plum Fairy!" I yell. Bingo! Two tickets to the Nutcracker. Opening Night. Row G. I'm going to see the Nutcracker la-la-la la-la Way to start my day. :)