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"Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" Solo Piano Sheet Music Available from Jennifer's Webshop:
https://jenniferthomasmusic.com/sheet-music-2/
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0:00​ - Introductory story with toymaker shop
1:25 - Music starts
5:39 - Ending credits and thanks
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"Winter Symphony" available everywhere - Links below.
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Music Videos from the Album Uploaded already!!
Alleluia (original): https://youtu.be/njBGubkF5WA
Carol of the Bells: https://youtu.be/Tjc2eIz2efs

When Glen Gabriel and I worked on the orchestration of this song a year ago, we joked about how it sounded like toys making mischief while the toymaker was away. I thought long and hard about this concept and formed a storyline in my head of how this could work. I wasn't sure how to make the toys come to life though - animation? Claymation? CGI? But in the end, I had the idea to use real life dancers to portray the characters.

SO much work went into this video. My husband and I built the toy theater (you can see my vlog on that), I personally found and handpicked all of the figurines. Everything from the costumes, the characters, the props and locations - all handpicked with care.

A fun tidbit about this video - my entire family got to be in it. See if you can spot everyone? :)

CREDITS
Directed by Ryan K. McNeal
Cinematography by Auden Bui
Edited by Alex 'Splice' Jones
Producers - Jennifer Thomas, Becky McNeal
Choreographer - Katy Hagelin http://www.katyhagelindanceproject.org/
Story by Jennifer Thomas
Drone Operator/Toy Theater Builder - Will Thomas

Jennifer Thomas - Wind-up Doll
Carolynne May Guinup - The Sugar Plum Fairy
Joel Myers - The Cavalier
Ken Larsen - The Toy Maker
Dancers
Katy Hagelin Dance Project Co.
Toy Soldier- Angela Robinson
Toy Soldier - Sylvain Boulet
Nutcracker - Danny Boulet
Jester - Megan Becker
Snowflake - Rachel Gonsalves
Snowflake - Christin Purcell
Snowflake - Katy Hagelin

Children:
Preston Thomas, Taylor Thomas, Riley Thomas, Gwenevere Roemhildt, and Grace Roemhildt

Makeup & Hair - Megan McNeal, Becky McNeal, Kat Hennessey
Costuming & Design - Bellevue City Opera & Ballet, Tina Evans
Additional Costuming - Katy Hagelin, Jennifer Thomas
Debra Heesch and the crew at The Moore Theater
The Danish Bakery, Leavenworth, WA
The City of Leavenworth
Brendan and Mary Cain (toy shop design)
Faith McGary at Couture Poetry (Jennifer's costume)
CrimsonMuse on Etsy (ballet figurines)
James Roemhildt (Jennifer's key prop)
Christine Toy Theaters (Consulting on toy theater)
Erin Guinup - for her help with this video

MUSIC CREDITS
"Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" by Tchaikovsky
Arranged and performed by Jennifer Thomas
Orchestrated by Glen Gabriel, featuring the Cochin Chamber Orchestra

Additional score by Glen Gabriel

Special thanks to my $25 and up Patreon Backers:
Patricia Keefrider Chavarrie
Holly Clausen
Heath Vercher
Maurnee Ballentyne
Justin Carter Buzianis
Ali Mohsenian
Sheila Keatinge
Kim Lariviere-Baldelli
David Ray Allen
Kaela Homburger
Tess Goodman
Ryan McNeal
Dixie Denney
Milana Zilnik
Sandy Fadasch
Stefan Mall

Other feel good Christmas videos to check out:
Lindsey Stirling - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy - Warmer in Winter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RkSy6ElNIY
The Piano Guys - A Family Christmas - ThePianoGuys O come, O come, Emmanuel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO7ySn-Swwc
Pentatonix - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy - That's Christmas to me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt3oAyK_IG8
Pentatonix - God rest ye Merry Gentlemen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku7ohU1IGls
Disney's The Nutcracker and the Four Realms - Teaser Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ktuvx9hrMw