The Ballet Conservatory of South Texas Holds Ballet Tea Party Fundraiser

Feb. 6, 2012 - PRLog -- San Antonio, TX - The Friends of the Conservatory, a volunteer organization affiliated with the Ballet Conservatory of South Texas (BCSTX), will host a Swan Lake Ballet Tea Party on Saturday, February 25 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm at TriPoint – Grantham Gathering Center. Tickets start at $35 ($20 is tax-deductible) and table sales are available for purchase.

“The Swan Lake Ballet Tea Party is perfect for children, mothers and grandmothers. There will be tea, snacks, crafts, a ballet performance from Swan Lake by the BCSTX Conservatory Company and much more,” says Stefanie Alvheim, Friends of the Conservatory President for BCSTX. “We are very excited to present this fun-filled, sophisticated tea party to the public and aim to make it a tradition for BCSTX in the future.”

The fundraising event is held in conjunction with the Ballet Conservatory of South Texas’ presentation of Synergy 2012, a tribute to classical and contemporary ballet and featuring an excerpt from Swan Lake. This performance occurs March 3 and 4 at the Carver Community Cultural Center and presents original contemporary choreography along with a special guest appearance by Ballet San Antonio.

For ticket sales regarding this performance and the Swan Lake Ballet Tea Party, visit balletsouthtexas.org.  


The Ballet Conservatory of South Texas
The mission of the Ballet Conservatory of South Texas (BCSTX) is to fulfill the developmental needs of serious young dancers, regardless of economic background, in a safe, nurturing and pre-professional dance company environment. BCSTX does so by raising money for scholarships, providing high quality studio education in dance and careers in dance performance and education. BCSTX is also dedicated to educating and inspiring underserved children in San Antonio through providing free tickets to the Conservatory Company’s performances and free lecture demonstrations in schools, social service centers and other community locations

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BCSTX is a pre-professional ballet Academy and Company accepting students as young as 3 years of age and offering classes to all dancers up to the age of 21. Adult classes are also available.