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Virginia Beach, VA – For the sixth consecutive year, Richmond Ballet, The State Ballet of Virginia, will return to Chrysler Hall with a beloved holiday tradition, The Nutcracker, December 7-9, 2018.

Dance students from across Hampton Roads and North Carolina will be cast for student roles in The Nutcracker; last year’s production featured students from 33 local dance studios. Auditions will be held August 26 and September 9 at Old Donation School as part of the Ballet’s new partnership with the state-of-the-art performing arts school. Students who are cast will participate in weekly rehearsals at Old Donation School on Sundays, October 7 through December 2. The student cast will have the unique opportunity to perform alongside the Company’s professional dancers and musicians from the Virginia Symphony Orchestra for four public performances and one youth performance.

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Charlotte, NC (7/2/18) – Towne Insurance, ranked by revenue as one of the nation’s largest, independent insurance brokers, today announced they are expanding their current relationship with Nationwide through the completion of its acquisition of Charlotte’s largest Independent Nationwide agency. Founded in 1994 and led by agency president Michael R. Bare, the Bare Agency transitioned from an Exclusive to an Independent Agency through Nationwide’s publicized plans to fully shift to an independent agency distribution model in 2020.

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