M I C H A E L’ S C O R N E R A new beginning… Last year during a family series performance by the Milwaukee Ballet II Company, an interesting thing happened…we had to hold the start of the performance because we had a line of people out the door to buy tickets. We had hoped for a good turnout but the event exceeded our expectations. That good fortune was exceeded only by the fact that members of the artistic and administrative staff of the Milwaukee Ballet Company, along with a few members of the MBC Board of Directors were in the audience. A new partnership was born. A few days after the performance, I received a call from MBC artistic director, Michael Pink and the conversations began. Within a month, Robin Krakauer, our marketing manager, Rebecca Seymour, a member of our marketing committee and I were in Milwaukee at MBC offices meeting with their entire administrative and artistic team. The result…a new partnership with the Milwaukee Ballet and the Oconomowoc Arts Center was born. We are excited to have this nationally renowned ballet company join the family of artistic partnerships already working with the OAC…Bel Canto/Milwaukee Symphony, Wisconsin Philharmonic and First Stage Children’s Theater. This is an extraordinary opportunity for lake country audiences to see and hear some of the most memorable and talented artists in the upper mid-west in their own back yard. Thank you for your support of our mission and we will honor that support by continuing to bring the best in the arts, literature, visual arts and film to the OAC. Stay informed. Get on our email newsletter list or check out the web site at www.theoac.net Michael Duncan, Director Oconomowoc Arts Center
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