NFB will premier the NFB Symphony Orchestra
led by David Ott. Under Ott’s direction as Music
Director, the orchestra will provide live musical
accompaniment for The Nutcracker and From
Russia With Love. The orchestra will be comprised
of the fi nest musicians from the Southeast and
abroad.
Ott ranks among America’s most-performed
composers of the late twentieth and early twenty-fi rst
centuries. His works have been
performed or recorded by some
of the most renowned American
and European orchestras. He
has garnered critical praise and
received numerous awards for his
compositions and continues to be
commissioned for works by major
orchestras throughout the U.S.
“The Northwest Florida Ballet is one of Florida’s
fi nest cultural institutions. It is an honor to be
associated with such an outstanding organization,”
said Ott.
Tom Thumb Stores Donates to CIC Kids
The Tom Thumb Stores, headquartered in
Crestview, FL showed their great support to the
children living at Children in Crisis by donating over
$21,000 from their recent Charity Golf tournament.
The presentation was made by the Tom Thumb Inc.
President, Mark Salisbury and Vice President of
Operations, Teresa Smith.
Ken Hair, CIC President & CEO commented,
“We have been blessed with great support from
the community to build the CIC Neighborhood.
However, it’s a struggle to fi nd the necessary funding
to feed, clothe and care for the foster children and
sustain operations of our foster homes. Support from
Tom Thumb is a tremendous help in our efforts to
provide a safe haven to the abused, neglected and
abandoned children that don’t have a home.”
The CIC Neighborhood is a beautiful facility, built
by the generous support of the community. It has
an emergency shelter for children who are removed
without notice from an unsafe environment, family
foster homes for young children and a teen transition
home for foster children aging out of care. To learn
more about Children in Crisis call 850-864-4242 or
visit www.childrenincrisisfl .org.
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Northwest Florida Ballet Announces
Four Performances for the 2016-2017
Season and the Creation of its Own
Symphony Orchestra led by David Ott
The Northwest Florida Ballet (NFB) announces
programming for its forty-seventh season and the
creation of the Northwest Florida Ballet Symphony
Orchestra led by renowned conductor and composer,
David Ott. The 2016-2017 season features four
productions at the Mattie Kelly Arts Center at
Northwest Florida State College, with live musical
accompaniment for two of the productions by the
newly created orchestra. The season will conclude
with the annual Ballet at Twilight, a free outdoor
performance of mixed repertory and classical dance
pieces, held in Grand Boulevard at Sandestin during
the summer.
The 2016-2017 Northwest Florida Ballet season
opens with Lightwire Theater’s newest adventure,
Moon Mouse: A Space Odyssey on Fri., Sept.
23 at 7:30pm. Lightwire Theater rose to national
prominence on the hit show America’s Got Talent,
and brings to life a truly a unique, innovative and
visually dazzling theatrical experience.
The season’s second production, Stars of American
Ballet, features principal dancers from the New
York City Ballet performing works from acclaimed
choreographer and co-founder of the New York City
Ballet, George Balanchine. The performance will be
held on Thurs., Oct. 27 at 7:30pm.
In November NFB will present our thirty-seventh
annual performance of the brilliant holiday favorite,
The Nutcracker. Performances will be held on Fri.
and Sat., Nov. 18 and 19 at 7:30pm and Sun., Nov.
20 at 2:30pm and will be the debut of the NFB
Symphony Orchestra.
The fi nal main stage production, From Russia
With Love: A Celebration of The Ballet Russe
de Monte Carlo pays tribute to the famous ballet
company Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo by celebrating
three of the world’s most historic ballets by three
of Russia’s most prolifi c composers. From Russia
with Love, will be presented on Sat., April 1 at 7:30
p.m. and on Sun., April 2 at 2:30 p.m. and feature
live musical accompaniment by the NFB Symphony
Orchestra.
OB/GYN Joins Sacred Heart Medical
Group at Mack Bayou
Sacred Heart Medical Group has welcomed OB/
GYN Dr. Brett Tidwell to its regional network of
physicians.
Dr. Tidwell graduated with his bachelor’s degree
from the University of South Alabama, and he
received his medical degree from the Georgia
Campus of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic
Medicine. Dr. Tidwell completed his residency
training in obstetrics and gynecology through
the University of Florida College of Medicine at
Sacred Heart Hospital Pensacola, where he served
as administrative chief resident. Throughout his
residency, Dr. Tidwell was recognized with such
distinctions as the second-year resident teaching
award and the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
third-year resident award for Excellence in
Obstetrics.
Dr. Tidwell is a junior fellow of the American
College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He has
been published in the Journal of the American
Osteopathic Association and has presented at
the South Atlantic Association of Obstetricians
and Gynecologists and the American College of
Obstetrics and Gynecology District XII.
Dr. Tidwell is accepting new patients and most
major insurances. He joins the offi ce of Dr. Melinda
Graham and Dr. Anne Marie Whitlock, located at
27 Mack Bayou Loop, Suite 2000, Santa Rosa Beach.
For more information or to schedule an appointment,
call (850) 267-2961.
David Ott
Aimee Brim, Kayla Denmon, Ken Hair, Mark Salisbury,
Teresa Smith, Dan Spence and David Parker, Jr.
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