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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