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Tchaikovsky’s 129-year-old ballet is reimagined as a holiday dance spectacle in The Hip Hop Nutcracker, hitting the road for a seventh season. The production features hip hop pioneer  Kurtis “The Breaks” Blow, the first rapper to be signed by a major label in 1979. 42 years and a  heart transplant later, this hip hop founding father is still performing as MC of  The Hip Hop Nutcracker.  Preview the action here:   A cast of a dozen all-star dancers, an on-stage DJ and an electric violinist turn the beloved score on its head. The 31-city tour kicks off...

WFAE's four newest Board of Directors members are, from left, Debra Turner Bailey, Riaz Bhamani, Diana Quarry and Matthew Socha. WFAE is pleased to welcome four new board members beginning a three-year term of service here in January 2021: Debra Turner Bailey, Riaz Bhamani, Diana Quarry and Matthew Socha. Debra Turner Bailey returned to Statesville in 2013 after an extensive career in global human resources, including 21 years with Corning Inc., with the final nine years as global diversity officer. Bailey is currently working as a consultant, trainer and facilitator in the areas of leadershi...