Ballet and baseball have much in common. In both, seemingly ordinary people become extraordinary performers. With a fielder’s mitt, a player makes that run-saving catch. Toe shoes enable a young girl to glide across a stage. There’s redemption. The least likely player hits the walk-off home run. The most famous ballet of them all — “The Nutcracker” — is also a story of redemption. Young Marie rescues the Nutcracker from the rat king, and it is her act of redemption that transforms the Nutcracker into a prince.

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Dick Enberg, 82. A Hall of Fame broadcaster known as much for his excited calls of “Oh, my!” as the big events he covered during a 60-year career. Dec. 21. Bruce McCandless, 80. A NASA astronaut who was the first person to fly freely and untethered in space and was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty spacewalker’s jetpack. Dec. 21. Heather Menzies-Urich, 68. She played one of the singing von Trapp children in the hit 1965 film, “The Sound of Music.” Dec. 24.

The annual Art and Wine Festival has grown from humble beginnings to one of the East Bay’s greatest outdoor festivals, attracting more than 100,000 visitors over the weekend, Free bus shuttles will be operating to the festival from the Walnut Creek BART station and from the Shadelands Business Park, Admission to the festival is free, For more information, go to www.walnut-creek.com, LAMORINDA, WALNUT CREEK, Local schools earn ‘Gold ballet shoes necklace, swarovski pearl choice, toe shoe necklace, ballerina slipper necklace, gift, ballet slippers Ribbon’ honor, Nine central Contra Costa County schools have been selected as California Gold Ribbon Schools for 2015, among 26 middle schools and high schools in Contra Costa County so honored..

Welch covered her face with a sheet of fabric and used some strategic lighting to appear as a ghost on “Blinding,” another song punctuated by a combative drumbeat. On “I’m Not Calling You a Liar” and “Between Two Lungs,” Welch tested out the strength of her pipes. While her voice is not always pitch-perfect, it doesn’t waver. Her fans were loving it, and a giddy Welch didn’t try to hide her appreciation. Welch followed with her first American single, “You’ve Got the Love,” which quickly turned into a group singalong, with Welch egging the audience on.