<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><center style="font-family: Avenir-Book; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);" class=""><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="100%" width="100%" id="bodyTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1853px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 1129px;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="center" valign="top" id="bodyCell" style="height: 1853px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 1129px; border-top-width: 0px;" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="center" valign="top" id="templatePreheader" style="background-image: none; background-size: cover; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 9px; padding-bottom: 9px; background-position: center center; 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max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="word-break: break-word; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px;"><h2 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 22px; line-height: 27.5px;" class="">Auditions:<br class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Saturday, September 8, 2018</span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Proctors Theater, Schenectady NY</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10px;" class=""><em class="">**CHILDREN MUST BE AGE 5 on September 8 to audition and be considered for a role.</em></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px;" class="">12:00 - 1:00 pm Children Roles (ages 5-8)</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px;" class="">1:00 - 2:30 pm Children Roles (ages 9-12)</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px;" class="">2:30 - 3:30 pm Act 1 Adults</p><p dir="ltr" style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px;" class="">3:30 - 5:00 pm Variations (ages 13 and up) - Ladies, please bring pointe shoes</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 24px;" class="">The auditions will be for roles in;</p><ul class=""><li class="">Northeast Ballet Company's "The Nutcracker" performances at Proctors Theater on Saturday, December 1, 2018 and Sunday, December 2, 2018. </li><li class="">SPAC Nutcracker Tea performances at Saratoga's Hall of Springs<br class=""><br class=""><strong class="">Guest Artists - Lauren Lovette and Taylor Stanley of the New York City Ballet</strong></li></ul><br class="">For more information, please visit <a href="http://www.northeastballet.org" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(43, 170, 223);" class="">www.<font color="#0782c1" class=""><u class="">northeastballet.org</u></font></a> or call <a href="tel:%28518%29%20374-0376" target="_blank" value="+15183740376" style="color: rgb(43, 170, 223); cursor: default;" class="">(518) 374-0376</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" class="columnWrapper" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" class="columnContainer"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnImageCardBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class="mcnImageCardBlockOuter"><tr class=""><td class="mcnImageCardBlockInner" valign="top" style="padding: 9px 18px;"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageCardBottomContent" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse; background-color: rgb(64, 64, 64);"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class="mcnImageCardBottomImageContent" align="left" valign="top" style="padding: 0px;"><img alt="" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/bef29846b6ac5a06bcbe0a72b/images/ef62e58c-6b1a-4079-963f-4c7467db5b39.png" width="264" class="mcnImage" style="border: 0px; 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