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DEL.ICIO.USDance of the Councilman
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Here’s a fun newsflash.
Marietta City Councilman Van Pearlberg will be making his ballet debut this December.
He won a walk-on role in the Georgia Ballet’s performance of “The Nutcracker,” during the ballet’s fundraiser over the weekend. Wife Patti and their friends - Judge Stephen Schuster and wife Reva, Scott Pearson, Kelly Ellis, and Jennifer Paugh - all pooled their tickets for a shot in the drawing during “Dancers are Athletes,” a sports-themed fundraiser held at ESPN Zone in Buckhead.
When serendipity struck, the winning group nominated the gregarious Pearlberg, who gets to choose someone to accompany him on stage.
(Kidding aside, it’s not uncommon for Nutcracker productions to feature cameo walk-ons by local notables during the early party scene when guests are strolling about.)
Sportscaster Gil Tyree emceed the Saturday night event and the crowd included former NBA pro Dale Ellis, with his fiancee Daphne and brother Darryl.
Georgia Ballet was represented by executive director Michele Ziemann-DeVos, artistic director Gina-Hyatt Mazon, ballet master Janusz Mazon, and board chairman Sam Hensley Jr.
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