The Artistic Advisory Committee of Nutcracker 2013 has donated $23,059.30 to the McNeese State University Department of Performing Arts through the McNeese Foundation. “The Nutcracker” returned to the Lake Area in December – for the first time since Hurricane Rita – to celebrate its 50th anniversary and to raise funds to support the department. On hand for the presentation are from left: Kristin Draper, Amy Honeycutt Sonnier, Libby McCreedy Richards, Richard Reid, vice president for university advancement and executive vice president of the McNeese Foundation, Dr. Michael Buckles, head of the performing arts department, Libby Tete Looney and Colleen Cannon Benoit.
