On Friday morning, the North Central Ballet performed the Nutcracker Ballet for students ahead of opening night on Friday.

For many families seeing the Nutcracker together is tradition, but for some families in North Central Ballet, being in the Nutcracker together might just be a new tradition.

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"I never in my wildest dreams thought I'd be on stage," Josh Rettig said. Rettig, his wife Emily, daughter Aspen, and son Archer are all in the Nutcracker production. Emily is the only ballet dancer in the family. "I did the high school football thing. I got to play in front of 40,000 people, but it's not anything like this!"

"Was not on my bucket list," Brian Droege said smiling. Droge is a teacher. This is his second year playing one of the pare

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