SR-09-24-2013-13B0_TPTdP2'jWZ1W
CITY CLERK'S OFFICE - MEMORANDUM
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Councilmembers Winterer and Davis
Date: September 24, 2013
13 -13: Request of Councilmembers Winterer and Davis that the City Council
use $10,000 in discretionary funds to sponsor the Westside Ballet of Santa
Monica (a 503(c) non - profit organization) and its collaboration with the Santa
Monica - Malibu Unified School District, Santa Monica College, and the Santa
Monica Community Orchestra to produce The Nutcracker at The Broad Stage
and to provide complimentary tickets to SMMUSD classes. This program will
enhance the SMMUSD arts curriculum by providing students an opportunity to
see a traditional, full - length balletwith a live orchestra here in Santa Monica.
Students will have an opportunity to interact with both the dancers and the
orchestra musicians. The amount of funding requested is less than 10% of the
total cost of the program and associated curriculum and the additional funds
will allow students from Title I schools (which have a large number of
students that qualify for free or reduced lunch programs) to attend
performances at no cost.
Sept. 24, 2013