On Nov. 22, the Art Club at Woodland Middle School presented a student-made mural of scenes from “The Nutcracker” to the Eglevsky Ballet Company of Long Island, a nonprofit organization dedicated to enriching Long Island and its surrounding communities through the presentation and training of ballet.
Woodland Art Club adviser Dr. John Healy said that last spring, he asked his students if there were any organizations that they or their parents were affiliated with that would be receptive of a mural. Current seventh-grade student Leah Von Ohlen, a dancer at Eglevsky Ballet, suggested Woodland create a mural for Eglevsky Ballet.
Students completed the artwork in November. Previous murals have been completed for other companies and organizations, including the Nassau County Legislature, American Airlines and the Cradle of Aviation Museum on Long Island.
Laszlo Berdo, artistic director of the Eglevsky Ballet Company, Nassau County Legislature Presiding Officer Norma Gonsalves and Woodland Middle School Principal James Lethbridge were on hand for the unveiling of the mural.
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