Pop Culture in Studio K: Ballet for the Rest of Us. Plus, a giveaway.

UPDATE: We have a winner!

The holder of the 12th entry was...

Congrats, Ashley! E-mail me ASAP to claim your prize. 

Thanks to all for playing. I really enjoyed trying to imagine ballet dancing to the tune of the songs you suggested. And I may or may not have tried a few myself. Even though I have no business ballet dancing, especially not alone in the dark to My Endless Love. Wait - that's ice skating and Adam Sandler isn't it? My bad. 

Thanks again!

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Something visitors and long-time Tulsans alike sometimes don't realize about Tulsa is that the city is home to a world-class ballet company, Tulsa Ballet.

This weekend our very own Tulsa Ballet will premier its newest production, Pop Culture in Studio K. Forget about your typical ballet set to classical music - this ballet is a mix of contemporary dance with popular music, and it all takes place in the heart of Tulsa’s Brookside district.

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Your Thoughts on Men in Tights

Thanks to all who entered the contest for the family four-pack of tickets to Tulsa Ballet's The Nutcracker. It's all over now, and I'm about to pick a winner. I hope you're sitting down. We're gonna make it through this. Bear with me. My condolences.

None of that made any sense. See how quickly things can go downhill when I'm left to my own devices?

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TDT Holiday Gift Guide: Tulsa Ballet's The Nutcracker

For $15, for Christmas one could buy:

• A nicer-than-Hanes pair of socks;
• A nicer-than-Fruit-of-the-Loom pair of underwear (men's only);
• A gift card, the near thoughtlessness of which is not redeemed by its 27-percent chance of taking up permanent residence in the back of a junk drawer;
• The hot toy of the year 2009, a Zhu-Zhu Pet - that is, if you can find one in a store where the fabled $8 price is charged.

Or, one could offer an experience, the chance to take part in a Tulsa tradition.

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