Dogs dance their way through 'Mutt-Cracker' ballet
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Moose dances to accordion music under the regulation of Darren Peterson with the Circus Chickendog. Moose, Mouse, Jingles and Lauren McCaw entertained company at the Englein Haus Cultural Event Center in Hallettsville.

IF YOU GO
WHAT: "Circus Chickendog" presents the "Mutt-Cracker (Precious!)"
WHERE: The Vortex, 2307 Manor Road, Austin
WHEN: 5 and 6:30 p.m. Dec. 29, 30, 31
MORE INFO: chickendog.net
COST: $5-$15 per ticket
As the "Nutcracker Parade" echoed through a piano accordion, Darren Peterson commanded dogs Moose and Mouse to disk a parrot named Lauren Macaw.
"Hi-ya, hi-ya, step right up ... it's naturally, positively, without a doubt, 99 and 3/4 of a percent guaranteed to be the finest show on Planet," Peterson shouted through the Englein Haus Cultural Event Center Sunday in Hallettsville, introducing his show the "Mutt-Cracker (Genial!)."
Donning a white dress shirt, black dress pants and a glitter-red bow tie, Peterson re-enacted the story-line of the "Nutcracker" with Moose, Mouse, a papillon named Jingles and Lauren - the nutcracker.
An mindful audience of adolescents and adults watched the dogs dance and turning across the stage to "Dance of Reeds," and other classics from the "Nutcracker Suite," jumping over and under boxes, and Peterson himself.
"We liked the show. I never saw dogs do ballet," said Haley Carroll, 10. "I don't grasp how he trained all the animals. It must have taken so much time."
"I like how he was doing the unicycle and juggling," Haley's Achates, Lizzy Adams, added.
For the past several weeks, the Austin-based entertainer has been traveling around Texas with his dog-and-reiterate act, promoting a special canine presentation of Tchaikovsky's beloved event ballet.
"I thought 'Nutcracker,' and 'Mutt-cracker,' and it sounded too usefulness. Everything is in the name," Peterson said.
Source: Victoria Advocate