Holiday Season Performances

Tis the season for holiday performances, and on the Tuesday edition of "Live and Local," we'll cover two of them: the 35th annual performance of "The Nutcracker" by Springfield Ballet Company, this weekend, and the Champaign-Urbana Symphony's Holiday Concert Thursday night, with The Chorale and the Parkland Singers. NOTE: The second sound clip is my complete interview with Julie Ratz, artistic director of the Springfield Ballet, which was excerpted on the live program.