<B>Culture shock: Nightlife nut falls for ballet</B><BR>Tyler Gray's column in the Orlando Sentinel <BR> <BR> <BR>'Tis the season to dude up and find nightlife that won't leave you hung over, deaf or smelling like smoke. Take a little of that Christmas cash or redeem a few packs of tighty whities or clothes you'll never wear and treat yourself and a date to an evening of culture.<P>I did.<P>I've done the symphony, the opera, plays and musicals. But would you believe that, in 27 years, I had never seen a ballet? Until last week, I could barely keep my finger off the clicker when The Nutcracker came on PBS.<P><A HREF="http://orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/nightlife/orl-livever24122401dec24.column?coll=orl%2Dcaltop" TARGET=_blank><B>click for more</B></A>

Well, after reading that I guess there is hope for the younger generation (ahem).<P>I like the way he keeps calling ballet "culture"...but I wonder how he would define that word. <P><BR>