Based on the book by L. Frank Baum.

Have you ever wondered just where Santa Claus came from?  L. Frank Baum knew.  The same man who created The Wonderful Wizard of Oz lets us in on his secret: the story of Saint Nicholas as told to him by Necile, the nymph who found Claus and raised him as her own in the world of Knooks, Faeries, Ryls, and, yes, even the dreaded Awgwas.  “Beware the Awgwas,” Necile warns Claus.  “They hide under beds to frighten human children!”  And so Claus decides he must leave the world of the Immortals and live among the humans, making toys to make children happy.  He gets help from Jack Frost, who shows him the Frost Gale which allows Claus and his sleigh to fly, and from two runaway Knooks, Lem and Barlo, who want to hear the children laugh.  This delightful tale answers once and for all how Santa Claus made the first toy, why he climbs down chimneys and, most of all, how he learned to laugh that great “Ho! Ho! Ho!”

Arts Coalition of Delta Country founder Richard Weldon moved to Delta in 1967 to teach music at Delta High School. Through that experience and his time in the Valley Symphony Orchestra he discovered that our local auditorium would not fit our local music needs. It was then that he envisioned the creation of the largest performing arts center in Western Colorado.

To make this vision a reality, Richard formed a group of like minded people called the Arts Coalition of Delta County in an effort to promote the arts in Delta County, including Art, Music, Theater and Dance, etc.

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Since it's creation, the Arts Coalition has grown quickly from a small group of instrumentalists to include multimedia art shows and a theatrical group. The Arts Coalition has also partnered with the Technical College of the Rockies which has pledge land to the Arts Coalition for the building of the performing arts center. Each year brings us closer to achieving Richard's dream. We invite you to share in that dream too!