This is the holiday party you'll talk about until next year. Join the SCF Big Band, Guitar Ensemble, and Jazz Combo for a hard swinging and cool stringing tribute to Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker. Dance with sugar plum fairies, toy soldiers, and reindeer at this holiday jam session. Wear your best ugly sweater for a free eggnog after the show.

Since 1966, the SCF Neel Performing Arts Center has served as a cultural center for Manatee and Sarasota counties hosting both College and community sponsored events. The main performance hall remodeled in 1999, the hall features a 65 x 40 foot stage, seating for 830 patrons, as well as wheelchair accessible seating and restrooms. The magnificent Elizabeth M. Eaton Memorial Pipe Organ, a 50-rank, 3-manual instrument built by nun master craftsman Charles McManis, was rededicated in October 2000.