'Nutcracker' Prince Proposes To Dewdrop Fairy. She said 'Yes'
Allison Evans was performing as the Dewdrop Fairy with the Metropolitan Ballet in Wichita, Kan., and her boyfriend was the prince. During the performance, he dropped to one knee and proposed.
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:
Good morning. I'm Rachel Martin. On Sunday, Allison Evans was performing in "The Nutcracker" with the Metropolitan Ballet in Wichita. She was the Dewdrop Fairy. And inexplicably, her boyfriend, Dalton Rupp-Meinert, who is not a dancer, was cast months earlier as the prince. All became clear during the performance when Dalton dropped to one knee and proposed. The Dewdrop Fairy said yes, which was a relief. But Dalton later said he had actually been far more nervous about remembering his ballet moves.
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