Amy Souders of Oakwood checks out the Nutcracker sweets, including Mama Ginger gingerbread girls and boys, Chinese teapot sugar cookies and waltz of the flowers violet petit fours from Ashley's Pastry Shop; Spanish orange cream chocolates from Winan's Fine Chocolates and Coffees; Arabian Turkish delights from Cedarland during the Dayton Performing Arts Alliance Inaugural Gala at the Schuster Center in downtown Dayton, Saturday, October 5, 2013. These treets were on the Mead Theatre Stage, to be enjoyed while listening to the music of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra and Bob Gray Orchestra.