Jan Doran knows her way around a sewing machine.
She had been sewing most of her life when, about nine years ago, someone at Ballet Wichita approached her about helping with some costumes for “The Nutcracker.”
“I was asked if I could come down one evening in November and maybe help out, and I left five hours later, in charge,” Doran said. “I had never touched a tutu before in my life.”…