Mallarmé Chamber Players
7:00, 8:15 & 9:15
First Baptist Church Sanctuary
Salisbury Street (Capacity 425)
The Mallarmé Chamber Players is a nationally acclaimed ensemble of 25 professional musicians. In addition to playing rarely performed works from the traditional chamber music repertoire, the group celebrates diversity in our community by featuring the music of Black, Asian, Latino and women composers and regularly commissions new works by emerging American composers. In addition to their concert series in Durham, the Chamber Players tour extensively throughout North Carolina and the eastern United States, including performances at the Spoleto Festival in South Carolina and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and concerts in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia.
www.mallarmemusic.org
Sponsored by Captive-Aire Systems, Media Sponsor: Fifty Plus


Paul Miller’s Flow Circus
3:00-5:00 & 7:30-8:30
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
First Floor Lobby
This juggling guru performs amazing gravity-defying feats of prestidigitation. www.flowcircus.com
Sponsored by York Properties, Media Sponsor: Garner News


Panyélo
8:00-11:00
Boylan Pearce Building
Fayetteville Street Mall (Capacity 200)
Dance to the beat of this Latin steel drum band from Morehead City. The six- man band features drums from Trinidad made out of 55-gallon oil barrels. The band includes steel drum players Scotty Sells, Lead Pan and Triple Guitar Pans, Andy Wright, Double Second Pans, and Wayne Viar; latin percussionist; Jésus Nievés; electric bass player Dexter Whittaker; and Mike Davis on Guitar. Lead vocals and backup harmony from all members of the group.
Sponsored by Gospodarek, Lunsford & Strickland, C.P.A., Media Sponsor: La Conexión


Paperhand Puppet Intervention
3:00-4:00 Bicentennial Plaza
8:00-9:30 Raleigh Convention & Conference Center Plaza
Larger-than-life spirits of the seasons greet the celestial creations of Donovan Zimmerman and Jan Burger in the puppet drama "Listen to the Sky."
Sponsored by White Oak Properties, Media Sponsor: Independent Weekly


Pico Vs. Island Trees
7:00-8:00
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Acro Café (Capacity 50)
With a sound they proclaim as "Sophisticated Pop" when you listen to Pico Vs. Island Trees, it’s hard to believe they’re only 17. With smooth melodies, experimental jams, tight harmonies, and lyrics form the soul, Pico’s well beyond their years. Check out "Getting Over," Lost in Your Misery," and "Consolation" at the Acro Café.
www.pvitrees.com


Poetry Alive!
8:00, 9:00 & 10:30
First Citizens Bank Lobby (Capacity 100)
From the page to the stage … this acting duo has been presenting verse as theater since 1984, transforming poems into scripts and audiences into actors. The result is a non-stop tour de force of words with a hint of sorrow and a dash of silliness and every emotion in between.
www.poetryalive.com
Sponsored by First Citizens Bank, Media Sponsor: Business Leader Magazine






Polish the Acorn
4:00-6:00 & 7:30-10:00
Raleigh Convention & Conference Center Plaza
Give a traditional rub for good luck to Raleigh's giant copper acorn.






Raleigh Flute Choir’s Flying Flutes
6:30, 7:30 & 8:30
First Baptist Church Sanctuary
Wilmington St. (Capacity 425)
The melody of flutes, including piccolo, concert, alto, bass and contra-bass flutes evoke the flight of birds, butterflies and bumblebees. The Raleigh Flute Choir has performed in venues across the Triangle, North and South Carolina, Virginia and Washington, DC. They have been guests for three Presidents at the White House (to view photos,
visit www.raleighflutes.org/RFC/RFCWiteHouse2001.htm).
www.RaleighFlutes.org
Sponsored by First Union/Wachovia


Abe Reid & The Spikedrivers
7:30, 8:30, 9:30 & 10:30
333 Corporate Plaza
Fayetteville Street Mall (Capacity 100)
Winning the International Blues Talent Competition earned Abe Reid the title of "best unsigned blues artist in the land" from The Blues Foundation in 1998. The trio join Abe’s vocals, guitar and harmonica with Seth Kauffman on drums and Kory Dudley on the upright bass. He describes their music as "a combination of North Carolina Piedmont Blues, Gershwin type ragtime and my own brand of musical stew."
www.abereid.com
Sponsored by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina


Kevin Reylek
8:30-10:30
North Carolina Museum of History
Demo Gallery (Capacity 50)
Get up close to dazzling slight-of-hand illusions.
Sponsored by CARQUEST, Media Sponsor: The Apex Herald
Performer provided by Triangle Theatre Festival, www.theatrefestival.org


Scrappy Hamilton
10:30-Midnight
Raleigh Convention & Conference Center Plaza
Main Stage
100% Original Stomp Rag Boogie Music inspired by ragtime,hot jazz, old Louisiana R&B, secondline brass bands, country shuffle,doo wop, Klezmer, Appalachian snake handling diddies and Rock & Roll Band line-up from Ashville includes Bill Smith on drums, Mike Holstein on upright bass, Isaac Stanford on trumpet, Walker Young on piano and vocals, and front man Scott Kinnebrew on guitar and vocals. They’ve played with The Squirrel Nut Zippers, the New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, The Asylum Street Spankers, The Rebirth Brass Band, and The Moldy Peaches.
www.scrappyhamilton.com
Sponsored by WRAL TV5 and MIX 101.5 FM


Jon Shain Duo
8:00-11:00
Port City Java
Fayetteville Street Mall (Capacity 50)
Based in the heart of the Piedmont, this gifted singer/songwriter brings to his craft a wealth of roots influences and experiences from the road. After a short apprenticeship with NC Bluesman Richard "Big Boy" Henry in the late 80’s, Shain logged ten years on the road with psychedelic Folk-Rock group, Flyin’ Mice and their spin-off group, Wake. He has shared the stage with David Grisman, Tony Rice Unit, Hot Tuna, Leon Russell, Dave Matthews Band and the Dixie Dregs. Album releases include Brand New Lifetime (late 1999) and Fools and Fine Ladies (Spring 2001).

"Shain is a master picker and a giftedsinger/songwriter, interpreting the blues in a unique and soulful way." —Grant Britt, digitalcity.com.

www.jonshain.com
Sponsored by Gospodarek, Lunsford & Strickland, C.P.A.


Silent Film’s Kings of Comedy
8:15, 9:15 & 10:15
North Carolina Museum of History
Daniels Auditorium (Capacity 300)
Experience classic comedy in a program of silent films featuring Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Laurel & Hardy and Charley Chase. The movies will be shown with live musical accompaniment by Ben Model, silent film composer and accompanist. Model performed at the 17th Annual International Festival Silent Film in Pordenone, Italty, and has been one of the Museum of Modern Art’s silent film pianist for 16 years in New York City. Ben often says of his work as a silent film accompanist that, for a field that’s been dead more than 70 years, he’s doing pretty well. He is a producer of The Silent Clowns Film Series in New York in Manhattan’s Upper West Side.
www.silentclowns.com
Sponsored by CARQUEST


Michael Stanwood
4:00, 5:00 & 7:30
North Carolina Museum of History
Daniels Auditorium (Capacity 300)
This First Night favorite leads a romp around the world through instruments and the music of many cultures. His virtuosity showcases the Didjeridoo, an ancient Australian Aboriginal musical instrument made from a branch of a eucalyptus or gum tree that has been hollowed out by termites. Its sound produces a mesmerizing drone and bass rhythm used traditionally to accompany song and dance. Rock paintings on caves have established that the Didjeridoo is at least 20,000 years old. It could be the oldest musical instrument in the world.
www.coloartists.org/stanwood.htm
Sponsored by CARQUEST, Media Sponsor: The Carolina Times


Steep Canyon Rangers
7:00, 8:00, 9:00 & 10:00
First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary (Capacity 500)
Co-Presented by PineCone, The Piedmont Council of Traditional Music
Western North Carolina’s hottest young bluegrass "hot-picking" band have been selling out shows from the mountains to the coast of North Carolina, playing both original and traditional material. They won the Rocky Mountain Bluegrass Festival band competition in Colorado last summer, and were named "Best New Artist of 2001" by the Prism in Charlottesville, VA. The five musicians hail from throughout the state: on fiddle and vocals is Lizzie Hamilton, from Fairview; from Brevard on guitar and lead vocals, Woody Platt, along with Mike Guggino on the mandolin and vocals; Graham Sharp plays the banjo, sings and is originally from Greensboro; and bassist and vocalist Charles Humphrey III comes from Greenville. The band released their second album in mid-July, Mr. Taylor’s New Home.
www.steepcanyon.com
Sponsored by Tharrington Smith, L.L.P., Media Sponsor: WUNC 91.5 FM


Transactors Improv Company
Raleigh Convention and Conference Center
8:30, 10:00 & 11:00
Take a roller coaster ride through the human experience; performing improvisational theater based on audience suggestion, the Transactors’ performance reflects what’s on the minds of audience members, from politics to lunch. Imagine a fantastical journey through time, historic events colored by your imagination and whim; or a full-length musical with songs, characters and script composed on-the-spot with your input. The Transactors Improv Company was formed in 1983 at The ArtSchool in Carrboro. Utilizing music, dance, storytelling and their skills as actors, the Transactors have spent 18 years honing their craft. Their unique hybrid style of improv has earned them a national reputation with appearances from Montreal to Austin and performances on National Public Radio and the Canadian Broadcasting Company.
www.transactors.org
Sponsored by AT&T, Progress Energy, US Airways, Media Sponsors: The News & Observer, Time Warner Cable & STAR FM 102.9/96.9 FM


Jan Tu
3:00-5:00 & 7:30-9:30
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Third Floor Mountain Cove (Capacity 50)
Edu-tainer will spin heartwarming folktales intermixed with fascinating nature talks for children of any age.
Media Sponsor: Kidsville News
Performer provided by Triangle Theatre Festival, www.theatrefestival.org


Twisted Acorn Game
7:00-11:00
Raleigh Convention & Conference Center
Party to your favorite twisting tunes on the board of this giant replica of the 70’s hit game.
Sponsored by AT&T, Progress Energy, US Airways, Media Sponsors: The News & Observer, Time Warner Cable & STAR FM 102.9/96.9 FM


Voices’ Airplanes and Whirligigs
3:00-5:30 & 7:00-8:00
North Carolina Museum of History
Demo Gallery (Capacity 40)
Write about your hopes, dreams and visions for the coming year. Write them on handmade whirligigs and paper airplanes and watch them take flight at 5:00 in a launch from the steps of the History Museum.
Sponsored by CARQUEST, Media Sponsor: Kidsville News


William Weisser
7:00 & 9:00
Edenton Street United Methodist Church Sanctuary (Capacity 1200)
Dr. William Weisser, organist and diaconal minister at Edenton United Methodist Church, will present "Fly Me to the Moon," a program featuring music of the night, that promises the listener a journey through space and time.

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