FNR |2004| Design Your Night




	TIPS FOR ENJOYING YOUR FIRST NIGHT · Buy your button early and plan your evening in advance. · Go to your first choice activities early. Admission is on a first come, first serve basis and lines may form up to 30 minutes before performances start. · Wear layers, comfortable shoes. Many activities are indoors, but you’ll be outside traveling from one to the next. · Be flexible and have fun!





DESIGN YOUR NIGHT Children’s Celebration 2:00-6:00pm Sponsored by IBM (Five years and under admitted free) Come downtown early with the whole family and make some noise! North Carolina Museum of History North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Outside on the Bicentennial Plaza Exhibits, Performances and Crafts Activities New Year’s Eve Around the World 4:00-11:30pm Raleigh Convention & Conference Center Food, crafts and New Year’s traditions from every corner of the globe: Udupi Cafe, Cultural Enrichment Services, Claudia Bernal, Gabriel Silang Society and Kobobi Persian Food. Special Performances 4:00-4:15 Stepping for Faith 4:30-4:55 Viswas Chitnis with Michael Anderson & Chris Johnsonh 5:00-5:25 Filipino-American Performing Artists of North Carolina 5:30-6:00 Blue Moon Dance Company 6:00-7:00 Baraka Mundi 7:15-8:00 African American Dance Ensemble 8:00-9:00 Raleigh Drum Circle 9:00-10:00 African American Dance Ensemble Five-Alarm Salsa Dance Party with Carnavalito 10:00-11:30 Mambo with the Triangle’s most popular Latin big band. People’s Procession 6:00 Sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline Line-Up North End of the State Capitol Grounds, Edenton Street Larger-Than-Life Puppets lead the march, followed by Trigon the Dragon, the NCSU Pipes & Drums, the Helping Hand Mission Band and a lot of your friends. Destination: the Raleigh Convention and Conference Center Plaza in time for a 7:00 Fireworks Show featuring the Raleigh Acorn On the Main Stage Raleigh Convention & Conference Center Plaza Sponsored by WRAL TV5 and MIX 101.5 FM Early Countdown 6:00-7:00 The Rosebuds Pure Pop Confection The Raleigh Acorn practices its descent at 7:00 sharp with Fireworks! (Don’t miss the early show if you’re leaving before midnight.) Evening Outside Entertainment 8:00-9:00 Baraka Mundi 9:30 Kim Armstrong’s A Popular Dance Plan Your Evening Program Study the program of 100 evening performances. Choose 2 or 3 indoor performances, allow ample time to get from one location to the next and arrive early. Don't try to see everything. Admission to performance sites is on a first-come, first-serve basis and programs start at the scheduled times. Programs draw full houses and late admission is rare. Plan back-up choices in case a show is filled. On the Main Stage Sponsored by WRAL TV5 and MIX 101.5 FM Countdown to Midnight begins at 10:30 Donovan Carless and the Posse Reggae, Soul & Funk Grand Finale and Fireworks at Midnight Sponsored by DowntownRaleigh.com Live Work Play! Ride the First Night Raleigh Tram 7:00-11:00pm Operating between performance venues Sponsored by Governor’s Highway Safety Program Media Sponsors: Sports Radio 850 The Buzz See map for tram stop locations. FNR © · artsplosure · all rights reserved \| hosting by celito.net