First Night Tacoma-Pierce County 2010 Program
Most activities take place at locations on Broadway between 13th and 7th St. There are two stages that can be accessed via Commerce St (two of the SOTA stages) and one workshop space will be accessed via St. Helens.
Free admission to Tacoma Art Museum, Museum of Glass and Tacoma Children's Museum all day when wearing your First Night button!
Children's Museum will close at 6:30pm
1st Night Kids Stage begins at 6:30pm
Confused? Print a schedule grid to take with you. 
Rehearsal Studio
(
especially for pre-school and elementary school kids!
Rodney Raccoon
The Blix Blazers
The Dynamic Duo
& more
City of Tacoma Main Stage (outdoors on Broadway)
10:45pm
First Night Procession
Last Mile Fun Run (
Street Parade (
all are welcome to participate! Gather at Sanford & Son 743 Broadway
Komandu –
Yellow Hat Marching Band
Dockyard Derby Dames
(pre-parade meet your favorite Dame at the Hotel Murano)
Seattle Seahawks Blue Thunder drumline
and lots of lights, color and action!
Pierce Transit Square
6:50 Lighting of the Fire Clock
Tacoma Scots Pipe Band
Tacoma Museum of Glass Mobile Hot Shop (all evening)
Shadow Puppet Theater (all evening)
Dream Trees (place your wishes and resolutions on the trees all night long)
11:40-midnight closing ceremony
Movement Chorus led by the BareFoot Collective
Mass choir featuring – YOU!
Burning of the Dream Trees
And more
Spontaneity Stage
(Outdoors on Broadway)7pm Hey it’s spontaneous, so we’re not saying exactly, but expect to see acts like Blue Thunder, Yellow Hat Marching Band, dance crews, fire dancers, and maybe tigers…
School of the Arts Stage
(Venues on Broadway between 11th & 13th, please note SOTA stages on Commerce can be accessed either on Commerce or via the Broadway entrance)
Metro Arts, brought to you by Metro Parks Tacoma and Tacoma School of the Arts
School of the Arts
Stage Producers: Mary Mabry & Melisa Jennings
School of the Arts Stage: Entrance 1118 Commerce
7:00-7:30 SPARX Theatrical Performance: Come and see a wild and funny play put on by the Metro Arts SPARX theatre students from area middle schools. Directed by: Sharon Cantrill
7:30-7:45 Metro Arts Dance Company presents excerpts from the up and coming performance of "Cinderella" Come and see a preview of what is to come in the Spring. Directed by: Mary Mabry
7:45-8:00 Mini - Magical Ballet class given by the cast from "Cinderella". This is open for all to watch, with a sampler class geared toward 3-6 year olds. Older elementary children may participate.
8:00-8:30 Korean Dance & Drumming: Come and see and 15 minute performance of this dance genre and then experience a free class, that is open for teen-adult to try out. Directed by: Kim Soo
8:30-9:00 Fire and Ice Irish Step Dance Company Performance and free trial class. If you have ever been curious about this style and wanted to try it out, now is your chance. Directed by: Susan Calhoun
9:00-9:45 School of the Arts theatre students present a performance piece Directed by: Kelly Doran
9:45-10:30 Belly Dance Performance. Led by famed Tacoma Belly dancer, Deborah Anderson, audiences will be sure to love watching this form of dance. Stick around after the performance for a free sampler class.
Dance Room:
Entrance 1118 Commerce
Art for kids: Metro Arts will lead your children through the creation and exploration of various arts projects relating to the Metal Tiger. Go home with a mask and other assorted creations to remember your night out as a family!
Club SOTA:
Entrance 1117 Broadway
Teen Dance Space and headquarters for scavenger hunt. Hunt for the Tiger! Teens will form teams and go out into the First Night footprint with the task of forming their tiger!
Rialto Theater
Tacoma City Ballet
Tacoma City Ballet will be performing three short ballets with Pearl Django. "The Boss" "Too Many Proposals" and "You've Got the Wrong Idea, Love" all explore the general theme of "Romance Gone Bad." These are funny little vignettes about the troubles between women and men.
Theater on the Square
(the yellow Theater on Broadway)
*The BareFoot Collective performs:
Trio Suite
Choreography: Carrie Goodnight
Music:
Performers: Carrie Goodnight, Amanda Herman & Michael Hoover
Do Not Over Inflate
Choreography & Music: Michael Hoover
Performers: Stephanie Kriege Pederson & Katie Stricker
Dance by Numbers
Choreography: Amanda Herman & Eileen Walters
Performers: Carrie Goodnight & Amanda Herman
Impromptu 2
Performers: Carrie Goodnight, Amanda Herman, Micahel Hoover, Stephanie Kriege Pederson & Katie Stricker
The BareFoot Collective (tBFC) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to creating opportunities for dance and related arts in our community. We serve the greater
Theater on the Square Lobby
Noelle Wood - Poledello Pole Dancing
Performances at
Pantages Lobby
Stage producers: Centell Jackson, Gospollo and Rabbi Elizabeth Wood, Temple Beth El
Broadway Center Rehearsal Hall (3rd floor)
(3rd floor, enter via elevator on Broadway between Pantages and Theater on the Square)Stage producer: Lucas Smiraldo
Urban Soul Stage
The Inner City Soul Stage will highlight soulful performances from featured spoken word artists from Speak Your Soul with the classical musical and experimental fusion of The Urban Orchestra. Each hour will include a spoken word feature, an independent set of pieces from the Urban Orchestra and time for several open mic performances from audience members. Each set will culminate with a collaborative performance from the feature and the entire 9 member Urban Orchestra ensemble.
The performance invites an eclectic, collaborative, celebratory night of live performance with room for audience participation along with high energy spoken word and rich classically influenced music with a contemporary and experimental edge.
8 PM
Feature—Vanilla Soul
Tacoma Urban Orchestra
Open Mic I (approximately 8:30 PM)
Vanilla Soul and Tacoma Urban Orchestra Set Finale
9 PM
Feature—Leisha McIntyre, Speak Your Soul Feature
Tacoma Urban Orchestra
Open Mic II (approximately 9:30 PM)
Ieisha McIntyre and Tacoma Urban Orchestra Second Set Finale
10 PM
Feature—Six Deep The Messenger. Speak Your Soul Feature
Tacoma Urban Orchestra
Open Mic III (approximately 10:30 PM)
Six Deep and Tacoma Urban Orchestra Set Finale
10:55 PM
Tacoma Urban Orchestra and Vanilla Soul Urban Soul Stage Finale to Original New Years Piece
Broadway Center 915
(2nd floor between TOTS & Pantages)The Tacoma Round
The Round is a collaborative arts experience with three songwriters sharing the stage with slam poets and live visual artists. The Round highlights the community aspect of art, connecting the performers to each other and the audience. This will be the eighth Round hosted in Tacoma.
More Venues - Includes After Midnight Entertainment!
924 Broadway
Stage Producers: Roger Kuhrt (Tacoma Film Club), Rachel Marecle (Grand Cinema)
2006 Academy Awards Nominated Short Films Festival
Join the Grand Cinema in association with The Tacoma Film Club at 924 Broadway for entertaining family films during the First Night festival. These are short films so you don’t have to block out an hour of your time, just come when you can and see what is showing:
West Bank Story (21 min.) Comedy/Musical – set in Israel a fast-paced, fast-food romance/comedy.
Binta & The Great Idea (30 min.) Comedy/Family/French – set in Senegal the film follows a young girl and her father’s great idea.
Eramos Pocos “One Too Many” (16 min.) Comedy/Spanish – the film follows a wife tired of her husband and son’s messy ways.
Helmer & Son (13 min) Comedy/Drama/Danish – a son visits his father who is stuck in an armoire at his resthome.
The Danish Poet (14 min) Animation/Romance/Danish – a woman narrates the story of how her parents met.
Maestro (5 min.) Animation – follows what a Maestro and his assistant prepare for five minutes before a performance.
The Grand Cinema is Pierce County's only non-profit art house film theater dedicated to bringing independent films to the area. Our mission is to enhance the cultural vitality of the community through the art of film. The Grand Cinema is located at 606 S. Fawcett and can be found at www.grandcinema.com
The Tacoma Film Club is an organization in Tacoma, Washington designed to celebrate and promote the art of film. We hold monthly meetings set up much like a Book Club. Each month we select three films to watch, typically one theater film and two films on DVD or VHS. At each function we discuss the films seen from the previous month, all in a comfortable atmosphere. Highbrows and novices alike are welcome! http://www.tacomafilmclub.org/
Speakeasy Arts Cooperative
746 Broadway (across from Sanford & Son)7pm Dirty Change Up
8pm Voxxy Vallejo
9pm Dr. Stephen Bucklew
9:30pm Deborah Page
10:40pm Beehive
11:40 Closed for midnight ceremony!
12:15am Oscillator X
Moroccan Treasures
(across the street from the Pantages, next to Subway)
Stage Producer: Quincy Henry
Hip-Hop Show
10:25pm
11pm
Pythian Temple Castle Hall
(upstairs, between 924 & Children’s Museum)
Stage Producers: Joanna Chesnut & Phil Chang
Traditions from around the world
7pm Arletta Sound (15 piece jazz band)
8pm Jam on my Muffins (Old Time, Cajun, Irish)
8:45 Over the Water Hurdy Gurdy
9:45 Cambodian Classical Dance
10:30 Po’okela Street Band (Jamaican reggae/Hawaiian rhythm fusion)
Sanford and Son
(743 Broadway, upstairs)
Sanford and Son will open at 3 pm on New Year's Eve
7:15pm Runaway Train (bluegrass)
8:15 The Last Resort (Tacoma stringband plus killer vocals)
9:15 Ramsey Collins Nicholson Band (bluegrass & swing)
10:15 Northwest Choro Collective
7:15pm Zubin Hensler Trio (jazz)
"You Are Special" by Max Lucado adapted by Claire Teague (
A Play, by Sarah Ann Rickner & Martin Stewart
8:15 Larry Murante (singer-songwriter, grand prize winner of 2009 John Lennon songwriting contest)
"All in the Timing", by David Ives w/ Kaylie Rainer & Taylor Richmond
"Life in Theater" by Bryan Willis
"Delia's Declaration", by Diane M. Crews
"Time Flies", by David Ives w/ Galen Wicks & Melanie Cole
9:15 Big Time Rhythm w/drum master William Hines (drum circle & performance)
Tully’s
(9th & Broadway)Stage Producers: Scott Katz for Victory Music
7pm Cat Loves Crow
7:40pm Matt Price
8:20 Bill Davie
9pm Terry Lane
9:40 Out of Sight/Out of Mind
10:20 Greg Scott & Leslie Eliel
Varsity Grill
Dueling pianos with Josh & Mike – all evening
Runners in the Last Mile Fun Run with race numbers will be eligible for a free beverage at Varsity Grill!