Hot! Port Townsend Throws First Night Of Family Fun

By Diane Urbani de la Paz Peninsula Daily News

PORT TOWNSEND First Night indicates plenty of things to a lots of people. And in this arts- along with sea-loving town, this nighttime resulting 2012 suggests survive performances, craft projects, as a minimum four kinds of dancing and, that will put a strong exclamation stage on it, some sort of fireworks exhibit as well as raising on the lighted anchor.

This calendar year is the fifth 12-monthly First Night , together with family-friendly, alcohol-free things to do downtown from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. Saturday.

Admission is actually by simply donation; $5 for each person or even $10 for every household is suggested.

Passes for any celebration can be purchased in progress on the event's primary presenter, the particular Jefferson County Historical Museum with three hundred Madison St., or maybe revelers can pick them up in the lobby of the innovative Port Townsend City Hall developing on New Year's Eve.

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Here's a plan regarding the way the night time will unfold.

At City Hall, 540 Water St.:

Shady Grove Old Folks Band 6 p.m. for you to 7:15 p.m.

PT Songlines Community Chorus Sing-along 7:30 p.m. in order to 8:45 p.m.

Dream to get 2012 Dreamcatcher interactive artwork task 6 p.m. that will 8:45 p.m.

Exploring Hands attracting demonstrate through Port Townsend High School students half a dozen p.m. to help 8:45 p.m. inside Hildt Room.

Hands-on History Hunt activity 6 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. within the courtroom gallery.

Lap-steel oldies by using Larry Jones some p.m. for you to 7:30 p.m. throughout that fire hall.

Screenings connected with Port Townsend Film Festival shorts such as On that Rise, Bring Me Sunshine, Mr. Happy Man and On Assignment Jimmy Chin 6 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. inside concert gallery.

Cupcake go around some p.m. to 8:45 p.m. while in the old marshal's office.

Children's mmorpgs some p.m. to 8:45 p.m. while in the offender cells.

History Is limited video tutorials from Seattle's Museum of History & Industry half a dozen p.m. in order to 8:45 p.m. in the could jail.

At Key City Playhouse, 419 Washington St.:

Best with PT Shorts literary tellings by area stars 6 p.m. for you to 8:45 p.m.

At the Cotton Building, 607 Water St.:

Storytelling with regard to younger babies given you by means of Key City Public Theatre half a dozen p.m. to be able to 7:30 p.m.

Puppet Theatrical by way of Thaddeus Jurczynski & Co. 7:30 p.m. to help 8:45 p.m.

At Jefferson Community School, 280 Quincy St.:

Native American button blanket artwork project prepared to take all, along with the actual Native American Educational Trunk show 6 p.m. to help 8:45 p.m.

At that Boiler Room, 711 Water St.:

Music by DJ Dresden, dance along with winter season papers create tasks a few p.m. to help 8:45 p.m.

At Elevated Ice Cream, 631 Water St.:

Music through the Airstream Traveler band, and also face-painting 6 p.m. to help 8:45 p.m.

At your Pope Marine Building, Water as well as Madison streets:

Square, line, round and also folk breaking a leg some p.m. for you to 8:45 p.m.

At Memorial Field, 550 Washington St.:

Fireworks exhibit as well as increasing with the First Night single point by simply sculptor Thaddeus Jurczynski in search of p.m.

Also pertaining to New Year's Eve revelers and individuals being employed in which night, Jefferson Transit provides zero cost voyages with its No. 11 Port Townsend Shuttle and No. half a dozen Tri-Area Loop buses coming from 8-10 p.m. until finally 2:55 a.m.

For precisely wherever so when for you to capture people buses, take a look at w.JeffersonTransit.com .

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Features Editor Diane Urbani de la Paz may be attained at 360-417-3550 or even during diane.urbani@peninsuladailynews.com .