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| − | First Night was the Big Evening Event for the opening night of [[Noreascon Four]] in 2004. The idea, proposed by [[Priscilla Olson]], was to do something a lot like Boston's First Night celebration on New Year's Eve: There are events big and small all over downtown Boston and people wander from event to event enjoying themselves.
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| − | [[John Pomeranz]] was the first head of First Night and, when he had to drop out, it was taken over by [[Leslie Turek]] with staff:
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| − | Leslie wrote an interesting [[Debriefing of First Night]].
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| − | == Events and Groups:==
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| − | * [[Bob Devney]] and a number of others: ''[[FIRST Night TIMES]]''
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| − | * [[Science Fiction Oral History Association]]: A Hugo Ring Toss
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| − | * [[CasCadiaCon]]: A fish toss game
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| − | * [[Fast Forward]]: Science Fiction Concentration
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| − | * [[WSFA]]: A mock election, complete with posters and speeches
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| − | * [[Interaction]]: AA Tombola (lottery) booth
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| − | * [[Nippon in 2007]] bid: Demonstrations of origami and ikebana (Japanese flower arranging)
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| − | * [[Arisia]]: A bouncy castle
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| − | * [[Society for Creative Anachronism]]: Medieval games and dances
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| − | * [[Dave Cantor]] and others: Blackjack tables
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| − | * Gaming Department: Simple games
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| − | * [[Persis Thorndike]]: Children's Costuming Corner
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| − | * Artist Demos
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| − | * Performers from the [[Mended Drum]]
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| − | * [[Guy Lillian]]: DUFF/TAFF reception
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| − | * [[Larry Schroeder]], [[Sue Schroeder]], the [[SCA]]: Ankh-Morpork Ball
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| − | * [[GoH]] autograph session
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| − | * Jugglers
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| − | * Phoenix Swords: sword-fighting demonstrations
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| − | * Bill Brang; a magician
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| − | * face painters
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| − | * a caricature artist
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| − | * [[David Grubbs]] teaching how to juggle
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| − | * [[Tom Farrell]] brought a theremin
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