My FIRST First Night

Well, folks, I would like to share something with you if I may. As I'm sure you know by now, last night (the night before I posted this) was New Year's Eve. Well, this past New Year's Eve, I went to a NYE event called First Night in Springfield, Missouri. This event is basically a community NYE celebration of the arts. According to this Wikipedia article about this event, First Night got started in Boston in 1976, when a group of artists got together and started this NYE celebration, then made it a recurring event, and now it has spread all over the world, and all these events are maintained by First Night International out of Johnson City, NY. Now here is how I went about it:

1. Went to Springfield Expo Center to partake in the activities there.
2. Next came the Discovery Center, a hands-on science museum.
3. Then I saw Hogmolly perform at the Skinny Improv Theatre.
4. Next, I went over to the recently renovated Gillioz Theatre to see Skinny Improv.
5. Now I come up to the Kentwood Crystal Room, on the Missouri State University campus, for Randle Chowning & The Great Notions. Randle Chowning is part of Ozark Mountain Daredevils.
6. Finally, I come up to Jordan Valley Park for the midnight fireworks display, put on by AM Pyrotechnics, LLC. (I believe all First Nights have these)

So as you can see, you can have a really good time at one of these First Night events, and you should go to one of these next New Year's Eve.