Monday, December 31, 2007
6 p.m. to Midnight
 Celebrate the New Year with friends and family in downtown Columbia, Missouri and the Stephens College Campus! Entertainment includes more than 75 performances plus activities and art at 15 venues in Downtown Columbia. Doors open at 6 pm. Entertainment begins at 6:30 pm.
Event-goers will travel from one location to the next enjoying great entertainment such as jazz, dancing (old-time, Irish, Cajun, swing), rock, children's performers, bluegrass, Irish, storytelling, rhythm & blues, fiddling, magic, folk and more. A venue is planned just for teens!
Make a mask, crown or noisemaker at the Children's Art Area, participate in the Boone Hospital 5K Run/Walk at 4pm or ride on a carriage through beautiful Downtown Columbia. A Children's Procession at 9:15 will end with a fireworks display. At 11:30, the People's Procession will lead revelers to the finale at Courthouse Square with entertainment and fireworks at midnight.
Admission Buttons
- Early Button Sales -
Order Online! - $8 for those 8 years and older until 4 p.m. December 31. -
Buy your button early at Parks and Recreation (except Dec. 29/30), the ARC, Streetside Records and Gerbes Supermarkets beginning December 12. Early button sales will end at 4 p.m. on Dec. 31.
- At the Door (Dec 31) - $10 - On December 31, buttons will be available at Stamper Commons after 5 p.m. and at the Boone County Government Center and Missouri United Methodist Church will begin selling buttons at 6 p.m.
For information call 874-7460. Volunteers receive free admission.
Stay overnight in Columbia on New Year's Eve!
Visit the Columbia Convention & Visitors Bureau web site for hotel and dining information. Special Columbia Convention & Visitors Bureau packages.
First Night 5K Registration: Columbia Track Club
First Night entertainment and activities
will be located at:
 Boone County Government Building (button sales only) & Courthouse Square • Armory Sports Center (teen venue) • 1st Christian Church • Missouri United Methodist Church (5 venues) • Stephens College Campus (Stamper Commons, Helis Center-Windsor Auditorium and Charter Hall and Kimball Ballroom, Lela Raney Wood Hall) • CyclExtreme (5K Run/Walk)
Thanks to our venue locations for opening their doors for First Night.
 Great Food
The Food Court in Stamper Commons at Stephens College (SE corner of
Broadway and College) will open at 5 pm for dinner and the grill will be
open late into the evening. Stop by and have a great meal as you enjoy
entertainment and performances in the dining area. More information about First Night eating locations.
 First Night Columbia
PO Box 1284
Columbia, MO 65205
Karen Ramey, Director of Operations
newyear@centurytel.net
Jane Accurso, Director of Entertainment
j_accurso@hotmail.com
Board of Directors
Greg Ahrens, Kay Allen, Judy Campbell, Leigh Nutter, Carolyn Oates, John Patton, John Warner, Kathleen Weinschenk, Glen Ward
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