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Welcome to First Night! From the Executive Producer This is the year the Piedmont will witness the culmination of a pleasurable, year-long toil of hundreds and hundreds of citizens. A spectacle is planned for you! I am sure your first impression of this year'sj^irst Night Piedmont celebra tion will be "How can they do that for a $6 button (ticket) price? " I sometimes ask mysfctflKaf. Especially since I can't even watch my daughter cheer on her high school football team and buy a soft drink for that price, or see a current movie, much less buy popcorn, too. Though th^ value of First Night Piedmont is obvious, there may be someone you know that still may not be able to attend. This year we urge you to do your part to help someone attend this wonderful event. Make someone safe. Buy someone a button. . . your daughter, or grandson, or someone not able to fend for themselves. We will provide family packages at the First Night Piedmont Office and the High Point Arts Council at reduced prices. Also, if you know someone truly in need, you may contact me directly to work something out. You see, First Night is for all of us. This year, there are more than 300 entertainers, most of which would charge more than the button price to see them indi vidually on any given Friday or Saturday night! "How can the}/ do that? their city, of Becky Smothers The answer to the question above is clear in the minds of all of us that are close to the production of First Night. We can do it because there is a whole community, a whole Piedmont Triad coming together to make it possible. There are incrediblp ^htripii fn Qh^rp Sfnripc n( fhp Hiah Pninf Arfc r min^il u -i : ? 1.1 ? ci ? l. ? i ? l--' 1 1 ? ' J J T* atvav m V? A* 1UV? VV/lllll t ^ IV/^W I 1 It I IV/ 11 IC1IVC 1 I ? 1 I 1CI C Ctlf incredible stories to share. Stories of the High Point Arts Council bravely spear heading the first entertainment hub in , High Point's Honorable Mayor taking time to spend in steering committee meetings. . . of all three mayors of the Triad cities ess Jaycees in both Winston-Salem ana High Point joining together to operate a major alcohol-free festival, of the Winston ?.l~ i? - ? ,L ! *- ? 1 1 ? - - working together, of countless Jaycees ... ? ,v.. * *?.!.?. jvuung tugcmci w upcicuc a mdjui cucunui-irtrtr resuvai, or me winston Salem/ Forsyth County Schools leading the way by supporting their arts teachers such as Betty Longinotti and Lynn Foltz as they pioneer class projects to be developed and represented for the community during First Night, of Dempsey Essick, the renowned artist from Welcome, accepting a commission of five original works of art to represent the Piedmont over that many years, of the commitment of the STEP ONE board to manifest tne truest form of drug and alcohol prevention: providing safe environments, of the new sponsors and friends found, from premiere sponsor A. Steve Pierce, to the very office of the Governor of North Carolina! It is clear that without a commitment of an entire community to support the arts and provide a^afe alternative for its families, this festival (and others such as Project Graduation and Family Fourth) simply could not exist. We urge you to become a part of the festival by wearing a costume, helping create some art, or by simply helping someone to be able to attend and wearing your button proudly? First Night is for everyone, and together we will change the way our very young perceive what celebration on New Year's Eve should be! Cover Credit: The cover is a rendition of the original work "Carolina Heritage" by Dempsey Essick, commissioned for First Night Piedmont by Mid Atlantic Marketing. For information regards *ing this year's logo and future works by Mr. Essick, or if you are an artist interested in creating for the First Night event, call (919) 722-0066. Craig W. Ewing Executive Producer, First Night Piedmont Table of Contents Message from the Executive Producer 3 Message from STEP ONE 4 Message from SAFE Initiative 4 First Night Piedmont '94 Sponsors 6 First Night Staff and Committees Winston-Salem Jaycees 9 High Point Jaycees 9 National Parent Outreach Network 9 High Point Arts Council 10 Guide to First N^bt^EVents 11-^2 Note from International Alliance of FN Celebrations 12 In the "First" Place (General Info.) 12 Entertainment Biographies 13-15, 18 Winston-Salem Fairgrounds Map 16 Schedule of Winston-Salem Events 16 High Point Grounds Map 17 Schedule of High Point Events ........17 First Night Piedmont '94 Stages 19-21 A DfiCflmhsrai 13Q3
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