| First Night Portsmouth 2012 Events Schedule |

MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Launder those longjohns and knit some new mittens because it’s time to cold roll- in a new year. Give up on 2011. Just drag-n-drop your To-Do list into your 2012 calendar, grab the cam, put on some glam and cram your family into the crowd in market Square for one final frozen piece of December. The entire Pro Portsmouth schedule is here for the taking. See you there. (Continued below)
First Night Portsmouth 2012
Events schedule
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December 31, 2011
Outdoors...
Street Dance: 5pm - Midnight
Hosted by
Pleasant Street at
NEW! Make your New Year's resolution on a star!
Stop by
for a bit of First Night® stargazing...
Fireworks Display at 7:30
South Mill Pond
Countdown to Midnight in the Square at the Street Dance!
Ice Sculpture: Work commences at about 1pm
Indoors...
The Connie Bean
Ongoing activities...
The PHS Band will operate this year's non-profit food concession!
All proceeds benefit the band's fundraising efforts for a trip to/performance at Disney World in the Spring.
4pm - 9pm
Caricatures by Bob Nilson
Fabulous First Night® Face Painting
The performances...
4:15 - 5:00, 5:15 - 6:00
Abracadabra! Magic with Phil Smith
6:15 - 7:00
Stories with Peter Sheridan
8:00 - 11:00
Middle Street Baptist Hall
6:00 - 6:45
Seacoast Civic Dance Company
Selections from their 2011 program
8:00 - 8:45, 9:15 - 10:00, 10:30 - 11:15
Jeff Warner & Bruce McIntyre
Maritime and traditional folk music...got spoons?
The North Church
4:15 - 4:45, 5:45 - 6:15
Lindsay Bezich
Puppets galore
5:00 - 5:30, 6:30 - 7:00
Sammie Haynes
Fun, interactive children's music.
8:15 - 9:00, 9:30 - 10:15, 10:45 - 11:30
TJ Wheeler & 'Company'
Blues, more blues, a bit of R & B and jazz...
Seacoast Repertory Theatre
5:00 - 5:45, 6:15 - 7:00
Djoliba Kan
African drumming brought to you by this six member percussion band featuring Djembes,
Dununs and the music of Guinea, Mali and the Ivory Coast.
8:00 - 8:45, 9:15 - 10:00, 10:30 - 11:15
Roderick Russell - Head Trip!
Be amazed...sword swallowing & mind reading...
5:00 - 5:45, 6:15 - 7:00
Rock My Soul
You cannot sit still for them! Roots & great gospel music.
8:00 - 8:45, 10:15 - 11:00
Salt River
Fine folk music...
9:00 - 9:45, 11:15 - 12:00
Wooden Eye
Featuring a skillful blend of country, folk gospel, blues, jug band and other roots music.
8:15 - 9:00, 9:30 - 10:15, 10:45 - 11:30
Randy Armstrong with Jose Duque
World fusion...
United Methodist Church Hall
8:15 - 9:00, 9:30 - 10:15, 10:45 - 11:30
All Together Now
All you need is love...and we love this group!
ATN has brought the music of the Beatles to our celebration since 1998!
W.E.S.T. - West End Studio Theatre
5:00 - 5:30, 6:00 - 6:30
Pontine Theatre
"A Toy Theatre Christmas"
8:00 - 8:45, 9:00 - 9:45
New Hampshire Theatre Project
Selections from "Twelfth Night"