First Night Charlotte - Photos

Evening Programming 2010

  • Charlotte Dance Festival presented their unique blend of aerial and contemporary dance in the Atrium (thumbnail)
  • The Gay Men's Chorus of Charlotte, a 30-member ensemble, sang a cappella and accompanied. (thumbnail)
  • Caricature Artist drew Charlotteans in their favorite places around Center City! (thumbnail)
  • Walsh Kelley School of Irish Dance entertained the crowd with their traditional costumes and dances (thumbnail)
  • Simply Irresistable on the Duke Energy Stage was the highlight of the night! (thumbnail)
  • Spiral joined Simply Irresistable on stage contorting and acrobatically flipping through hoops! (thumbnail)
  • Sweetbriar Jam plays up tempo, bluegrass music, and thier only 10-15 years old! (thumbnail)
  • Simply Irresistable the Southeasts hottest party band kept the crowd dancing all night long! (thumbnail)
  • David Garibaldi creates six-foot portraits of pop icons in minutes to music. (thumbnail)
  • Happy New Year! Raising the Crown has become a tradition in Charlotte for welcoming the New Year! (thumbnail)
  • Lee Baumgarten with the Cultural & Civic Arts Center of Pineville spent the day creating this art. (thumbnail)
  • Spiral amazed audiences as she spun hoops all over her body, acrobatically flipping through them. (thumbnail)
  • Sarah Mullen, Celtic Harpest entertained audiences in the 200 S. Tryon building. (thumbnail)
  • Spirit of the Lotus Dance Company performed a wide range of belly dance styles! (thumbnail)
  • WBTV news anchors Maureen O'Boyle and Paul Cameron led the countdown to midnight! (thumbnail)
  • A show for the record books, the pyrotechnics show was sponsored by Wachovia/Wells Fargo (thumbnail)
  • Resolution Balloons were the talk of the night! Release your regret of 2009 or your hope for 2010 (thumbnail)
  • Try to resist Simply Irresistible, our First Night Audience couldn't get enough! (thumbnail)
  • Polymorhpic Plasitc Parade made Tipis from discarded plastic and locally harvested bamboo. (thumbnail)

First Night Kids 2010

  • Crowds Gathered for the People's Processional and the Kids Countdown! (thumbnail)
  • First Night Kids is a great event for Parents and Kids! (thumbnail)
  • Kids gathered to watch magic shows and storytellers from all over the region! (thumbnail)
  • From inflatable slides to mascots, First Night Kids was the place to be on New Years Eve! (thumbnail)
  • Sponsored by My School Rocks, these noisemakers were a hit! (thumbnail)
  • Cheerwine bottles made great noisemakers for the People's Processional. (thumbnail)
  • First Night Venue signs made it easy to find all the different performances! (thumbnail)
  • 2020 Kids lets parents play too, they got to tell us what they love to do in Center City. (thumbnail)
  • McDonalds handed out apples to keep the kids energized! (thumbnail)
  • The Kids loved the storytellers, where they got to use their imaginations! (thumbnail)
  • Hardin Minor was our Grand Pu Bah of the People's Processional, kicking off First Night 2010! (thumbnail)
  • Charlotte's Art Car had flames coming out of the roof! A great part of our People's Processional! (thumbnail)
  • First Night Kids was sponsored by McDonalds! (thumbnail)
  • The band has the crowd on their feet dancing and singing! (thumbnail)
  • The Silver Foxes even came out to to help ring in the New Year! (thumbnail)
  • 2020 Kids was a hit! They drew a mural of what they want most in their center city! (thumbnail)
  • Kids could create their own Ronald McDonald! (thumbnail)
  • All the kids loved the face painting! (thumbnail)
  • We had music from all different cultures! (thumbnail)
  • David Garibladi creating Ronald McDonald with brushes and his hands! (thumbnail)
  • Crowds begin to gather to kick off First Night Kids! (thumbnail)
  • Wilson from Fox News Rising's Wilsons World get the crowd excited for the People's Processional. (thumbnail)
  • Ronald is pretty impressed with David Garibaldi's work! (thumbnail)
  • The Magic School Bus even showed up for the fun! (thumbnail)
  • David Garibaldi painted Rondal McDonald in minutes to a packed house! (thumbnail)
  • The Hamburglar is having too much fun to worry about getting burgers! (thumbnail)