More to do
at First Night

LAST YEAR First Night orga-
nizers were overwhelmed
with the number of people
who turned out to venues
around Robson Square to
celebrate the year’s end:
more than 50,000 people °
clogged Vancouver streets
trying to squeeze their way
into performances.

With increased services (many
more seats, stages and perior-
mers), and a new and improved
streamlined ticketing process, fes-
tival organizers anxious to avoid
last year’s experience are deter-
mined that things will be different
this year. -

A $5 button, which must be
worn throughout the evening, en-
titles First-Night goers to one free
admission to all indoor perfor-
mances ona first-come, first -
seated basis. Tickets for all shows
will be available one hour prior to
show time. Outdoor performances
are free.

Buttons can be purchased at a
variety of outlets, including BCAA
offices, all B.C. Credit Uniors (in-

cluding North Shore Credit
Union), VanCity, McDonald's Res-
taurants and Super Valu stores.

Like last year, no alcohol wil! be
served.

And now for the line-up. One
thousand artists, from the likes of
Ballet B.C. to Katari Taiko, perform
indoors and outdoors between 7
and 11 p.m.

When the show ends at 17 p.m.,
First Night’s grand finale, variety

EVELYN
JACOB

feature writer

show and countdown to midnight
gets underway at the Vanccuver
Art Gallery. .

A number of North Shore per-
formers will help to usher in the
New Year. They include:

Judith Marcuse Dance Company.

Praised for her inventive imagery
and emotional drama, local

CELEBRATE

THE JUDITH Marcuse Dance
Company will be one of six
North Shore acts to appear at
First Night.

choreographer Marcuse heads this
company of 10, a versatile
ensemble of soloists and experi-
enced dancers with backgrounds
in both classical and contem-
porary dance. At the Queen
Elizabeth Theatre at 9:20 p.m.

North West Opera. This local
opera company will perform
Gian-Carlo Menotti’s bubbly
opera, The Telephone, at First
Baptist Church at 7 p.m.
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The B.C. Boys Choir. The pure
tone, impeccable phrasing and
excellent musical discipline of the
Choir, now in its twentieth year,
has been lauded across Canada.
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Themba Tana and Uhuru. An
amazing, exciting show of eleven
musicians and two dancers per-
forming African high-life music.

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