Children’s Events, New Year’s Eve in Westport, CT at Saugatuck Elementary

Venue: Saugatuck Elementary, 170 Riverside Ave, Westport, CT

CIRCUS FUN!! …..   3.30 – 4.15PM, 4.45 – 5.30PM, 6.00 – 6.45PM

Step on up to the greatest show in town….. Circus Fun returns to First Night. You’ll enjoy a show featuring unique professional entertainers and thrilling, stunning visuals.  The whole family will be enthralled by this fast paced show of circus arts, clowning and slapstick.  Catch the workshops in between performances and learn some tricks of your own!

EXOTIC FACE PAINTING WITH CT. FACE ART  ……    3.00 – 7.00PM

Face painting is taken to a new level as this team of artists transforms your face with exotic, eclectic designs.  A charge of $3 per face painted or $5 that includes a souvenir photo, applies.

INFLATABLE PARK …….    3.00 – 7.00PM

Jump all afternoon (but please, no shoes and remove your First Night buttons before entering the Park)

Please note: show times are approximate

Your $15 button is all you need to attend these events and all others at First Night Westport / Weston, New Year’s Eve 2009 celebration in Westport, CT. Go to www.FirstNightWW.com for details. Visitors are welcome from the nearby towns and cities in Fairfield County, CT. and beyond.

Singer-songwriter Harrison Lipton at Westport, CT New Year Celebration

Harrison Lipton

Singer-songwriter Harrison Lipton presents his original, unique musical arrangements of popular songs in the Sanctuary at Christ and Holy Trinity Church. A long time member of Chris Coogan’s Good News Gospel Choir, Harrison will pick up the microphone at 7pm. Expect a few musical surprises!

Harrison is a young singer/songwriter who has studied piano for many years and is fortunate to have had a rich and widely varied musical experience. Being a featured soloist of Chris Coogan’s Good News Gospel Choir since age 9, he recently opened with the choir for Mavis Staples at the Westport Country Playhouse. He has performed at the Dressing Room, Harbor Yard Arena, and with Scarlett Lee Moore, with whom he recorded at the Cutting Room in Manhattan. Harrison performs a mixture of his original songs and covers by Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, the Beatles, and other artists.

Venue: Christ and Holy Trinity Church – 75 Church Lane, Westport, CT – 7PM to 8PM

Your $15 button is all you need to see these performers and all others at First Night Westport / Weston, New Year’s Eve 2009 celebration in Westport, CT. Go to www.FirstNightWW.com for details. Visitors are welcome from the nearby towns and cities in Fairfield County, CT. and beyond.

The Steve Axthelm Band will perform on New Year’s Eve in Westport, CT

Your favorite classic rock oldies and goodies performed by the The Steve Axthelm Band with Doug Sanstead on Guitar, Mark Demmerle on Bass, Eric Gribin on Drums and of course, Steve Axthelm.

Venue: Westport  Weston Family Y, 59 Post Road East, Westport, CT, Bedford Room, 5:15

Your $15 button is all you need to see these performers and all others at First Night Westport / Weston, New Year’s Eve 2009 celebration in Westport, CT. Go to www.FirstNightWW.com for details.

Chris Coogan Jazz at Westport, CT New Year Celebration

Chris Coogan

The Chris Coogan Quintet plays an exciting mix of jazz and originals. At any time the quintet consists of Dave Daddario or John Mobilio on bass, Jim Royle or Scott Latzky on drums, Jim Clark on Sax, and Rex Denton on trumpet.

www.cooganmusic.com/quintet.htm

Venue: Christ & Holy Trinity Church – 75 Church Lane – 8PM to 9:30PM

Your $15 button is all you need to see these performers and all others at First Night Westport / Weston, New Year’s Eve 2009 celebration in Westport, CT. Go to www.FirstNightWW.com for details.  Visitors are welcome from the nearby towns and cities in Fairfield County, CT. and beyond.

Basket Landing performing at First Night Westport / Weston, CT, New Year’s Eve 2009

Basket Landing

Basket Landing performs a mix of traditional American folk music and songs from the British Isles, Canada, and Australia – sweet Appalachian folk ballads, lilting Irish melodies, seafaring tunes, Ozark Mountain bluegrass, and vibrant spirituals. Our selection is drawn from the repertoire of a group of families who have been getting together every Saturday night for the past 45 years, on a mountaintop farm in Hankins to sing and play music for themselves, their friends, and neighbors.

www.basketlanding.com

Your $15 button is all you need to see these performers and all others at First Night Westport / Weston, New Year’s Eve 2009 celebration in Westport, CT. Go to www.FirstNightWW.com for details. Visitors are welcome from the nearby towns and cities in Fairfield County, CT. and beyond.

Venue: Changed from original schedule – Now at Toquet Hall, 58 Post Road East. – 5.00- 5.45pm, 6.00 – 6.45pm

River City Slim & The Zydeco Hogs – Westport, CT New Year’s Eve

River City Slim & The Zydeco Hogs

River City Slim & The Zydeco Hogs bring the exuberant sounds of the steamy bayous of southwestern Louisiana to the hills of New England. The Zydeco Hogs cook up a spicy musical gumbo that combines the traditional sounds of the button accordion and washboard with a driving, syncopated beat.

www.geocities.com/rivercityslim/

Your $15 button is all you need to see these performers and all others at First Night Westport / Weston, New Year’s Eve 2009. Go to www.FirstNightWW.com for details.

Venue: TD Bank, 185 Main St., Westport – 8PM to 11PM

Mary Ann Hall’s Music for Children performing New Year’s Eve in Westport, CT

Hall Family

Pack up your children and join the Hall Family Band, “The Hallaballoos” to Rock Around the Clock with performances at 3:30pm, 4:30pm, and 5:30pm New Year’s Eve. Get down in the music! The way the Halls do it, you just can’t refuse it!

The Hall Family, quintessential intergenerational musicians, has been performing to the delight of children at the annual opening family night at Westport’s Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts for the last 15 years. They derive tremendous joy and satisfaction from sharing their love of music with children and families through concerts, their MUSIC FOR CHILDREN program, and new DVD series.

www.musicforchildren.net

Venue: TD Bank – 185 Main St., Westport – 3:30PM to7PM

Your $15 button is all you need to see these performers and all others at First Night Westport / Weston, New Year’s Eve 2009. Go to www.FirstNightWW.com for details.

Leslie Orofino in “Let’s Misbehave” at the Senior Center in Westport, CT on New Year’s Eve

Leslie Orofino

Do you ever feel like you are getting old ? Well here’s the perfect solution ! No matter what our age , Leslie Orofino asks baby boomers everywhere to not put on our brakes but get out our skates and Let’s Misbehave!! It’s time to have a little fun !! We’ve earned it.

Some of the songs in Let’s Misbehave are Daddy, Let Yourself Go, Cocktails For Two, Do It Again, Handy Man, Devil May Care, My Foolish Heart, Let’s Misbehave and many others. “This is classic, classy cabaret… go wherever Leslie Orofino is performing next!” Peter Haas, Cabaret Scenes.

Venue: Westport Senior Center – 21 Imperial Avenue – 7:30 to 8:30PM

www.leslieorofino.com

Your $15 button is all you need to see this performer and all others at First Night Westport / Weston, New Year’s Eve 2009. Go to www.FirstNightWW.com for details.

Food & Drinks at First Night – New Year’s Eve in Westport, CT

Food and Drinks

Hearty, Hot & Delicious Food & Drinks will be Available at three First Night Westport / Weston Venues!

Saugatuck Elementary School (Hours: 3 pm to 6 pm)
TD Bank Plaza at Main Street & Avery Place (Hours: 3 pm to Midnight)
Jesup Green (Hours: 5 pm to Midnight)

Hot food includes grilled chicken pita, hot dogs, chicken fingers, pretzels and baklava. Hot and cold drinks includes lemonade, apple cider, coffee and hot chocolate.

Go to the First Night web site for the complete menu with prices.

The food vendor is K.J. Kenzington’s, a family owned and operated catering and concession company. According to the owners. Tim & Robyn, they believe “that food should be of the highest quality and value, healthy and prepared to please our guests.” And invite everyone to “Come and enjoy their hot and hearty selection of food and drinks!”

Kevin “Element” Clark – New Year in Westport, CT

Element

Kevin “Element” Clark, a hip-hop artist, who performs under the stage name Element, has been writing and producing original hip-hop music for several years.

A senior at Staples High School, Clark has recently launched his third CD, Divine Intervention, and formerly had his own radio show on the Wreckers radio station, WWPT. He produces, orchestrates and writes his own music. His sound is multi-layered with string-laden beats and sing-a-long hooks. His fans compare Element’s sound to modern hip-hop wordsmiths like Lupe Fiasco and Kayne West.

The artist said he tries to create “progressive rap,” or songs with a message, and he believes the music industry will take notice of his positive style. Element persevered while facing adversity and he uses his experiences to fuel his music, writing positive rhymes instead of violent street fantasies.

Venue: Toquet Hall, 58 Post Road East, 9:15 to 10:30

www.element-recordings.com

Your $15 button is all you need to see these performers and all others at First Night Westport / Weston, New Year’s Eve 2009. Go to www.FirstNightWW.com for details.