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  <content>&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000080"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-size: 10pt"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;First Night Springfield 2010&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;em&gt;20 Years of Celebrating!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;em&gt;December 31, 2009 &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;em&gt;5:30pm &amp;ndash; Midnight&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;Join us as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of First Night Springfield!&amp;nbsp; First Night is a family-friendly, alcohol-free New Year&amp;rsquo;s Eve event held in 11 different venues in downtown Springfield.&amp;nbsp; As we commemorate &amp;ldquo;20 Years of Celebrating&amp;rdquo; we will be re-living some of the most memorable acts from over the years, including performances from the Wingtips, FORBIDDEN OPERA, Nick, Ruell &amp;amp; Ned the Band, the Skinny Improv and a fireworks finale with Kim Crosby.&amp;nbsp; We&amp;rsquo;ll also have hands-on activities for kids, including face-painting and balloon twisting.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;There will be something for everyone in your family to enjoy!&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;First Night Springfield 2010 will feature the following venues: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;1984&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;Abundant Life Covenant Church&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;Discovery Center&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;Gillioz Theatre&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;Jordan Valley Park&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;Kentwood Ballroom&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;Landers Theatre&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;Mediacom Ice Park&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;Ozarks Regional YMCA&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;Park Central Library&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;Vandivort Theatre&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;a href="../resources/69" title="First Night Program 2010"&gt;Click here for a complete schedule of events.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman"&gt;Advance tickets are available&amp;nbsp;now&amp;nbsp;for $7 each or $25 for a family four-pack.&amp;nbsp; They can be purchased at any area Kum&amp;nbsp;&amp;amp; Go, Dillon&amp;rsquo;s Supermarkets, Smillie&amp;rsquo;s IGA, The Library Center, The Library Station, Park Central Library, or at the Creamery Arts Center.&amp;nbsp; Children 3 and under are free.&amp;nbsp; For more information call 417-831-6200.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</content>
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