 GRAND PROCESSION
Procession kicks off from the Hynes Convention Center at 5:30PM
This year’s procession is dedicated to our friend Brother Blue, beloved storyteller, who died on Nov. 3, 2009. This will be the first First Night ever without him. A fixture in Cambridge and Boston for many years, Brother Blue was loved and admired and will be missed. He personified the spirit of First Night.
Earth, Air, Fire, Water (and Dragons)
The elements and some dragons will make a special appearance in the Metro Boston Grand Procession,
along with Mayor Menino! The Grand Procession has been the heart of the First Night celebration since the
beginning in 1976. “Earth, Air, Fire, Water, (and Dragons),” First Night’s 34th anniversary Grand Procession,
will contain four sections, differentiated by colors, and led by a different piece from the Back Alley Puppet
Theatre and Puppeteers Cooperative, whose founders have participated in all 34 First Nights in Boston.
This year's the Metro Boston Grand Procession will be feature over 800 artists from all over Boston, including:
- Boston City Band
- Caribbean Bandleaders FNNN
- The Cycling Murrays
- Dinoman!
- Geometric Progression
- The Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Association FNNN
- Hawthorn Youth & Community Center FNNN
- The Hot Tamales
- Middlesex County 4-H Fife & Drum Corps
- Mitch Ryerson's Star Wheel
- New Liberty Jazz Band
- New Magnolia Jazz Band
- Old Town Trolley Tours
- OPENAIR Circus FNNN
- Peg Preble/Gould Microcars
- The Puppeteer's Cooperative and the Back Alley Puppet Theatre FNNN
- Roots & Shoots
- Thomas J Kenny School Marching Band FNNN
- Tony Barrie Marching Band
- Samba Tremeterra
- Spontaneous Celebrations FNNN
FNNN = First Night Neighborhood Network
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