The Kimmel Center Rings in the New Year with 2013 NEW YEAR’S DAY CELEBRATION!
DECEMBER 21, 2012Warm up Indoors with FREE Plaza Entertainment and Bird’s Eye View of Parade, Jan. 1
The Kimmel Center rings in the New Year with a free indoor 2013 New Year’s Day Celebration on Tuesday, January 1, 2013 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Parade-enthusiasts can warm up indoors while enjoying Philadelphia’s historical Mummers Parade on Broad Street. On the Kimmel Center Commonwealth Plaza Stage the New Year’s Day activities and entertainment continue with a series of family-friendly performances and activities!
Kimmel Center’s 2013 FREE New Year’s Day festivities include:
All Day: Resolution Wall: post this year’s resolutions for all to see
10:30am – 3:30pm: Balloon Artist and Face Painter
10:30am – 3:30pm: Greater Philadelphia Paper Pholders
11:00am – 12:30pm: I Love a Parade (PNC Grow Up Great Concert)
12:30pm – 1:30pm: The Deedle Deedle Dees
2:00pm – 3:00pm: Broadway Dreams Foundation: Celebrating Broadway!
3:00pm – 3:30pm: Tunes from Les Misérables
4pm – 5pm: Philadelphia Ukelele Orchestra
Festive Treats from Jose Garces!
Stop by the PECO Café to sample exciting holiday treats!
FREE AT THE KIMMEL EVENTS:
Tuesday, January 1, 2013 | Commonwealth Plaza
New Year’s Day Celebration | 10am to 6 p.m.
As the Mummers strut down Broad Street, take a break from the cold and ring in the New Year with the Kimmel Center! Enjoy free festive performances, make your mark on the annual Resolution Wall, and win ticket giveaways!
Visit www.kimmelcenter.org/free for updated program information.
All Day!
Resolution Wall
The Kimmel Center's Verizon Hall and Perelman Theater will be open for viewing. The Resolution Wall will return in 2013! Write your New Year's Day resolution on our public wall for the world to see and be inspired by others declarations!
10:30am - 3:30pm
Balloon Artist & Face Painter
Bring the kids for balloon sculptures courtesy of Black Cat Balloon Company, face painting, and crafts for everyone to enjoy!
10:30am - 3:30pm
Greater Philadelphia Paper Pholders
All ages can learn how to make their own origami paper craft with the help of The Greater Philadelphia Paper Pholders!
11am - 12pm
I Love a Parade
Sponsored by the PNC Grow Up Great concert series
Come explore the roots of jazz as we listen and learn about marches, ragtime, and early jazz. This interactive concert takes the audience on a trip back in time to experience early jazz. Children will be up close to instruments and understand each musician’s job within the group. Children and families will sing, improvise, and move along with the band as we march down the streets of jazz.
12:30pm - 1:30pm
The Deedle Deedle Dees
The Deedle Deedle Dees use rock-n-roll, country, hip hop, New Orleans piano music, punk, and folk to teach kids about American history, the natural world, social action, and other cool stuff that they might never have thought about before.
2pm - 3pm
Broadway Dreams Foundation: Celebrating Broadway!
Students from the Broadway Dreams Foundation Summer Performing Arts Intensive program return to the Kimmel Center to celebrate Broadway Classics. Watch tomorrow's stars perform numbers from Broadway shows such as, Les Miserables, Catch Me If You Can, Priscilla Queen of the Dessert, The Addams Family, Sister Act and Wicked!
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3pm – 3:30pm
Artist, TBA. Selections from Les Misérables Broadway show to be performed.
4pm – 5pm
Philadelphia Ukelele Orchestra
Philadelphia All-star Ukulele Orchestra, a twelve piece ensemble comprised of bohemians, libertines and ukulele enthusiasts, are on a crusade to promote Truth and Beauty through that most democratic of musical instruments.
Kimmel Center, Inc., a charitable, not-for-profit organization, owns, manages, supports and maintains The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, which includes Verizon Hall, Perelman Theater, Innovation Studio and the Merck Arts Education Center. Kimmel Center, Inc. also manages the Academy of Music, owned by the Philadelphia Orchestra Association, and the University of the Arts Merriam Theater. Kimmel Center, Inc.’s mission is to operate a world class performing arts center that engages and serves a broad audience which includes providing arts in education, community outreach and a rich diversity of programming. For additional information, visit kimmelcenter.org.
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