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Ring in the New Year with FREE family-friendly festivities at the 15th Annual Watch Night New Year'\;s Eve Celebration in the City of Falls Church. With events and entertainment both indoors and outdoors\, The Little City'\;s celebration is unique because it is free and open-to-the-public.\n
\n The City of Falls Church government\, businesses\, organizations\, churches\, civic groups and many\, many committed volunteers come together to throw what The Washington Post Express called "\;the coolest New Year'\;s Eve event"\; for families in the Metro area.
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\n Big Night in the Little City
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Watch Night is unique not only for featuring our amazing local talent\, but also because of the enormous volunteer network that makes it possible. Highlights from 2011 included:\n - \n
- \n Free Shuttle Bus every 30 minutes from East Falls Church Metro Station to all venues\, running from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. \n
- \n Live bands \n
- \n Indoor and Outdoor venues \n
- \n 20 piece Orchestra\, Swing Dancing \n
- \n Karaoke Stage \n
- \n DJ Dance \n
- \n Caricaturist \n
- \n Face Painters \n
- \n Balloon Artists \n
- \n Free Popcorn\, Hot Chocolate\, and Soup while supplies last \n
- \n Velcro Wall \n
- \n Moonbounce for small children \n
- \n Firepits for warming \n
- \n Walking Watch Night Menus \n
- \n Free balloons for hats and countdown wave \n
- \n Free noisemakers for countdown \n
\n Main Stage
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| \n 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. | \n\n Hello Headlights \n JEB Stuart High School Students and Alums\; Pop-Punk-Rock | \n
| \n 8:45 - 9:45 p.m. | \n\n Lu and the Blues Crew \n George Mason High School Students and Alums\; Jazz and Blues | \n
| \n 10 p.m. - Midnight | \n\n Soul Gravity \n Covers and originals to "\;get the floor shakin'\;!"\; | \n
| \n More music venues throughout the City will showcase Judo Chop (DC'\;s Premiere 80s Rock Band)\, Cowboy Haye (1850s instruments)\, Andrew Acosta and His Old Time String Band\, and Northern Lights Big Band Orchestra. | \n|
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\n The Countdown
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No Watch Night would be complete without the traditional New Year'\;s countdown spectacular\, including the lowering of the historic star that first lit the Falls Church sky in 1948 (the year Falls Church became an independent city).\n
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\n Thank You\, Sponsors
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\n Watch Night is a collaborative effort by a number of civic organizations and businesses. This year'\;s sponsors include the City of Falls Church\, the Falls Church Economic Development Authority\, the Falls Church Chamber of Commerce\, the Village Preservation and Improvement Society and Atlantic Realty\; the Founding Sponsor is the Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation. \;
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\n Questions and More Information
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\n Please contact us via email (WatchNightFallsChurch@gmail.com) with questions and requests for more information