Children 5 and younger get in free. Buttons will be sold at Financial Trust locations downtown and on Spring Road in Carlisle and in Boiling Springs, Mt. Holly Springs and Shippensburg. Giant stores in Carlisle and on Route 114 in Silver Spring Township, Downtown Carlisle Association and United Way of the Greater Carlisle Area also offer buttons. Magicians, musicians, storytellers, dramatists, artists and poets converge on downtown Carlisle again this year in First Night Carlisle 1999. Organizers hope to draw twice as many people as they did last year to their inaugural New Year's Eve family celebration.
Organizers say so far admission-button sales match last year's totals.
18 locations included This year's slate of activities will be much like last year's. It will consist of more than 35 acts at 18 locations. Things went very smoothly last year because we did a lot of good planning. Local storytellers Mountain Moon Tale Spinners will perform at Grace United Methodist Church Hall at 45 S. West St. and Magic of Tirofrog moves to the Dickinson Black Box Theatre next to the Carlisle Theatre on West High Street. A children's festival will be held starting at 4 p.m., with artist Nancy Stamm presenting hand-on creations for children.