Who Puts on This Celebration
You do. I do. We all make it happen. It is truly grassroots, a people's parade that spontaneously erupts downtown on New Year's Eve. It is our answer to humdrum pre-digested city-sponsored and corporate infotainment. How did this happen? Check out Last Night History.
We'd like to invite you to help plan this year's downtown New Year's Eve celebration. Wanna help? It's a planning meeting & potluck (bring breakfast food this Tuesday). We are brainstorming this year's celebration, and there is all sorts of room and desire for music and politics, guerilla artists and art, intrigue and adventure.
Who's In This Year?
Nothing draws a crowd like a crowd. So in that spirit, we'll list any group who's talking seriously about joining us. If you want to be listed (or if you're irritated that we listed you), add or remove yourself with the "edit page" button to the left.
- Free Skool Eskrima: Filipino Stick and Knife Fighting
- Society Dog
- Last Night Pillow Fight BYOP (Bring Your Own Pillow)
- Gamelan Anak Swarasanti
- Community Music School Celtic Band
- Hoopalights - a Santa Cruz LED Hoop Dance Troupe
- Midnight Mystery Riders
- Santa Cruz Pipes & Drums
- Stiltwalkers
- Santa Cruz Art & Revolution
- Santa Cruz Trash Orchestra
- Silent Peace Walk
- The Great Morgani
- The Opera Lady
- Firedancers
- Henmei no Komuso
- Interactive art projects!
- Slut Parade (Santa Cruz Radical Cheerleaders)
In these last few meeting/potlucks it was exciting to see it all come together.... it's going to be the biggest and best yet! Those of you who aren't coming to the meetings will be surprised.
(Don't hold any of these good folks to it, as it's quite possible we've just gotten excited and overzealous after overhearing a conversation in a cafe or been privy to the mere hint of their interest. That said, feel free to tell these folk how cool it'd be to have them part of our little grassroots event.)
Join us
Okay, enough hemming and hawing. It's time you sprung into action. Stop yer waitin' and seein'. The world's gonna pass you by and you'll be bummed.
- Get on the email list and get updates.
- Go to a Last Night Un-Planning Meeting.
- Get a group together to particiapte in the celebration.
Who Was There New Year's Eve 2006
Some of the fine folx who were brave enough to jump in on this unlikely affair:
- Silent Peace Walk
- Amnesty International, Santa Cruz Chapter
- Santa Cruz Trash Orchestra
- Santa Cruz Art & Revolution
- Bike Kids
- Midnight Mystery Ride
- Humanity for Homeless
- The Great Morgani
- The Winter Queen
- Ukulele Players of Santa Cruz
- The Opera Lady Santa Cruz Pipes & Drums
- Stiltwalkers
- Homeless United for Friendship and Freedom
- Human Rights Organization
- Village Music Circle Community Drummers (with Arthur Hull)
- Henmei no Komuso
Who Made It Happen 2005?
Here are just some of the folk who were part of the celebration:
- Santa Cruz Trash Orchestra
- The Silk Road School of Sword and Self-Defense
- Firedancers
- Santa Cruz Art & Revolution
- Santa Cruz Peace Walk
- Bike kids
- Lee and his Fish Bike
- Talempong Indonesian Ensemble
- Sean's 2-story Petal-Powered Octopus
- "Don't Tread On Me" horse and rider
- The Giant Shitting Pigeon
- Stiltwalkers
- The Opera Lady
- Women in Black
- Free Radio Santa Cruz
- Santa Cruz Peace Coalition
- Homeless United for Friendship and Freedom
- Canoe of the Playa
- Henmei no Komuso
