Town’s New Year’s at Noon for children in Center Dec. 31
Children too young to stay up past midnight still can have the New Year’s celebration experience when Town of Farragut presents its annual New Year’s at Noon, taking place from 11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 31, in Farragut Community Center, 239 Jamestowne Blvd.
This event is free and open to the public and does not require any registration, according to Rachel Malone, Recreation and Event manager.
“I’m excited,” she said. “It was a lot of fun last year, and I’m looking forward to it.
“It’s geared toward younger children who aren’t going to make it to midnight on New Year’s Eve, but it still gives them a chance to celebrate,” Malone added. “The biggest draw for the event is we drop a net full of about 1,000 balloons from the top of the gym at noon.”
Children sit under the balloons and have the balloons fall on top and around them.
In addition to the balloon drop, youngsters can enjoy some crafts, snacks, games and a photo opportunity for parents to take family and children’s photos at a designated wall space.
“It’s been great in the past,” Malone said about the event’s success. “We have a lot of families who come in and enjoy it … we capped it at 100 people last year.”
She noted parents do need to stay with their children.
Before Christmas, however, parents are able to have a night to shop or just relax as their children — compliments of the Town with Twas the Night with No Parents event from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13, also at the Community Center.
“That’s a parents’ night event that we’ve done for the past two years, just to give parents a chance to go and do some Christmas shopping,” Malone said. “We play games, eat pizza and all that good stuff with the kids for a few hours.”
With registration required, she said that event is full. The cost is $10 per child. Parents may call the Town, 865-966-7057 or 865-218-3376 to see if availability has changed.
