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Thanks to Neil and Forest Chaput de Saintonge, Dana Gaertner and Kim Handy for their photos of First Night 2008 events! To submit your photos, please send them, in large format, to fnmissoula@montana.com.
     
First Night Preparations
Jerry and Ethel
Diettert sort First
Night Buttons		 Tom Bensen
recruits First
Night Sponsors		 Button Sales at Fact & Fiction Book Fair Button Sales at Southgate Mall Button Sales at Southgate Mall Volunteer Lowell Hanson
at Southgate Mall
Hellgate High School First Night Idol Prelim
MC Danny D with dancers at Hellgate FN Idol Prelim
Contestant at Hellgate FN Idol Prelim
Audience at Hellgate FN Idol Prelim
Contestant at Boys & Girls Club FN Idol Prelim
Contestant at Boys & Girls Club FN Idol Prelim
Danny D with contestants at the Boys & Girls Club FN Idol Prelim

Contestants at
Boys & Girls Club
FN Idol Prelim

 Panel of Judges at Boys & Girls Club FN Idol Prelim Volunteers Steve Zeiler and Kathy Young at Volunteer Orientation Tom Bensen with volunteer Katya Gudymenko Tom Bensen and Assistant Fire Marshal Gary Honold
   
Tom Bensen and Site Manager, Constance Quest
MCC Board member Cindy Klette and volunteer Kimberly Everingham
Volunteers Ted Lease and Constance Quest
Sara Bruya checks in volunteers

2008 First Night Events

Volunteers John and Susan Hancock at Command Central Volunteers Kim Handy and Ted Lease at Command Central Volunteers Hazel Hatfield and Ruth Vontz at Command Central Volunteers Betty Christian, Marilyn Bruya and Terry Conrad Pretty in Pink: Betty Christian and Sara Bruya Tom Bensen directs a group of volunteers
First Night at the UC
Gaelic Meadowlarks
Making a plan of action with the First Night program
           
       
Magician, Mark King
 
    The Giggle Blaster!      
           
          MCT Lobby
 
First Night at the UC
The Octopus
  
Baby's First First Night!
Parson's Pony Rides
A Carousel For Missoula          
 
Turning the Wheel Missoula
       
The Original Egg Game         Luminary Peace Sign
SpectrUM Discovery Area          
           
Parade of Hats preparations at Southgate Mall Magician, Evan Disney Mayor John Engen inspects hats at the Parade of Hats Parade of Hats contest winner and family Mayor John Engen
Montana Super Skippers     Ed Norton Big Band Ice Carvings  
First Night Idol 2008
MC Danny D of Star FM 		Danny D Dixie Riddle, Hellgate Hannah Keane, Sentinel Katie Griffith, Big Sky Tyler Barham, Florence- Carlton
Liza Ginnings, Hellgate Alex Benishek, aka Boi-Prata G, Sentinel Julia Neaves, Sentinel Morgan Schutte, Hellgate 2007 FN Idol,
Jerilyn Valentine 		Jerilyn Valentine
   
Tyler Barham, FN Idol 2nd Runner Up Alex Benishek
2008 First Night Idol 		  Panel of Judges at FN Idol Final Competition