Fourth Night

I went again to First Night in Boston and had a delightful time. For less than $20 I saw a several anime cartoons in the afternoon; attended a ‘procession,’ so called I suspect because it is half organized and half sort of not organized, not really a classic parade; had many excellent choices of classical music, contemporary music, jazz, dance performances, storytelling, early fireworks of the younger children, midnight fireworks and standup comedy. There were thousands of well behaved people, likely because there is no alcohol allowed, wandering through Boston, enjoying themselves. Frequently there were multigenerational families and familiar faces from First Nights of the past. It is a terrific way to spend an evening.

So I was thinking this First Night was fairly temperate, previous ones have been quite cold and still well attended, but why wait a year for the next one? Perhaps we can have a Fourth Night in July, when it is warm. It can be held on the third of July so as not to interfere with cookouts and the Pop Esplanade concert. After all First Night is on the last night of the year, so Fourth Night can be on the third night of July. Just thinking.