Johnson College’s Carpentry and Cabinetmaking Technology students recently completed a fulfilling community project. The students helped to boost the area’s holiday spirit by assisting First Night Scranton 2010.
First Night Scranton is an annual family-friendly, arts-oriented New Year’s Eve party that brings performers from all over the world to downtown Scranton. The evening includes music, storytelling, dancing, crafting, and a midnight fireworks show to ring in the New Year.
First Night utilizes unconventional spaces throughout downtown Scranton, from bank lobbies to art galleries. Ms. Andrea Talarico, First Night Scranton Co-Chair, searched for a permanent solution to marking venues for the event. Ms. Talarico states, “Choosing Johnson College to build the venue markers was a perfect way to reach out to area students and involve them in this important community event.”
Over two and a half months, Johnson College’s Carpentry and Cabinetmaking Technology students worked on designing, constructing, and painting twenty-five wooden venue markers. Each marker is numbered and can be lit from the inside clearly displaying the venue number. Ms. Talarico explains, “Since First Night is an evening celebration, lit signs serve as an aesthetically appealing way to make event locations clearly visible. Also, venues change from year to year. The new markers offer portability and durability.”
Mr. Joseph Musheno ’78, Carpentry and Cabinetmaking Technology Chair, states, “A lot of work was involved but it was a fun and rewarding project for the students.”
Details about First Night Scranton 2010, including where to purchase admission buttons, can be found at www.scrantonfirstnight.com. For information about Johnson College and its Carpentry and Cabinetmaking Technology program, please visit www.johnson.edu.
From left to right: Vincent Rowe ’11, Honesdale, PA; Christopher Smith ’11, Havertown, PA; Denny DeWolf ’11, Tunkhannock, PA
I think the First Night Scranton is really a cool idea! And getting support from Johnson College will make it an even more special event! Thanks!
I salute these students for being great people to others. This is a good projec and I hope they will continue to do this.