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	  <td width="642" align="left" valign="top"><p align="center" class="pageTopTitle">Countdown to Noon<br>
        <span class="pageSectionTitleBlack">Dec. 31, 10 a.m.&#8211;1 p.m.</span></p>
	    <p class="pageTextMedium">Five, four, three, two, one . . .Happy Noon Year! Children and families are invited to celebrate the final day of 2010 at The Children&rsquo;s Museum. There will be activities, music, and a Water Clock countdown to noon that allows families to experience the excitement of a New Year&rsquo;s countdown at a reasonable hour for the younger members of the family. Meet characters from Oz featured in our Lilly Theater play, <em>Dorothy Returns!</em> and stay to see the show.         
	    <p class="pageTextMedium">The Children&rsquo;s  Museum will offer activities for the entire family from 10 a.m.&ndash;1 p.m. in the Sunburst Atrium:<br>
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            <td width="381"><p><strong>10 a.m.</strong>&mdash;Activities begin: </p>
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                  <li>Be one of the first 1,000 visitors and receive a special New Year&rsquo;s hat or noisemaker (one per person)</li>
                  <li>Make a puppet of your favorite character from the Land of Oz</li>
                  <li>Design your own wand or safe sparkler to help ring in the New Year</li>
                  <li>Count down to noon with a special Oz character who will use the museum&rsquo;s Water Clock to help him keep time.</li>
                  <li>Learn more about the museum&rsquo;s famous Water Clock</li>
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            <td align="right"><img src="2009.jpg" width="237" height="160" alt="Countdown to Noon Year"></td>
            <td valign="top"><p class="pageTextMedium"><strong>10-11:30 a.m.</strong>&mdash;Take your photo with characters  from the Lilly Theater play &ldquo;Dorothy Returns&rdquo; </p>
              <p><strong>11:58 a.m.</strong>&mdash;The Scarecrow, from the Lilly Theater  play &ldquo;Dorothy Returns,&rdquo; and a lucky museum member child will help lead the Countdown  to Noon.</p>
            <p><strong>Noon</strong>&mdash;Confetti cannons will herald the Noon Year  and visitors will have the opportunity to sing &ldquo;We&rsquo;re off to See the Wizard&rdquo;</p></td>
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          <p class="pageTextMedium"><strong>Questions? Contact the Customer Service Center at 317-334-4000.</strong></p>
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