We've got a New Year's Eve plan to suit your style

You surely didn’t think a year like 2011 would slip quietly into the sweet abyss.

Father Time 2011 wants to celebrate before he turns the keys over to Baby New Year 2012.

You’ll need a New Year’s Eve plan for Saturday night.

We’ve complied a list of some of the places in the Miami Valley where you can smooch your love, belt out “Auld Lang Syne,” or high five a stranger after the stroke of midnight.

We’ve also included a couple things for the in-bed-by-9-on-New-Year’s-Eve crowd.

Irish New Year’s

The Dublin Pub, 300 Wayne Ave., Dayton, will celebrate New Year’s Eve with two Champagne toasts — one at 7 p.m. to coincide with midnight in Dublin, Ireland; the other at midnight here.

Musician Ben Rivet will play contemporary covers from the 1990s and early 2000s until the bar closes at 2:30 a.m.

The cover is $5.

Champagne and Barbecue

BBQ and champagne will join forces at Company 7 BBQ, 1001 S. Main St., Englewood, beginning at 7 p.m. The free event includes dancing and a performance by the Wright Brothers band. Toast Champagne or sparkling juice at midnight. There will be $2 pork and sauerkraut sliders with applesauce when the New Year arrives.

Call (937) 836-2777 and hit 0 for a “pitboss” to make reservation.

Lots of dancing

It will be all about dance at Club Aquarius, 135 E. Second St., Dayton.

Dance instructors will teach partygoers everything from the Booty Call to the Cha Cha from 8 to 10 p.m. during the “Dancing Through The Decades” segment of the Time Travel New Year’s Eve Bash.

Dayton’s Timeless Entertainment Burlesque group and special guests Dangerous Curves, a burlesque tour from New York, will perform beginning at

10 p.m. There will be dance-offs and contests for the best decade costume. The bar closes at 2:30 a.m.

Admission is $15 or $20 with a champagne toast and party favors. VIP tables are $99 with a bottle of champagne and party favors.

For more information, visit femmefatalellc.com or call (937) 223-4388.

B-Ball

The Harlem Globetrotters will once again bring high flying hoop action during their 2 p.m. show at Wright State University’s Ervin J. Nutter Center, 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway, Fairborn.

Big Easy, Flight Time, Special K, Scooter, other favorites and this year’s rookies, including TNT, the team’s first female player in several years are on the roster. Tickets are $23 to $110.

For more information,
visit www.nuttercenter.
com or call (937) 775-4789.

Last skate

Bring your favorite New Year’s Eve party accessories to RiverScape MetroPark for the last skate of 2011 at the MetroParks Ice Rink, 111 E. Monument Ave., Dayton. New Year’s Eve Skate is from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. A photographer will take pictures. Admission is $5 and includes the use of ice skates.

For more information, call (937) 278-2607.

Intriguing menu

Taste, 2555 Shiloh Springs Road, Trotwood, promises an evening of “splendor and intrigue” at its semi-formal New Year’s Eve bash from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m.

Guests will be treated to a tapas buffet, party favors, a Champagne toast, a live band and DJ, and a surprise drink per person.

The cost is $50 per person or $85 per couple.

For more information, call (937) 854-7060 or visit daytontaste.com.

Jokes

Uncle Dow Thomas will be featured during the party at Wiley’s Comedy Club, 101 Pine St., Dayton.

There is a 7:30 p.m. show and a 9:30 p.m. party.

The party includes snacks before the show, party favors, Champagne toast, and an after-midnight buffet featuring sandwiches from Subway and Milano’s, wings from BW3 and Fricker’s, and Domino’s pepperoni pizza. The cost is $15 for the show and $39 for the party.

For more information, call (937) 224-5653 or visit wileyscomedyclub.com.

Paris and Vienna in Dayton

The Dayton Philharmonic will present Paris to Vienna: A New Year’s Celebration at 8 p.m. at the Schuster Performing Arts Center, Second and Main streets.

The orchestra will take fans between the two capitals with light classics, opera arias and festive favorites. There will be complimentary champagne at intermission and a balloon drop at the concert’s close. Tickets are $17 to $69.

For more information, call (937) 228-3630.

Four Courses

SideBar, 410 E. Fifth St., Dayton will swap its regular dinner menu for an elaborate four-course New Year’s Eve menu beginning at 9 p.m. The party features a DJ in the restaurant’s lounge, party favors and a Champagne toast.

The cost is $85 per person.

Call for (937) 723-9415 for reservations. Visit sidebar410.com for more information.

Wine on New Year’s

The Wine Loft at the Greene, 21 Greene Boulevard, Beavercreek, will offer a chill evening featuring DJ Chris Rhodes, drink specials all night, and a Champagne toast at midnight. No cover charge; no reservations required.

CONTACT this reporter at (937) 225-2384 or arobinson@DaytonDaily
News.com.