4 OCTOBER 2002
THE FOURTH WORLD SMILE DAY HELD ON LARGE SCALE
NEVER BEFORE HAS A SMILE BEEN AS NEEDED
On Friday 4 October 2002, the fourth World Smile Day was held in Worcester City, Massachusetts, USA. The event was held two years after the death of Harvey Ball, the designer and creator of SMILEY FACE, and sees the movement taking off in America. SMILEY FACE is the joint heritage of all people of the world, and is becoming the most famous symbol in history.
 
Charles Ball
April 19, 1993; TELEGRAM AND GAZZETTE

Plenty of grins kept schoolchildren and adults amused yesterday as they squeezed together to form a human Smilay Face for World Smile Day. Dressed in yellow for the face or black for the eyes and mouth, the crowd formed a large smiling face on the plaza behind City Hall as photographers, TV cameras and an airplane flying overhead snapped pictures of the happy symbol made famous by Worcester's own Harvey Ball.

About Harvey Balli1921-2001j
Harvey Ball was born and raised in Worcester,. He attended South High School, where he was especially interested in art. In his third year of high school, he apprenticed himself to a local sign painter, who taught him how to create visual images with strond impact. In 1940 he won a scholarship to attend Worcester Art Museum school, and received training in the fine arts.

The Forth World Smile Day Events
"World Smile Day A Cappela Concert"
Thursday, October 3, 2002 at 7:00 pm
"The True Face Of Worcester"
Friday, October 4, 2002 at Noon
In celebration of the 4th Annual World Smile Day and in special recognition of the life and contributions of Smiley creator, Harvey Ball(1921-2001), the community is invited to participate in creating the world's largest human smiley face !

The Forth World Smile Day Program
Welcome / Thomas R. Hoover, City Manager
Greetings and special Recognition / Charles Ball, Esq., Chair, World Smile Day Commitee

World Smile Day Ambassador Award /// Performance by Seven Hills Charter School Show

The Forth World Smile Day Commitee
Chair / Charles Ball, Esq.,: Robert Antonelli : Paula Buonomo
Ellen Ganley : Pat Dziewietin : Tom Cole : J. Russell LeMay
Katie McEvoy : Christine Proffitt : William Wallace

Students from Worcester City give a vocal harmony concert
 
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