Each year, millions of eyes from all over the world are focused on the sparkling Waterford Crystal Times Square New Year's Eve Ball. At 11:59 p.m., the Ball begins its descent as millions of voices unite to count down the final seconds of the year, and celebrate the beginning of a new year full of hopes, challenges, changes and dreams.
The "New" New Year's Eve Ball On November 11th, 2008, The co-organizers of New Year’s Eve in Times Square unveiled a new Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball at a press conference at Hudson Scenic Studio in Yonkers, New York.
The new Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball is a 12 foot geodesic sphere, double the size of previous Balls, and weighs 11,875 pounds. Covered in 2,668 Waterford Crystals and powered by 32,256 Philips Luxeon Rebel LEDS, the new Ball is capable of creating a palette of more than 16 million vibrant colors and billions of patterns producing a spectacular kaleidoscope effect atop One Times Square.
The organizers also announced that the new Ball will become a year-round attraction above Times Square in full public view January through December.
“For one hundred years, the Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball has attracted millions of revelers to Times Square on December 31st to celebrate the beginning of the New Year” said Jeff Straus, president of Countdown Entertainment and co-organizer of Times Square New Year’s Eve. “The new Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball will be a bright sparkling jewel atop One Times Square entertaining New Yorkers and tourists from around the world not only on December 31, but throughout the year.”
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A Happy New Year! Grant that I may bring no tear to any eye when this New Year in time shall end. Let it be said I've played the friend, have lived and loved and labored here, and made of it a happy year.
7 comments:
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I LOVE your final paragraph!
We should all try to live 2009 that way.
Happy New Year.. I love the colors of the new ball. I missed it this year on TV. I had to work and we were to busy to watch it drop..
A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU!
I have never understood the Times Square New Years Eve "aatraction"....The whole idea of standing around in the cold for hours and hours in HUGE Crowds of people waiting to see a ball drop--Well, I just don't get it and I never did! LOL!
The NEW Ball certainly looks amazingly Beautiful....I think that is a wonderful idea to have it be an all year round attraction....Hoipefully it will change colors on a continual basis and people can stand around looking at that, instead of Smoke Rings coming out of a Huge Billboard....(I Cannot imagine that The "CAMEL" Sign is still there in Times Square....!)...Oh and that is just what is needed...More "aatractions" to bring MORE People to Times Square....PERFECT!
"ATTRACTION"....I have no idea where those two "A"s came from...lol!
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
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