List of objects dropped on New Year's Eve
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The object dropped or raised on New Year's Eve in a locality is generally some form of ball that reaches the bottom or top of a lighted tower at midnight. The arrival of the ball launches a display of fireworks. Special effects for the ball drop are designed similar to the time balls used in the 19th century.
The most famous "drop" is the Times Square Ball, broadcast live in the United States from Times Square in Manhattan, New York City on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve and on New Year's Eve with Carson Daly. Other major cities have their own versions based on the Times Square Ball. Although some of the objects dropped or raised may seem peculiar, they generally relate to some aspect of local history, geography, or culture. Other objects advertise a corporation sponsoring the event.
Ball drop events are otherwise similar to other New Year's Eve celebrations such as America's Party in Las Vegas and Sydney New Year's Eve in Sydney, Australia, often involving large crowds, live music, and fireworks displays. Ball drops are by far the most common in, but not exclusive to, the United States.
List of drops or raises by time zone and location
Note that several locations are divided into multiple time zones.
UTC-3
- Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: A ball is dropped.[1] Over two million people turn up along four kilometers of sand and the fireworks last for almost thirty minutes.[2]
Atlantic Time Zone
- Passamaquoddy Bay: A red maple leaf is dropped in Eastport, Maine (which is actually in the Eastern Time Zone, one hour behind, though the leaf is dropped at midnight Atlantic Time) in honor of Eastport's friends on the Canadian side of the border. It is the first of two drops in Eastport.[3]
- St. George's, Bermuda: A paper-mache Bermuda onion covered in Christmas lights is dropped.
US Eastern Time Zone
Florida
- Note: The Florida Panhandle is in the Central Time Zone.
- Brooksville, Florida: A 200-pound tangerine was dropped 40 feet during the countdown to midnight until 2009.[4][5][6] The tangerine dropped was an emblem of the citrus industry that once thrived in Brooksville.
- Key West, Florida (Sloppy Joe's Bar): The Key West Conch Drop, where a six-foot Queen Conch Shell drops 20 feet to the top of the bar to usher in the New Year, is held annually for the island's official New Year celebrations.
- Key West, Florida (801 Saloon): The 801 Saloon, a local gay bar, drops a ruby slipper with drag queen Gary "Sushi" Marion inside each year.[7]
- Miami, Florida: Miami is home of "The Big Orange" Drop. (Florida is the orange state) The 35-foot orange rises 400 feet until it reaches the top of the Hotel Intercontinental Miami and is dropped from the top.[8][9]
- Orlando, Florida: The Annual Church Street Entertainment New Year’s Eve Street Party includes "a huge video wall, confetti cannons, fireworks, and the tradition of the Orange Drop high above Church Street".[10][11]
Georgia
- Atlanta, Georgia: The capital city of the peach state has a Peach Drop[12] broadcast live worldwide from Underground,[13] an event similar to the Times Square Ball Drop. It takes 58 seconds for the peach to descend the 138-foot tower of lights to its resting place.[14] Michael Jackson's brother Tito and mother Katherine issued the official countdown during 2011's 22nd Annual Peach Drop New Year's Celebration.[15][16] The annual Peach Bowl and Parade[17] are sponsored by Chick-fil-A.[18]
- Cornelia, Georgia: Cornelia hosts a "Little Red Apple" Drop and Dance in honor of the region's apple growers. The "Big Red Apple" located at the train depot is not dropped.[19][20][21]
- Duluth, Georgia: A disco ball called the Soaring Spirit Ball is raised.[22][23]
- Gainesville, Georgia: The "Chuck the Chicken" Drop started in 2009 to benefit the Humane Society of Northeast Georgia.[24][25][26]
- Macon, Georgia: The Cherry Blossom Capital of the World welcomes springtime with the International Cherry Blossom Festival and in the wintertime rings in the new year with the Cherry Blossom Ball Drop, started in 2009. The ball, made of metal blossoms with pink lights, is six feet in diameter and descends from a 30-foot tower counting down to midnight.[27][28][29][30]
- Tallapoosa, Georgia: An opossum drops on odd years.[31] "It kind of started out as a joke", according to organizer Kate Gardner.[32] "But now it's grown to one of the biggest events we have".
- Winder, Georgia: A Jug Drop takes place at the Barrow County Museum.[26][33] The Barrow County Historical Society[34] serves Nodoroc Mud (hot cocoa) and Wog Nog (special apple cider); the event is free and family-oriented.[35]
Indiana
- Kokomo, Indiana: An aluminum 70-pound Ball with 34,000 lights is dropped during The Kokomo Downtown Association New Year’s Eve Celebration.[36][37][38]
- Vincennes, Indiana (near Terre Haute): The giant 18-foot, 500-pound steel-and-foam Watermelon Ball is raised 100 feet in the air during the 60-second countdown at midnight, then the replica releases 11 real locally-grown watermelons.[39][40][41][42]
Maine
- Bangor, Maine: A beach ball covered in Christmas lights has been thrown off the top of a local restaurant since 2005.[43]
- Eastport, Maine: A sardine is dropped in a nod to the area’s history in the herring fishing and canning industry. This is the second of two object drops in Eastport (see also "Atlantic Time Zone" above). Both objects were created by sculptor Bill Schaefer of East Machias.[3][44]
Maryland
- Baltimore, Maryland: A disco ball is dropped.[45]
- Easton, Maryland: A red crab is dropped.[46]
- Havre de Grace, Maryland – An eight-foot long, five-foot high wood-and-plastic foam lit duck has been dropped since 2000.[47][48][49][50]
- Ocean City, Maryland: An illuminated beach ball is dropped.[51]
- Princess Anne, Maryland: A stuffed muskrat in a top hat and bow tie named Marshall P. Muskrat is dropped.[52]
Michigan
- Grand Rapids, Michigan: A six-foot diameter steel ball is dropped for the WZZM Ball Drop in Rosa Parks Circle.[53][54] The ball was built by GLC Metal Fabricators Inc. in Ludington with help from Harsco, covered in LED lights done by Tye's Signs in Scottville. A crane raises the ball 160 feet into the air before lowering it slowly into its position for the countdown.[55]
- Kalamazoo, Michigan: A recyclable[56] ball has been dropped since 2009.[57]
- Ludington, Michigan: A 6’ 5” diameter ball lit up with thousands of lights is lowered on a countdown to midnight.[58][59]
- Royal Oak, Michigan: A ball is dropped at midnight.[60][60][61]
- Traverse City, Michigan: A cherry is dropped at midnight.[62]
New Jersey
- Point Pleasant, New Jersey: "The Millennium Mossbunker," a mossbunker fish is dropped (only for 2000).[63]
- Seaside Heights, New Jersey: Nicole Polizzi (a.k.a. "Snooki" from the TV series Jersey Shore) was dropped inside a ball in 2011. Originally planned for Times Square alongside the more famous ball drop, the event was relocated after New York City officials kicked MTV, the organizers of the "Snooki Drop," out of Times Square.[64]
New York
New York holds many elaborate drops, particularly the ball drop at Times Square. The state falls in second place for the most items dropped on New Year's Eve.
- Buffalo, New York: A lighted ball is dropped, at one time along with a Ford Edge automobile.[65] The Buffalo Ball Drop (formerly the 97 Rock Ball Drop) is advertised to be the third-largest in the country, with 40,000 in attendance during a typical year.[66] It was nearly canceled in 2010 (due mainly to the effects of the late 2000s recession) before a last-minute sponsorship drive brought in the necessary funds to carry out the festivities.
- Cheektowaga, New York: A ball is dropped during the day on New Year's Eve to offer an alternative for families.[67]
- Hamburg, New York: A ball is dropped.[68]
- New York City (Times Square): The most famous ball dropped is a 11,875 pounds (5,386 kg) Waterford Crystal ball. The Times Square Ball was previously metal and, during the 1980s, an illuminated apple.[69] The ball used to be lit by halogen lamps, but LED has been used since 2008. In 2009 the ball became a permanent fixture year-round atop One Times Square.[70] Over a million people gather each year to see the famous drop, which lasts for 60 seconds. For the 2000 ball drop, there were two million in attendance.
- New York City (rotating locations, Greenwood Heights for 2011): A giant lighted ukulele, dropped by "Sonic Uke" (a local ukulele playing duo), has been dropped each year in a different location since 2004–05.[71]
- Niagara Falls, New York: A ten-foot Gibson Guitar is dropped from a specially designed 120-foot scaffold at the stroke of midnight at the Hard Rock Cafe. It draws an anticipated crowd of 15,000 to 20,000.[68][72][73]
- North Tonawanda, New York: A ball is dropped as part of New Year's on the Canal.[68]
- Syracuse, New York: An orange ball is dropped.[74]
- White Plains, New York: A ball drops from a crane on the corner of Main Street and Renaissance Square in downtown. The urban festival attracts 25,000 residents of Westchester County, New York.[75]
North Carolina
- Black Creek, North Carolina: A large red heart drop represents "A Small Town with a Big Heart".[76]
- Brasstown, North Carolina: A plexiglas pyramid containing a living opossum is lowered from the roof of Clay Logan's convenience store for The Possum Drop. The possum is turned loose at the end of the celebration.[77][78] (The event was barred from occurring for 2013 due to a successful lawsuit from PETA.)
- Eastover, North Carolina: A three-foot tall, thirty-pound wooden flea is dropped.[79]
- Charlotte, North Carolina: A lighted crown is (raised) 25 feet in the air at the stroke of midnight to represent the Queen City.[80] Charlotte Center City Partners produces the festivities.[81]
- Mount Olive, North Carolina: The New Year's Eve Pickle is lowered down the Mt. Olive Pickle Company flagpole at 7 pm EST, midnight Greenwich Mean Time.[79][82][83][84]
- Raleigh, North Carolina: A 900-pound copper-and-steel acorn, designed by sculptor David Benson to celebrate the city's 1992 Bicentennial and Raleigh’s nickname, “The City of Oaks”, is lowered by a crane.[85][86][87]
- In years when the Carolina Hurricanes play at home on New Year's Eve, the RBC Center holds its own New Year's Eve "puck drop" inside the arena for fans that attend the game.[88]
Ohio
- Elmore, Ohio: A sausage is dropped.[89]
- Marion, Ohio: A ball of popcorn is dropped.[90]
- Port Clinton, Ohio: A walleye fish named "Captain Wylie Walleye" is dropped.[91]
- Cincinnati, Ohio: A flying pig is "flown", not dropped, confirming there is at least one occasion "when pigs fly".[92]
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is the state where the most objects are dropped on New Year's Eve.[93]
- Allentown, Pennsylvania: A liberty bell replica is dropped to commemorate when the liberty bell was stored in Allentown during the American Revolution.
- Akron, Pennsylvania: A purple-and-gold shoe is dropped.[94][95]
- Beavertown, Pennsylvania: A beaver is dropped.[96]
- Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: A 100-pound yellow[97] fiberglas illuminated Peep Drop happens twice during the "Peep Show".[98][99] Trademark of Just Born, Inc. Bethlehem, PA, USA: Home of Marshmallow PEEPS Candies.[100]
- Blain, Pennsylvania: A wooden cow is dropped from a silo.[101]
- Bradford, Pennsylvania: The ball drop was discontinued for 2011 but brought back for 2012.[102]
- Carlisle, Pennsylvania: An Indy car is dropped.[93][103][104]
- Cleona, Pennsylvania: A pretzel is raised.[105]
- Cornwall, Pennsylvania: A Cannonball Drop commemorates the historic Cornwall Iron Furnace. The Civil War-era bowling-ball-sized cannonball is courtesy of Sgt. Damian Smith, command historian for the Pennsylvania National Guard.[106]
- Dillsburg, Pennsylvania: Two pickles are dropped,[103] one at midnight UTC ("Mrs. Pickle") and the main drop at midnight Eastern Time.[107]
- Duncannon, Pennsylvania: A sled is dropped.[103]
- Easton, Pennsylvania: A ten-foot Crayola crayon is dropped at 8 pm to accommodate children's bedtimes[108]
- Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania: A giant M&M is dropped at midnight UTC to correspond with midnight in sister city Letterkenny in Ireland.[94]
- Falmouth, Pennsylvania: A stuffed goat is dropped.[101]
- Frogtown, Pennsylvania: A frog is dropped.[101]
- Gratz, Pennsylvania: A wildcat is dropped.[101]
- Halifax, Pennsylvania: A Hemlock tree is dropped.[93][109][110]
- Hallam, Pennsylvania: A replica of the Haines Shoe House is dropped.[107]
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: A strawberry is dropped.[93][111]
- Hershey, Pennsylvania: A Hershey Kiss replica is raised.[93][112]
- Hummelstown, Pennsylvania: A lollipop is dropped.[113] [13]
- Ickesburg, Pennsylvania: A french fry is dropped.[114]
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania: A red rose is raised.[113]
- Lebanon, Pennsylvania: A 100-pound stick of Lebanon Bologna is dropped.[113]
- Lewistown, Pennsylvania: A bag of Hartley's potato chips is dropped.[96]
- Lisburn, Pennsylvania: A pair of yellow pants or "britches" is dropped in honor of the Yellow Breeches Creek.[115][116]
- Lititz, Pennsylvania: A Moravian star is raised.[94]
- Liverpool, Pennsylvania: A canal boat is dropped.[117]
- Manheim, Pennsylvania: A ball is raised.[94]
- McClure, Pennsylvania: A kettle is dropped in honor of McClure Bean Soup Festival.[118]
- Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: A wrench is dropped.[93][103][119]
- Middletown, Pennsylvania: A metal Rhombicuboctahedron, referred to by the organizers as a "sphoctagon" (portmanteau of sphere and octagon), is dropped.[120]
- New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania: A box huckleberry is dropped.[101]
- New Oxford, Pennsylvania: An antique trunk is dropped.[101]
- Newville, Pennsylvania: A big spring is dropped.[103]
- Palmyra, Pennsylvania: "The Giant Shoe" is dropped.[121]
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: A ball representing the planet earth, made of recycled materials, is raised.[113]
- Port Royal, Pennsylvania: A sprint car is dropped.[96]
- Pottsville, Pennsylvania: A bottle of Yuengling beer is raised.[113]
- Red Lion, Pennsylvania: A wooden cigar held by a lion is raised.[113]
- Richland, Pennsylvania: A cigar is dropped.[122]
- Shippensburg, Pennsylvania: An anchor is dropped.[103]
- Strasburg, Pennsylvania: Ping pong balls are dropped.[94]
- Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania: See below.
- Shamokin, Pennsylvania: A chunk of coal is dropped, turning into a diamond at the bottom.[123][124]
- York, Pennsylvania: A white rose is dropped.[93][125]
South Carolina
- Hilton Head Island, South Carolina: As part of its annual Harbour Town Lights holiday celebration and in honor of championship golf offerings at The Sea Pines Resort, such as Harbour Town Golf Links and famed RBC Heritage golf tournament, an oversized, lit-up golf ball is dropped from the top of the Harbour Town Lighthouse overlooking Calibogue Sound.[126]
Tennessee (Eastern)
- Gatlinburg, Tennessee: A ball is dropped.[127][128]
- Knoxville, Tennessee: A ball is dropped on Market Square.[129]
Virginia
- Richmond, Virginia: A copy of the Times Square Ball is raised rather than dropped, on the Byrd Theater in Carytown.
- Roanoke, Virginia: A 10-foot illuminated star is dropped.[130]
- Charlottesville, Virginia: A ball is dropped.[131]
- Fredericksburg, Virginia: An illuminated pear is dropped.[132]
US Central Time Zone
Alabama
- Mobile, Alabama: A 600-pound electric Moon Pie is dropped from the 33-story-tall RSA Tower at midnight in the biggest New Year event in the Central Time Zone. It is broadcasted locally by WKRG and throughout the nation on Raycom Media Stations. Before midnight, Chattanooga Bakery Inc., the maker of the Moon Pie marshmallow sandwich, serves up an edible 55-pound, 45,000-calorie chocolate Moon Pie that is nearly four feet in diameter. In addition to that, the bakery hands out 5,000 regular Moon Pies to New Year’s Eve revelers.[133][134][135][136]
- Fairhope, Alabama: A ball is dropped. The event was cancelled in 2010, but resumed in time to ring in 2011.[137][138]
- Wetumpka, Alabama: A meteorite is dropped at the Old Courthouse at 11pm Central Time in honor of the meteorite that hit the River City. At the stroke of midnight, a big fireworks display takes place over the river.[139]
Arkansas
- Fayetteville, Arkansas: A hog is dropped.[140]
- Fort Smith, Arkansas: KISR sponsors a ball drop.[141][142]
Florida Panhandle
- Panama City, Florida: An illuminated, 800-pound beach ball descends from a tower 12 stories high at midnight.[143][144][145][146] At 8:30 pm there is a fireworks celebration and a "family ball drop" with 7,000 beach balls.[147]
- Pensacola, Florida: A pelican is dropped.[148]
Illinois
- Des Plaines, Illinois: A diamond is dropped.[149]
Kansas
- Manhattan, Kansas: "The Little Apple", an apple-shaped aluminum ball, is dropped.[150][151]
Louisiana
- New Orleans, Louisiana: A Gumbo Pot was dropped until 2008.[152] The new "drop" is a Fleur-de-lis.[153][154]
Mississippi
- Columbus, Mississippi: An illuminated 10-foot wide by 10-foot tall lit aluminum ball is hoisted over College Street 100 feet high as part of the "Having a Ball Downtown Block Party". Festivities are broadcast live on WCBI.[155]
Oklahoma
- Bartlesville, Oklahoma: An olive is dropped.[156]
- Oklahoma City: A lighted ball is raised during Opening Night.[157][158]
- Tulsa: The Tulsa Ball Drop, held annually in Brookside, a district famous for its nightlife, features live music, performances, and a street party.[159]
Tennessee (Central and Western)
- Memphis, Tennessee: A guitar is dropped.[160][161]
- Nashville, Tennessee: An 80-foot Guitar Drop took place at Nashville's Hard Rock Cafe during Music City's Bash On Broadway.[162][163] In 2011 the partnership ended with Hard Rock Cafe and the guitar was exchanged for a 15-foot-tall music note.[164]
Texas
- Austin, Texas: Families in the Austin Woods neighborhood traditionally celebrate the new year with large illuminated new year's balls hung from trees, which are lowered at varying times during New Year's Eve. Downtown, a Lone Star was dropped until 2006, then replaced with a simple mirrored ball.[165]
- Houston, Texas: A star representing the Lone Star State is raised at midnight.[166] There is also a Noon Ball Drop at the Children's Museum of Houston for families to celebrate New Year's Noon.[167]
- McAllen, Texas: A giant mirrored ball descends just before midnight. The first orb for 2008 was six feet in diameter, but in 2009 McAllen's big bash was expanded to include a bigger crowd (10,000 attended), a bigger party space and the bigger "Texas-sized" ball used ever since.[168]
- San Antonio, Texas: though not dropped, the scenic elevator on the Tower of the Americas is raised. Upon reaching the top of the tower at midnight, a fantastic display of fireworks shoot off around the Tower
Wisconsin
- Plymouth, Wisconsin: Plymouth drops an 80-pound decorated cheese wedge, the newest Wisconsin cheese, from a 100 ft. ladder truck in a tribute to the region's dairy industry and dairy products. The Plymouth Arts Center hosts the annual “Build Your Own New Year’s Party” next to the Creamery Building's parking lot where "The Big Cheese Drop" takes place.[169][170][171]
- Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin: A carp (real but dead) caught by local fishers and weighing between 25 and 30 pounds is lowered. A carp was chosen to represent the area's fishing industry and because the carp is considered one of the luckiest fish in Chinese culture. The carp, nicknamed “Lucky”, is lowered onto a throne. Each “Lucky” has a tree planted where it is buried with a commemorative plaque listing the carp's name and year.[90][172]
US Mountain Time Zone
Arizona
- Flagstaff, Arizona: A pine cone is dropped from the balcony of Weatherford hotel.[173][174][175]
- Tempe, Arizona: An illuminated sunburst was dropped while the Fiesta Bowl Block Party and Parade was sponsored by Sunkist,[176][177][178][179] but replaced by a Giant Tortilla Chip when Tostitos Tortilla Chips took over the sponsorship from Sunkist. The party is 10 blocks long and four blocks wide with two fireworks shows (10 p.m. and midnight).[180]
- Show Low, Arizona: A deuce of clubs (2♣) debuted in 2011–12. The card, which is the namesake of the main road through Show Low, is, according to legend the origin of the town's name (the town's founders allegedly derived the name "show low" from a game of poker where the winner showed a 2♣, the lowest card in the deck).[181]
Idaho
- Twin Falls, Idaho: A metal ball, valued at approximately $14, is driven by a 1961 Ford Econoline truck and a chain. The ball is lowered down a pair of abandoned grain elevators.[182][183] It is the only ball drop in Idaho.[184]
US Pacific Time Zone
Washington
- Seattle, Washington: The elevator of the Space Needle is raised,[90] followed by a fireworks display from the landmark. The fireworks shoot across the night sky and an estimated 400,000 people can see the show.[185][186]
California
- Orange County, California: An orange is dropped.[187]
- Sacramento, California: A ball was dropped in 2008 and 2009,[188] but discontinued in 2010.[189]
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- http://www.newyearfestival.com
- http://www.newyearsdrop.com
- http://www.syddware.com/balldrop.html
- http://firstnightusa.org/
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