Times Square’s New Year’s Eve Ball Drop Countdown – Nothing can stop the New Year’s eve at Times Square.
One of the biggeset New Year’s eve celebration that will welcome the year 2011 will be held in Times Square in New York. Times Square has the center of the world’s New Year’s Eve celebration for 106 years, since the owners of One Times Square hosted rooftop celebration in 1904.
The Countdown will start at 6:00 PM ET on which the the lighting and raising of the Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball at the top of One Times Square. Event organizers Tim Tompkins and Jeffrey Straus together with the representatives of the Philips Lighting Company will turn on the giant switch that will light the New Year’s Eve Ball
The Lighting Science Group, that is based in Brevard County, designs and manufactures LED lighting systems. Philips, Lighting Science and the city of New York help together to recreate the famous ball, and give it pizazz using light-emitting diode (LED) technology.
“There will be lots of special effects. The ball can do anything,” said Ed Crawford, CEO of Philips Lighting North America. Crawford lit the Times Square ball since the millennium celebration in 2000.
The Times Square ball’s lights are able to emit 16 million different colors. A dry run was held Thursday to ensure the safety and to prepare the 11,875-pound Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball.
Different performances will be showcase in the night. Ryan Seacrest and the singer Kesha were among the celebrities to appear on the nationally televised countdown to the ball drop at Times Square. Singer Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas will headline the Los Angeles portion of the show.
(source:citystatetimes.com)
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