TIMES SQUARE BALL HAPPYNEWYEAR

TIMES SQUARE BALL HAPPYNEWYEAR

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Each year on New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square in Manhattan,
New York City, a Ball made of crystal and electric lights and that
looks like a gleaming moon, descends at 11:59pm from atop the One
Times Square building, shaped like a geometric 'h,' to mark the coming
of the New Year. It is a event that grabs the human mind and is
watched by people around the world on television. The New York Mayor
accompanied with Special Guests press the button to commence the
Ball's 77 feet descent in just a minute with them all touching the
moon-like ball, expressing their over the moon look. After the descent
The New Year billboard lights up and the confetti on top of buildings
gets released, commencing other entertaining events to the joys of
people.


History

Time-ball descending on New Year's Eve is something borrowed from
naval navigation and astronomy. In 1833 the first time-ball was
installed in England for synchronizing the chronometers used in
navigating on seas and oceans.


* 1907 - The New Year's Eve Ball first descended from a
flagpole
at One Times Square, constructed with iron and wood materials with 100
25-watt bulbs weighing 700 pounds and measuring 5 feet in diameter.

* 1920 - The Ball was replaced with an iron material Ball and
weighing less than the original, only 400 pounds.

* 1942 -1943 - Due to World War II, the descending of the Ball
was suspended.

* 1955 - The Ball gets replaced with a lighter Ball weighing 150
pounds.

* 1981 - 1988 - Due to I Love New York campaign, there are red
light bulbs and green stem in a design of an apple.

* 1989 - The traditional white bulbs again get put on the Ball.

* 1995 - The Ball gets computerized, aluminium coated,
rhinestoned, and has strobe light system.

* 1998 - The aluminium Ball gets replaced.

* 2000 onwards - The Ball gets an overhaul for the new millenium
celebrations with a design from Waterford Crystal and new technology.
It weighs 1070 pounds, measures six feet in diameter and installed
with 504 crystal triangles, illuminated externally with 168 Philips
halogen light bulbs and internally with 432 Philips light bulbs of
clear, red, blue, green and yellow colors. Each year there is a theme
in the Waterford crystal concept with a particular chunk of designed
crystals being called something, and in previous years there have been
for example "Hope for Fellowship," "Hope for Wisdom," "Hope
for
Unity," "Hope for Courage," "Hope for Healing," "Hope for
Abundance"
etc. There are strobe lights and mirrors to create bursts of
excitement and special effects for the audience.



Sources & External Links

* Times Square Alliance - New Year's Eve
http://www.timessquarenyc.org/nye/nye.html

* New Year's Eve in Times Square
http://www.nyctourist.com/newyears1.htm

* Pictures of One Times Square Building and Flag Pole
http://www.nyc-architecture.com/MID/MID104.htm

* The New Year's Eve Schedule
http://www.nyc.com/arts__attractions...editorial.aspx

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TIMES SQUARE BALL HAPPYNEWYEAR

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