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The iconic Times Square crystal ball is tested one day before New Year's Eve. Angela Moore reports.
With New Year’s Eve right around the corner, check out these fun facts you may not know about the iconic Times Square Ball.
Workers in New York install 288 new crystals on the Times Square New Year's Eve ball, as they prepare for ceremonies to usher in 2016. Rough Cut - subtitled (no reporter narration)
New York (US), Dec 28 (EFE), (Camera: Jorge Fuentelsaz).- The Times Square Ball Drop is a News Year’s institution in New York City but in this year of pandemic, people will be more eager than ever to see this huge sphere, which comprises 2,688 crystal triangles, 32,256 LED lights capable of illuminating a palette of over 16 million colors and weighs over five metric tons, come to a rest to mark the start of 2021.The ball will spend the final 60 seconds of 2020 descending a 24 meter pole atop One Times Square tower while the last 10 seconds of the year are traditionally sung out by onlookers, many of whom seal the end of the year with a kiss. “We all want 2020 to pass as fast as possible, five, four, three, two, it’s here, yes!” Jeffrey Straus, who will oversee the drop of the 3.6 meter-wide ball at 11:59pm on 31 December, tells Efe with a smile. Straus adds that six technicians will be in charge of making sure everything goes to plan, as it has done since 1907, save for a two-year break between 1942-43 during World War II. FOOTAGE OF TIMES SQUARE BALL AND NEW YEAR'S EVE PREPARATIONS.SOUNDBITES OF JEFFREY STRAUS, PRESIDENT OF COUNTDOWN ENTERTAINMENT; AND TOM HARRIS, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE TIMES SQUARE ALLIANCE.
New York, Dec 28 (EFE), (Camera: Jorge Fuentelsaz).- The Times Square Ball Drop is an annual institution in New York City but in this year of pandemic, people will be more eager than ever to see this huge sphere come to rest to mark the start of 2021.The ball will spend the final 60 seconds of 2020 descending a 24-meter pole atop One Times Square tower while the last 10 seconds of the year are traditionally sung out by onlookers, many of whom seal the end of the year with a kiss.This year, the construction comprises 2,688 crystal triangles, 32,256 LED lights capable of illuminating a palette of over 16 million colors and weighs over five metric tons.“We all want 2020 to pass as fast as possible, five, four, three, two, it’s here, yes!” Jeffrey Straus, the president of Countdown Entertainment and the person who will oversee the drop of the 3.6 meter-wide ball at 11:59 pm on 31 December, tells Efe with a smile.Straus adds that six technicians will be in charge of making sure everything goes to plan, as it has done since 1907, save for a two-year break between 1942-43 during World War II.FOOTAGE OF TIMES SQUARE BALL AND NEW YEAR'S EVE PREPARATIONS.SOUNDBITES OF JEFFREY STRAUS, PRESIDENT OF COUNTDOWN ENTERTAINMENT; AND TOM HARRIS, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE TIMES SQUARE ALLIANCE.
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