Wackiest New Year’s Eve Ball Drops
The largest New Year’s party in the Southeast, for instance, culminates with the release of an 800-pound fiberglass-and-foam peach in Atlanta. Known for its multimillion-dollar melon industry,Vincennes, IN, raises an 18-foot watermelon, which opens to drop 12 real Knox County watermelons.
Read on for more wacky New Year’s drops, worth celebrating no matter where you bring in 2012.
Eastport, ME
A big red plywood maple leaf honoring nearby Canada is released at 11 p.m. and an eight-foot sardine (paying homage to the local industry) at midnight. Tides Institute & Museum of Art; (207) 853-4047; tidesinstitute.org.
Bethlehem, PA
Home to the headquarters of the ubiquitous bird-shaped Easter marshmallow candy, Bethlehem ceremoniously lowers a yellow, lighted, 85-pound fiberglass resin Peep at 5:15 p.m. and midnight. SteelStacks; (610) 332-3378;artsquest.org.
Raleigh, NC
A 1,250-pound steel-and-copper acorn is dropped at 7 p.m. (for the kids) and midnight. City Plaza; (919) 832-8699;firstnightraleigh.com.
Atlanta
The largest New Year’s party in the Southeast features the fall of an 800-pound fiberglass-and-foam peach.Underground Atlanta; (404) 523-2311; peachdrop.com.
Vincennes, IN
Known for its multimillion-dollar melon industry, Indianaraises an 18-foot, 500-pound watermelon into the sky, which then opens to release 12 real Knox County watermelons (don’t worry, there’s a splash zone below). Riverfront Pavilion; (800) 886-6443; vincennescvb.org.
Flagstaff, AZ
At 10 p.m. and midnight, the city lowers a six-foot pinecone. Why? Flagstaff lies on the edge of the world’s largest contiguous ponderosa forest. Hotel Weatherford; (928) 779-1919; weatherfordhotel.com.
Plymouth, WI
This town drops an 80-pound wedge of BellaVitano Gold cheese; alas, it’s made of Styrofoam. Plymouth Arts Center; (920) 892-8409; plymoutharts.org.
Elizabethtown, PA
Elizabethtown lowers a giant M&M at the rather unexpected time of 7 p.m.—so that it can correspond with its Irish sister city, Letterkenny. (717) 361-7188;elizabethtowncoc.com.
Niagara Falls, NY
An illuminated 10-foot Gibson guitar is dropped every year at the Hard Rock Café, drawing crowds averaging 15,000–20,000 annually. Hard Rock Café Niagara Falls, 333 Prospect St.; (716) 282-0007.
Key West, FL
The New Year kicks off here as flamboyantly as you’d expect. Key West’s now-famous festivities include dropping a drag queen named Sushi in a giant ruby red slipper. Bourbon Street Pub/New Orleans House complex, 724 Duval St.; (305) 293-9800.
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Eastport, ME (Leslie Bowman)
A big red plywood maple leaf honoring nearby Canada is released at 11 p.m. and an eight-foot sardine (paying homage to the local industry) at midnight. Tides Institute & Museum of Art; (207) 853-4047; tidesinstitute.org.
Bethlehem, PA
Bethlehem, PA (Courtesy of ArtsQuest)
Home to the headquarters of the ubiquitous bird-shaped Easter marshmallow candy, Bethlehem ceremoniously lowers a yellow, lighted, 85-pound fiberglass resin Peep at 5:15 p.m. and midnight. SteelStacks; (610) 332-3378;artsquest.org.
Raleigh, NC
Raleigh, NC (Jeffrey L. Cohen)
A 1,250-pound steel-and-copper acorn is dropped at 7 p.m. (for the kids) and midnight. City Plaza; (919) 832-8699;firstnightraleigh.com.
Atlanta
Atlanta (St. John Photographics)
The largest New Year’s party in the Southeast features the fall of an 800-pound fiberglass-and-foam peach.Underground Atlanta; (404) 523-2311; peachdrop.com.
Vincennes, IN
Vincennes, IN (Juli Vieke-Peach)
Known for its multimillion-dollar melon industry, Indianaraises an 18-foot, 500-pound watermelon into the sky, which then opens to release 12 real Knox County watermelons (don’t worry, there’s a splash zone below). Riverfront Pavilion; (800) 886-6443; vincennescvb.org.
Flagstaff, AZ
Flagstaff, AZ (Leslie Connell)
At 10 p.m. and midnight, the city lowers a six-foot pinecone. Why? Flagstaff lies on the edge of the world’s largest contiguous ponderosa forest. Hotel Weatherford; (928) 779-1919; weatherfordhotel.com.
Plymouth, WI
This town drops an 80-pound wedge of BellaVitano Gold cheese; alas, it’s made of Styrofoam. Plymouth Arts Center; (920) 892-8409; plymoutharts.org.
Elizabethtown, PA
Elizabethtown, PA (Jamie Schoenberger; Epic Photography)
Elizabethtown lowers a giant M&M at the rather unexpected time of 7 p.m.—so that it can correspond with its Irish sister city, Letterkenny. (717) 361-7188;elizabethtowncoc.com.
Niagara Falls, NY
Niagara Falls, NY (www.FallsStreet.com)
An illuminated 10-foot Gibson guitar is dropped every year at the Hard Rock Café, drawing crowds averaging 15,000–20,000 annually. Hard Rock Café Niagara Falls, 333 Prospect St.; (716) 282-0007.
Key West, FL
Key West, FL (Andy Newman, Florida Keys News Bureau)
The New Year kicks off here as flamboyantly as you’d expect. Key West’s now-famous festivities include dropping a drag queen named Sushi in a giant ruby red slipper. Bourbon Street Pub/New Orleans House complex, 724 Duval St.; (305) 293-9800.
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