New York City – It was 1981 when Ronald Colbert, who had returned home after serving in the Navy as a morning mess specialist in the USS Cavalla, went to Times Square for the first time to see a person drop a ball.
It was a lifelong dream that came true that year, and he has been going there almost every year since.
“My younger brother and I will be with him at the time he was bibsit to see the ball drop. Everyone was wearing their party hats, streamers. Dancing in crowns and tuxedos. The opening ball was a little white – maybe as big as Colbert said,” on the flagpole. Bowling ball. Now they have turned it into an electronic monster. “
“This excitement is incredible, this minute holiday everyone gets during that last minute. I don’t know how many people I kissed or kissed me weirdly on New Year’s Eve.”
Colbert plans to visit Times Square on December 31 in a year with more than a million strangers from around the world at the heart of the Big Apple moment to count down to the last seconds of the year. .
Ronald Colbert celebrates New Year’s Eve on December 31, 2019 in Times Square in Manhattan. As a longtime announcer, he hopes to return to the square for the last time to see a drop drop.
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“I had already planned everything, my capley fried chicken in my ziplocks and I was just ready to stay all day,” says Deccad Colbert of the Staten Island Ferry.
For the first time in 114 years, the ongoing COVID-19 epidemic on New Year’s Eve in Times Square will be held without a live audience.
He was attending Colbert’s 40th birthday party at Times Square on New Year’s Eve.
“I’ve been waiting for this for my last year. I’ll have to make it next year,” he says. “It’s a disappointment, but it’s not a disaster.”
As always, there will be live TV broadcasts to celebrate Times Square New Year’s Eve 2020. In addition, the event will be accessed to view on an application called VNYE, where users can also explore the virtual world of Times Square.
“We are adding a full virtual type of Jumite version above it [TV]. It’s always virtual in some ways, “says Tim T. Mpkins, president of the Times Square Alliance, one of the creators of the NYE event. You’ll be able to create a virtual world of Times Square, incarnate your own creations, and then find yourself inside Virtual Time Square to experience New Year’s Eve knowing you’re there and in real time.
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Created by VNYE Jamestown, the group that owns the building has an 11,875-pound New Year’s Eve ball that is covered by 2,688 waters of the Turford Crystal Triangle illuminated by 32,256 LEDs.
So far this year, more than 18 million coronavirus cases have been reported and more than 318,000 deaths have been reported in the United States since February. Tompkins says staff and organizers of the New Year’s Eve event are working hard through the epidemic to make the event special for those watching it at home as the Covid-19 number grows.
A worker cleans a booth in Times Square where people can write their New Year’s greetings on a confetti that will rain down the world’s crossroads on New Year’s Eve.
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“The only challenge is the uncertainty about the changing health status. The phases that people are setting up, the phases that are being created – they will all be tested. They are going to bridge the gap socially,” he said.
The Times Square Alliance and Countdown Entertainment recently announced that TV personality Jonathan Bennett, the host of “Holiday Wars” and the actor who starred in “Mean Girls”, will be performing this year with stage performances by artists such as Jennifer Lopez and Billy. . Porter and Cindy L. Per.
“Gloria Ganor is going to sing‘ I Will Survive ’, a kind of theme that is metaphorical for 2020 and unfortunately literally,” Tomkins said.
In the past Times Square honored people like Muhammad Ali and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomoir on New Year’s Eve. But for efforts on the front lines of the COVID-19 epidemic this year, many “Heroes of 2020” in Times Square will be honored with s night, especially those who risk their lives on a daily basis.
No crowds: At this time of year, around the holidays, people walk shoulder to shoulder in the streets of Times Square. This year will look a lot different without millions of visitors.
These honors include mass transit workers, doctors, nurses, delivery workers, first responders and other essential workers who will be housed in sealed areas of limited capacity at a distance from other guests, presenters and employees.
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“We’re honoring the heroes of 2020, people who helped pass this year through their courage or creativity. They will all become New Yorkers who will represent people around the world.” Tompkins added.
“2020 is going to be something of a sewer job,” says Colbert. “Let’s hope we can get back to some normalcy. It is a new beginning. Let everyone be included. “
