ball drop
The first ball drop was in 1907, and the tradition has been going strong ever since, with the exception of two years during World War II. [1]
A ball “drops” or more accurately scoots down a pole atop a building in New York. [2]
Since the first Times Square ball drop in 1907, cities started putting their own stamp on the drop-and-count. [3]
The ball dropped and 2012 lit up on Times Square four days ahead of time. [2]
Back in May, ahead of the release of her Born This Way album, Lady Gaga described her hometown of New York City as her “husband,” and now, she’s been tapped to help her spouse ring in the New Year in the most traditional of ways: by dropping the ball in Times Square. [4]
The Times Square Ball is a time ball that has been lowered or “dropped” from the flagpole of One Times Square nearly every New Year’s Eve since December 31, 1907 in Times Square, Manhattan, New York City. [5]
Yes, according to The New York Post, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has named Gaga as his special guest at the City’s annual New Year’s Eve celebration, where she’ll ceremoniously push a Waterford Crystal button at 11:59 p.m., officially beginning the famed crystal ball’s descent over the raucous Times Square crowd. [4]
He was always very popular and — for better or worse — was the face and voice of New Year’s Eve, but he has struggled with the effects of a stroke seven years ago. [2]
New York City’s Mayor Bloomberg has made quite a hip choice to help him drop the ball on New Year’s Eve in Times Square to ring in 2012 - Lady Gaga. [6]
Though The New York Times would later move its headquarters to a larger building at 229 West 43rd Street, the New Year’s Eve celebration at One Times Square remains to this day. [5]
Sources:
[1] Watch Ball Drop: 2012 New Year’s Eve Celebration In Times Square …
[2] Ball drop in New York City is just like the New Year holiday - a …
[3] On New Year’s Eve, some Maryland towns will drop anything but a …
[4] Lady Gaga To Help Drop New Year’s Ball In Times Square - Music …
[5] Times Square Ball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[6] Lady Gaga to do Times Square ball drop for New Year’s Eve 2011 …