New Year 2010 celebrations take place around the world
Published December 31, 2009 | 
Countries around the world are beginning to hold celebratory events to welcome in 2010.
Fireworks displays will take place in many cities, with 5,000kg of explosives set to be used in the famous Sydney Harbour show in Australia.
New Year’s Eve this year will also see a rare blue moon – a second full moon in a month. The next will be in 2028.
The blue moon will be visible at midnight in the west but not until New Year’s Day in Asia and Australasia.
New Year arrived first in the South Pacific. At midnight local time (1100 GMT) fireworks were set off over the Sky Tower in Auckland, New Zealand.
Sydney will be the first major world city to see in 2010 at 1300 GMT, with some 1.5 million people expected to attend the city’s events.
Crowds have been gathering since the early morning, some of them camping overnight to secure the best vantage point for the 12-minute midnight fireworks display.
Police minister Michael Daley warned those attending to avoid excessive drinking.
“If you’re one of these fools that can’t handle their grog and likes to go out and ruin other people’s nights, make yourself a new year’s resolution to grow up and behave yourself and start practising that on New Year’s Eve,” he said.
The Sydney Morning Herald said the display would cost some A$264,000 (US$237,500; £147,000).
‘Magical’ display
The Japanese capital, Tokyo, will greet the new year in traditional style, with bells rung in temples at midnight.
The city’s Sensoji Temple has been draped with banners wishing visitors a happy new year.
No major events were planned on mainland China – which celebrates the change of the lunar new year instead – but a fireworks display will be staged over Hong Kong’s waterfront skyline.
Thousands of people are also expected to gather at Indonesia’s National Monument for a display.
In the French capital Paris, the Eiffel Tower will be the scene of a “unique and magical” display, said city officials.
The creator of the show, Bernard Schmitt, told the AFP news agency that one one point the tower would “transform itself into a giant Christmas tree with tinsel”.
London’s show will focus around the huge London Eye wheel on the banks of the River Thames. Those attending have been warned to prepare for temperatures of around 0C (32F).
Further west, an estimated one million people are expected to be in New York’s Times Square to join in the countdown to midnight and see the famous New Year ball descend from its flagpole.
Security is high in the square, with partygoers banned from taking rucksacks of large bags into the area.
“We assume here that New York is the No 1 terrorist target in America,” the city’s Police Commissioner Raymond W Kelly was quoted as saying by the New York Times.
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Leave a commentChristmas Trees and Fireworks Around the World
Published December 19, 2009 | 
So there you have it, some of our favourite photos of Christmas Trees and Fireworks from around the world. Merry Christmas to everyone from Epic Fireworks!
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Published December 16, 2009 | Officials from Las Vegas Events and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) joined city leaders and Fireworks by Grucci today at the Fashion Show Mall on the Las Vegas Strip to announce the details for America’s Party: A Vegas Celebration, the citywide New Year’s Eve Party planned for Dec. 31.
The fireworks extravaganza on the Las Vegas Strip and Fremont Street will ring in 2010 in classic Las Vegas style. The theme of the pyrotechnic display will be America’s Party: A Vegas Celebration, featuring distinctive music and colors to ring in the New Year.
America’s Party is the official moniker coined by the LVCVA and Las Vegas Events to signify the annual citywide celebration. This year’s festivities include both the themed fireworks extravaganza on the Las Vegas Strip and the live concerts and fireworks under the canopy at the Fremont Street Experience. Themed as the second annual “TributePalooza,” the world’s best tribute bands will be performing live on Fremont Street from 6 p.m. until 1 a.m. (PT) on both the 1st Street and 3rd Street stages. TributePalooza features eight top tribute bands, performing classic favorites for all ages from Aerosmith, Depeche Mode, Guns N’ Roses, INXS, Led Zeppelin, No Doubt, U2 and Van Halen.
The firing locations include (from the south, heading north): MGM Grand, Planet Hollywood, Aria, Caesars Palace, Treasure Island (TI), The Venetian and Stratosphere.
As a culmination to a full year of planning, Fireworks by Grucci has coordinated a 7 minute, 11 second program that will light up the Las Vegas Strip. Effects such as the golden kamuro, blue zig zag comets, silver glittering palm trees, golden orchids, peacock tails, red rings with palm pistils, blue and silver peonies and yellow and red reflecting shells are all part of the core program. Special effects, such as the letters ‘L’ and ‘V’, will open the performance as a tribute to Las Vegas. Peacock tails will illuminate the sky during Gloria Estefan’s “You’ll be Mine (Party Time).” In addition, green popping peonies will burst overhead during “Star Wars: Duel of Fate” and red chrysanthemums with blue and silver peonies will streak down the Las Vegas Strip during “God Bless America.”
“There is no better place in the world to spend New Year’s than Las Vegas,” Mayor Oscar B. Goodman said. “We have the best hotels, entertainment, gaming, restaurants and shopping, and on New Year’s Eve we are going to have the best and biggest party. Whether you are watching the amazing fireworks on the Strip or having a blast under the Fremont Street Experience canopy, Las Vegas is the world’s New Year’s destination.”
“America’s Party will return to the rooftops for a spectacular display,” said Las Vegas Events President Pat Christenson. “This will be the 10th year that we have coordinated a New Year’s Eve fireworks display. This celebration would not have been possible without the tremendous cooperation between the LVCVA, Las Vegas Events, Fireworks by Grucci, the Clark County Fire Department and Building Services and the individual resort properties.”
According to the LVCVA, Las Vegas continues to be a top destination for thousands of visitors on New Year’s Eve.
“New Year’s Eve provides the perfect excuse for a getaway, and there is no better place to celebrate than Las Vegas,” said Cathy Tull, senior vice president of marketing for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. “From our world-class dining to unparalleled nightclubs and star-studded shows and events, we provide a great experience no matter what your style.”
Fireworks by Grucci of New York is world renowned for its pyrotechnic creations. The group recently created the spectacular Grand Opening of the Atlantis Hotel and The Palm Jumeirah in Dubai and has executed numerous presidential inaugurations and citywide celebrations. Locally, Fireworks by Grucci has produced many of Las Vegas’ largest special events and grand openings, including the official Las Vegas Centennial celebration.
“We are excited with the opportunity to fill the sky above the world’s largest New Year’s Eve stage ? Las Vegas ? for AmeAmerica’s Party 2010,” said Phil Grucci, executive vice president of Fireworks by Grucci. “Las Vegas is our second home, as we have had the honor to produce six America’s Party celebrations, as well as Las Vegas’ Centennial Celebration and all of the Strip’s major grand openings since the grand opening of The Mirage in 1989. We rest our six-generation reputation on this year’s performance, promising to be a spectacular welcoming to the year 2010.”
For visitors and residents spending the evening downtown, gates will open at 6 p.m. and capacity is limited. Tickets are $10 for locals with valid Nevada ID (21 and over). For those traveling from out of town, tickets can be purchased for $20 by calling 702-678-5600 or (877) VEGAS4U. For New Year’s Eve, all access to Fremont Street Experience will be limited to persons at least 21 years old.
For more information on New Year’s Eve festivities throughout Las Vegas, go towww.VisitLasVegas.com. For more information about America’s Party: A Vegas Celebration, visit www.LasVegasEvents.com.
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Published December 14, 2009 | As 2010, the New Year, is quickly approaching, many of you probably want to get a head start on planning your night out in NYC. Spending your New Year’s Eve in New York is more than just as celebration or a party, it’s a longstanding tradition that links you with the million plus people who come to celebrate New Year’s Eve in the City That Never Sleeps.
The GalaNew Year’s Eve, the world’s biggest party, begins in Tokyo and travels time zone by time zone around the globe. Now you can ring in this New Year immersed in some of the world’s most exotic cultures – from one spectacular location!
Experience the world’s most spectacular celebration complete with bottomless drinks, sumptuous dessert, and breath-taking aesthetics as you step out of Washington, DC and into the world’s most alluring destinations around the world! Be among the first to see the $140 million renovations to the Washington Hilton and its 35,000 square foot ballroom, the largest ballroom on the East Coast, and recent host to the official 2008 Presidential Inaugural Ball.
Latin Fusion Salsa RoomEnter the Latin Fusion Room and celebrate New Year’s Eve in hot Rio De Janeiro, Bogota and San Juan style. The party unfolds with our sultry early evening Salsa, Meringue and Samba dance lessons. Dance the night away to our Live Salsa band with Brazilian Dances like the Forr�, Pagode, Samba de Gafieira and the Lambada. Then, step into our late night Latin nightclub and Salsa, Meringue, Reggaeton or Cha-Cha your way into the New Year!
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The most expensive firework display ever?
Published December 4, 2009 |
December 2nd Abu Dhabi went for the world firework record and didn’t mess about. They went for it in a big way for the biggest and most expensive firework display. At an estimated cost of $20m (£12m) who’s counting. A statement from the Emirate Palace said the display will “showcase the city of Abu Dhabi and all its glorious vision to a world audience”. Can they do it again next year please!
…You see our prices are not that bad! We are cost effective in comparison. You can buy fireworks from monster fireworks and make your own attempt to recreate the Abu Dhabi firework display.
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