Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Ring in 2013 with a few things you probably didn’t know about celebrating a new year.
Here are a few fun facts about celebrating a new year that might stay with you longer than your resolutions: 1. The first New Year’s Eve ball was made because of a ban on fireworks. In 1904, the owner of the New York Times threw a huge New Year’s Eve party with an enormous fireworks display. This became a tradition -- hence the Times Square party every year -- until 1907, when NYC banned fireworks. So that everyone would have something pretty to look at when midnight struck, a huge ball was made out of wood and iron and illuminated with 100 light bulbs. That first ball weighed in at 700 pounds, but that’s nothing -- the current Times Square ball tips the scales at 12,000 pounds, and is made of Waterford Crystal. 2. The most popular New …
Monday, December 31, 2012
Now you can stop mumbling through the New Year's Eve song, Auld Lang Syne, and learn the actual lyrics.
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Monday, December 31, 2012
Midnight strikes on New Year's Eve and someone inevitably starts belting the first few words of "Auld Lang Syne." You may ask, why is that? Well, it's tradition to get a little nostalgic on New Year's Eve. The song, attributed to Scottish poet and lyricist Robert Burns in 1788, is about reminiscing. "Auld Lang Syne" literally translates to "Old Long Since," and more roughly it means "long, long ago" or "days gone by." The custom began in Scotland to sing the poem on the last evening of the year, and the trend soon spread to other parts of the British Isles. British immigrants then brought "Auld Lang Syne" to other parts of the world, including America. A more modern variation on the tradition is to mumble through the forgotten words. But …
Check out this DUI chart to make sure you stay safe on the road this new year's ever
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Monday, December 31, 2012
When police pull drivers over for suspected drunken driving, officers ask them to perform field sobriety tests and to take a breath test to measure Blood Alcohol Content. A BAC test measures the percentage of alcohol present in a person's bloodstream. Pennsylvania's legal limit is 0.08. According to the Virginia Tech Alcohol Abuse Prevention website, every 40 minutes, 0.01 percent of alcohol leaves your system. Check out the chart in the media portion of this article to see what your limit is. And remember, how you feel also depends on your alcohol tolerance. Remember: If you choose to drink, make sure you have a designated driver.
State liquor stores will be open until 8 p.m. on New Year's Eve
All PA Wine & Spirits Stores will be open until 8 p.m. on New Year's Eve. There are 15 state stores in Lehigh County and 13 in Northampton County listed on the LCB's website. Check the lists for addresses and phone numbers.
Check out a list of Lehigh Valley restaurants and attractions open New Year's Eve and New Year's Day
Discover Lehigh Valley blogger Jason Stershic has a handy list of restaurants and attractions open Dec. 31 and Jan. 1. If you have a local business or eatery, Patch invites you to add your New Year's hours and specials in our comments section below. Pennsylvania wine and spirits stores in Lehigh and Northampton counties will be open until 8 p.m. New Year's Eve.
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Celebrate PEEPSFEST in Bethlehem Dec. 30-31 with music, arts and a Giant Peep-Drop at ArtsQuest Center.
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Sunday, December 30, 2012
PEEPSFEST™, a family festival that takes place Dec. 30-31, returns for its fourth year at the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks in Bethlehem. The event, which is free to attend, features two days packed with live music, arts and PEEPS®-related programming. It culminates Dec. 31, 5:15 p.m. with the dropping of a 4.5-foot tall, 85-pound, lit PEEPS® Chick and fireworks to welcome in the New Year. Matt Pye, Vice President of Corporate Affairs at Just Born, said, “PEEPSFEST™ 2012 will be a magical extravaganza that will continue to make this relatively new event an annual holiday destination for the whole family. PEEPSFEST™ celebrates the fun and passion consumers have for the beloved PEEPS® Brand which is produced right here in Bethlehem. There…
Sands Event Center announces it will host B104 New Year's Eve bash starring The Backstreet Boys.
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Sunday, December 30, 2012
The Sands Bethlehem Event Center will host a New Year’s Eve concert event with The Backstreet Boys. The B104 New Year's Eve Bash will start at 9pm with DJ Cap Cee and also include a champagne toast, ball drop at midnight and more. “The Sands Bethlehem Event Center is the hottest destination for entertainment in the valley and we’re throwing the ultimate party this New Year’s Eve,” said Jerry Deifer on behalf of Vision Entertainment Group, which co-owns and operates the events center. “Bringing one of the most successful groups in music history to ring in the New Year with us is setting the tone for a tremendous year in 2013.” Tickets are on sale at Sandseventcenter.com, the Event Center box office, Ticketmaster.com, all Tickemaster outlets…
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Live music, cash bar, free champagne toast planned for inaugural open air New Year's Eve Celebration on Main Street.
The Downtown Bethlehem Association will host the first ever Main Street New Year’s Eve celebration to ring in 2013. The open-air celebration in the Historic Downtown will feature live music with the Trouble City All-Stars and the Lehigh Valley Harmonizers, a cash bar, food vendors and a free champagne toast at midnight. In Bethlehem, we all know about the Peeps drop, but this event will culminate at midnight with a “Bethlehem Star rise.” “Our board of directors wanted to pull this together because there is nothing that happens anymore at midnight in Bethlehem,” said Samantha Schwartz, manager of the DBA. Until 2010, Bethlehem had First Night, a dry celebration staged at a number of venues that never really succeeded financially. To ring …
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Sands Event Center announces it will host B104 New Year's Eve bash starring The Backstreet Boys.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
The Sands Bethlehem Event Center announced that it will be hosting a New Year’s Eve concert event with The Backstreet Boys. The B104 New Year's Eve Bash will start at 9pm with DJ Cap Cee and also include a champagne toast, ball drop at midnight and more. “The Sands Bethlehem Event Center is the hottest destination for entertainment in the valley and we’re throwing the ultimate party this New Year’s Eve,” said Jerry Deifer on behalf of Vision Entertainment Group, which co-owns and operates the events center. “Bringing one of the most successful groups in music history to ring in the New Year with us is setting the tone for a tremendous year in 2013.” Tickets go on sale Wednesday at 10am at Sandseventcenter.com, the Event Center box office…
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Saturday, December 31, 2011
Yeah, we know a giant ball drops in Times Square on New Year's Eve, here's what else gets dropped.
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Saturday, December 31, 2011
Yeah, we know a giant ball drops in Times Square on New Year's Eve, a giant pickle drops in Dillsburg, Pa. and a giant marshmallow Peep drops in Bethlehem. Here's what else gets dropped: 1. Inhibitions 2. Drawers 3. Alka-Seltzer 4. Eyelids 5. Resolutions Cheers! Happy New Year!
daria di silva
7:07 am on Monday, December 31, 2012
It's about time we bring something special back to the historic district on Main Street. Thank you! more ›