Fun & Quirky New Year’s Eve Ball Drops Across The Country

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Fun & Quirky New Year’s Eve Ball Drops Across The Country

From Peeps to potatoes, there are tons of ball drops to view this season.

We can’t believe it’s been another year around this great planet Earth. From presidential elections to new tax laws being introduced, this year was certainly a whirlwind. As we say goodbye to 2024, there are tons of fun and quirky ball drops to celebrate if you can’t make it to New York City.

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Chick Drop at PEEPSFEST – Pennsylvania

Celebrate with your peeps as you ring in the new year! Each year the bright yellow chick drops from the SteelStacks campus. Enjoy live music, Peeps-themed games, and interactive shows.

Potato Drop – Idaho

Starch the year off right! The state known for its potatoes celebrates the end of each year with a giant potato drop, fit for any sized fries. Gather at the Idaho State Capital and enjoy watching skiers and snowboarders compete for prizes and cash or grab a drink and dance 2024 away.

Cheese Drop – Wisconsin

Say cheese! The iconic drop occurs yearly at Wisconsin’s Plymouth Arts Center, and the huge slice makes sense as it is the cheese capital of the country. Enjoy music, food, drinks and the drop of a giant wedge of Sartori’s world-award-winning BellaVitano Gold Cheese.

Peach Drop – Georgia

Everything will be peachy keen in the New Year for those in Georgia! The juicy drop happens every year at the Underground Atlanta. Enjoy free music, arts, drinks and more as you ring in the New Year in the state known for its sweet peaches.

Crab Drop – Maryland

Don’t start the New Year off too crabby! Maryland is known for their blue crabs, so it makes sense that they drop one to ring in the new year. There are two drops scheduled for the night, with the first taking place at 9 p.m. and the second at midnight. Children and families can enjoy games, a photo booth, kids’ crafts and activities, along with face painting, music and hot cocoa.

Chile Drop – New Mexico

It may be cold outside but it’s hot & spicy in New Mexico. Each year the state drops a red hot chili pepper to ring in the new year. Celebrate with food, games and free party favors. Attendees can also vote on the color of the pepper this year (red or green).

Moonpie Drop – Alabama

Start the new year off in the sweetest manner! This delicious Moonpie drops from Alabama’s capital city, Mobile, and features live music and games.

Sardine & Maple Leaf Drop – Maine

This unusual duo is one of Maine’s most iconic holiday festivities. Gather at the Tides Institute & Museum of Art and celebrate the new year with a take-home party and craft kits with free downloadable components.

Acorn Drop – North Carolina

Raleigh’s Acorn Drop is iconic for the state of North Carolina. Each year “The Great Raleigh Acorn”, a 10-foot-tall, 1,250-pound acorn sculpture made of copper and steel, is removed from its permanent home to get spiffed up for New Year’s Eve. There’s an early countdown at 7 pm and then at 11:59 to ring in 2025. Enjoy musical performances and fireworks to top it off.

CherryT Drop – Michigan

Celebrate the new year with the cherry on top! Michiganders can celebrate with drinks and fireworks as you ring in 2025.

Pinecone Drop – Arizona

While fall is over, you can still celebrate with pinecones. The annual Pinecone drop in Arizona is s 70-pound, 6-foot-tall, well-lit metallic pinecone that drops at the Weatherford Hotel. Celebrate from the iconic Zane Grey ballroom and enjoy live music starting at 9:30 pm.

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Athletic Association of Yorkville Youths

Serving the families and children of NYC for over 50 years with high-quality recreational activities that foster life-lessons which empower young people to succeed beyond sports. Our programs encourage positive attitudes and growth through teamwork and sportsmanship, attendance, fair play, respect, hard work, integrity and fun. Your child can participate in clinics and leagues in such sports as baseball, basketball, flag-football, lacrosse, soccer, hockey, wrestling, track, and tennis. We also offer weekly dodgeball tournaments, drama and musical theater workshops, and after school programs.

The Language Workshop For Children

After offering both group and private lessons for many years and analyzing the results over&nbsp;time, The&nbsp;Language Workshop for&nbsp;Children, founded&nbsp;in1973, has decided&nbsp;to emphasize private remote lessons at shorter intervals.&nbsp;Our skilled educators&nbsp;will&nbsp;focus their attention exclusively on the&nbsp;unique needs, learning style, and interests of your child.&nbsp;This allows a&nbsp;bond&nbsp;to develop&nbsp;between teacher and student, which&nbsp;has been&nbsp;shown to&nbsp;drastically improve retention.&nbsp; OUR METHOD&nbsp; Developed by the pioneers of language education for children, our programs bring decades of&nbsp;experience to your living room with individualized, active language classes. Each lesson is based on proven methods and materials perfected to capture your&nbsp;child&rsquo;s attention during the ages when he/she absorbs information the fastest. &nbsp;&nbsp; While other online language classes rely on videos for passive learning, we deliver interactive, and engaging lessons with native-fluent teachers. In addition, all our teachers are certified in the Thibaut&nbsp;Technique which has been featured&nbsp;in the New York&nbsp;Times, the&nbsp;Wall Street Journal, and many other well-respected&nbsp;publications.&nbsp;&nbsp; Our short one-on-one lessons give kids the chance to focus, hear pronunciation clearly, and practice speaking in their target language.  THE PROCESS&nbsp; First, students have a short meeting with our Director&nbsp;Francois&nbsp;Thibaut, in&nbsp;English, with&nbsp;their parent(s)&nbsp;present.&nbsp;Mr. Thibaut&nbsp;will determine&nbsp;the best course of study, including&nbsp;class length and&nbsp;frequency, the&nbsp;right&nbsp;teacher, lesson&nbsp;format and materials (or action games for younger students.) Then the learning&nbsp;begins!&nbsp;Mr. Thibaut will continually check in on your child&rsquo;s learning to assure they are getting the most&nbsp;of&nbsp;their&nbsp;classes.&nbsp; OTHER OFFERINGS&nbsp; We can also help your child prepare for: the French subject tests for SAT, AP &amp; CLEP, the European DELF/DALF, the Canadian TEF and other standardized testing, college entry exams, studying or traveling abroad,&nbsp;cultural changes when moving abroad,&nbsp;and much more!&nbsp; &nbsp;

CK Kids

CK Kids offers various classes and programs, including Afterschool Program, Lil Chefs, Boys Hip-Hop, Ninja Starz, Lil Artists, CK Kids Athletic Programs, Acrobatics, Dance and Drama, and Karate.&nbsp;

Fun & Quirky New Year’s Eve Ball Drops Across The Country