Thursday, December 30, 2010
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 30: The Times Square New Years Eve Ball is tested the day before New Year's Eve December 30, 2010 in New York City. The 11,875-pound Waterford crystal ball will descend a 141-foot tall flagpole to mark the beginning of 2011.
Workers run a cable over the street in preparation for the New Year's celebrations in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to celebrate the beginning of the New Year 2011 at the famous landmark in Germany's capital.
People dressed up as Father Frost, the equivalent of Santa Claus, and Snow Maiden, march in celebration of the coming of the new year in the town of Glubokoe, north of Minsk December 30, 2010.
LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 30: Members of the Etiwanda Marching Eagle Regiment perform during a warm up in Trafalgar Square on December 30, 2010 in London, England. The bands from the USA, are to perform at the 25th anniversary New Year's Day Parade through Central London tomorrow. Many of the musicians have been stranded in the USA, after flights were canceled due to heavy snow
Members of the Riverside City College All Star Band, based in California, rehearse for London's New Year's Day Parade, in Trafalgar Square, central London on December 30, 2010. Every January 1st, people gather from the Houses of Parliament to Trafalgar Square to watch the New Year's Day Parade in which various floats and marching bands perform whilst parading through central London.
People dressed up as Father Frost, the equivalent of Santa Claus, and Snow Maiden, take part in celebrations ahead of the new year in the town of Glubokoe, north of Minsk December 30, 2010.
Crews work the New Year's Eve ball that will hold Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi, star of MTV's 'Jersey Shore', Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010, in Seaside Heights, N.J. The network planned to drop 'Snooki' from its Times Square headquarters but relocated to the reality show site after an objection by Times Square Alliance.
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 30: The Times Square New Years Eve Ball is tested they day before New Year's Eve December 30, 2010 in New York City. The 11,875-pound Waterford crystal ball will descend a 141-foot tall flagpole to mark the beginning of 2011.
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 30: The Times Square New Years Eve Ball is tested the day before New Year's Eve December 30, 2010 in New York City. The 11,875-pound Waterford crystal ball will descend a 141-foot tall flagpole to mark the beginning of 2011.
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - DECEMBER 30: Men dressed as Vikings lead the torchlight procession as it makes its way along Princess Street for the start of the New Year celebrations December 30, 2010 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Thousands of people joined in the torchlight procession, followed by the burning of a Viking long ship.
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - DECEMBER 30: Men dressed as Vikings lead the torchlight procession as it makes its way along Princess Street for the start of the New Year celebrations December 30, 2010 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Thousands of people joined in the torchlight procession, followed by the burning of a Viking long ship.
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - DECEMBER 30: Men dressed as Vikings lead the torchlight procession as it makes its way along Princess Street for the start of the New Year celebrations December 30, 2010 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Thousands of people joined in the torchlight procession, followed by the burning of a Viking long ship.
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - DECEMBER 30: Men dressed as Vikings lead the torchlight procession as it makes its way along Princess Street for the start of the New Year celebrations December 30, 2010 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Thousands of people joined in the torchlight procession, followed by the burning of a Viking long ship.
Times Square New Year's Eve Ball 2011
Edinburgh, Scotland Hogmanay Torchlight Procession
source: Daylife
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