(14 Dec 2006)
1. Pan towards New York's Times Square
2. Green truck arriving with "7" sign
3. Pan up workers preparing to unload sign
4. Pull our workers unloading sign off truck
5. Pan from photographers to workers arranging "7" next to rest of "2-0-0 sign
6. Mid shot photographers
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeffrey Straus, President of Countdown Entertainment:
"Today the big news is that the "7" arrived, and it's 2007, we're 18 days away from the new year and we have a lot of new things happen we actually have new entertainment this year. We've got Target bringing us a whole new countdown moment, all the revellers are going to be practicing counting down now this year, again to a wonderful Target inspiration. We're going to have a new word that we're going to celebrate every hour, which is going to be lots of fun. We've got entertainment being provided on the Pontiac garage, we have sing-a-long from Panasonic, it's going to be featuring Toni Braxton, there's all kinds of great stuff happening."
8. Pan "2-0-0-7" sign
9. Tracking shot of workers moving "7" part of sign indoors
TIMES SQUARE GETS READY FOR 2007
New York City's Times Square is gearing-up for its biggest night of the year. A giant seven-foot tall number "7" that completes the Times Square "2-0-0-7" sign, arrived on Wednesday morning (December 13) atop a truck.
The "2-0-0-7" sign is a main attraction for the city's New Year's festivities. It will be hoisted into the air, sitting at the base of the pole where the ball drops. At midnight the sign will light up at the same time the ball drops.
The numbers weigh 350 pound (159 kilograms) each and the number "7" alone is comprised of 115 lightbulbs.
The Times Square Alliance and Countdown Entertainment have been hosting the event of lighting the numbers for the past seven years.
But revellers have been celebrating New Year in Times Square since 1904.
In 1907, the New Year's Eve ball made its maiden descent from atop the flagpole. It has been lowered every year since, with the exception of 1942 and 1943.
Keyword-wacky
Find out more about AP Archive: [ Ссылка ]
Twitter: [ Ссылка ]
Facebook: [ Ссылка ]
Instagram: [ Ссылка ]
You can license this story through AP Archive: [ Ссылка ]
