[Leica] Pennsylvania Photo Opportunities

[jshulman at judgecrater.com (Jim Shulman)]

Tired of Times Square for New Year?s Eve?  You can freeze off your jodhpurs
taking pictures at these Pennsylvania New Year?s Eve ?drops?.  I?ve been to
one (the Lebanon bologna drop), and have to hit the others sometime.



Jim



Allentown, Pennsylvania: A liberty bell replica is dropped to commemorate
when the liberty bell was stored in Allentown during the American
Revolution.
Akron, Pennsylvania: A purple-and-gold shoe is dropped.
Beavertown, Pennsylvania: A beaver is dropped.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: A 100-pound yellow illuminated Peep made out of
fiberglass. (The producer of Peeps, Just Born, is based in Bethlehem)
Blain, Pennsylvania: A wooden cow is dropped from a silo.
Bradford, Pennsylvania: The ball drop was discontinued for 2011 but brought
back for 2012.
Carlisle, Pennsylvania: An Indy car is dropped.
Cleona, Pennsylvania: A pretzel is raised.
Cornwall, Pennsylvania: A Cannonball Drop commemorates the historic
Cornwall Iron Furnace. The Civil War-era bowling-ball-sized cannonball is
courtesy of Sgt. Damian Smith, command historian for the Pennsylvania
National Guard.
Dillsburg, Pennsylvania: Two pickles are dropped,] one at midnight UTC
("Mrs. Pickle") and the main drop at midnight Eastern Time.
Duncannon, Pennsylvania: A sled is dropped.
East Petersburg, Pennsylvania: A large "Haydn's Jug" is dropped.
Easton, Pennsylvania: A ten-foot Crayola crayon is dropped at 8 pm to
accommodate children's bedtimes.
Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania: A giant M&M is dropped at midnight UTC to
correspond with midnight in sister city Letterkenny in Ireland. This
changed to a Dove chocolate bar in 2012-13; both Dove and M&M's are
manufactured in Elizabethtown.
Falmouth, Pennsylvania: A stuffed goat is dropped.
Halifax, Pennsylvania: A Hemlock tree is dropped.
Hallam, Pennsylvania: A replica of the Haines Shoe House is dropped.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: A strawberry is dropped.
Hershey, Pennsylvania: A Hershey Kiss replica is raised.
Hummelstown, Pennsylvania: A lollipop is dropped.
Ickesburg, Pennsylvania: A french fry is dropped.
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania: For 2014, a steel mushroom will be dropped.
Kennett Square, often called "The Mushroom Capital of the World" is one of
the largest growers of mushrooms.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania: A red rose is raised.
Lebanon, Pennsylvania: A 100-pound stick of Lebanon Bologna is dropped. The
bologna itself is distributed to a local food bank and animal shelter
following the drop.
Lewistown, Pennsylvania: A bag of Hartley's potato chips is dropped.
Lisburn, Pennsylvania: A pair of yellow pants or "britches" is dropped in
honor of the Yellow Breeches Creek.
Lititz, Pennsylvania: A Moravian star is raised.
Liverpool, Pennsylvania: A canal boat is dropped.
Media, Pennsylvania: A ball is dropped.
Manheim, Pennsylvania: A ball is raised.
McClure, Pennsylvania: A kettle is dropped in honor of McClure Bean Soup
Festival.
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: A wrench is dropped.
Middletown, Pennsylvania: A metal Rhombicuboctahedron, referred to by the
organizers as a "sphoctagon" (portmanteau of sphere and octagon), is
dropped.]
New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania: A box huckleberry is dropped.
Newville, Pennsylvania: A big spring is dropped.
Palmyra, Pennsylvania: "The Giant Shoe" is dropped.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: A ball representing the planet earth, made of
recycled materials, was raised for 2007.
Port Royal, Pennsylvania: A sprint car is dropped.
Pottsville, Pennsylvania: A bottle of Yuengling beer is raised.
Red Lion, Pennsylvania: A wooden cigar held by a lion is raised.
Richland, Pennsylvania: A cigar is dropped.
Shippensburg, Pennsylvania: An anchor is dropped.
Strasburg, Pennsylvania: Ping pong balls are dropped.
Shamokin, Pennsylvania: A chunk of coal is dropped, turning into a diamond
at the bottom.
York, Pennsylvania: A white rose is dropped.