BIG CEREMONY FIZZLES IN NEW YEAR'S DRIZZLE.Byline: Greg Gittrich and Rick Orlov Staff Writers HOLLYWOOD - The entertainment capital of the world offered a scaled-back New Year's Eve spectacular at midnight Friday with officials offering confused explanations of what went wrong. Press information packets handed out at the Hollywood sign The Hollywood Sign is a famous landmark in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California, spelling out the name of the area in 15.2 m (50 ft)[1] high white letters. Friday night listed the original plans for the event - fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics. fireworks Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to , lasers and skydivers. But there were no fireworks, no glorious clouds of smoke, no lasers across the sky, no skydivers parachuting majestically from above. Just Mayor Richard Riordan Richard J. Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is a Republican politician from California, U.S. who served as the California Secretary of Education from 2003–2005 and as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993–2001. Riordan ran for Governor of California unsuccessfully in 2002. and entertainer Jay Leno Jay Leno (born April 28, 1950) is an Emmy-winning American comedian, writer who is best known as the current host of NBC television's long-running variety and talk program The Tonight Show. Biography Leno was born in New Rochelle, New York. flipping a switch to turn on 2.7 million watts of power to light the sign for a colorful display of lights, to the delight of 22 cameras capturing the event for posterity POSTERITY, descents. All the descendants of a person in a direct line. . Deputy Mayor Noelia Rodriguez said all the changes had been made months ago, although they were not disclosed until Friday. ``At the initial announcement in August or September, when we got the permit from the Parks Department, we promised that the community would come first. We wanted to be good neighbors and we lived up to that,'' she said. Rodriguez said fireworks were scrapped because of brush-fire dangers, the FAA objected to the lasers being beamed into the sky and ``skywalkers'' were dropped because of the rain. But Rodney Punt Punt (p  nt), ancient land S of Egypt accessible by way of the Red Sea. Its exact location has not been identified, but it probably included the Somali coast. , director of administration of the Department of
Cultural Affairs, which organized the events, said the decision to
abandon the lasers was made two weeks ago.
``The original laser show was an artist's concept,'' he said. ``We decided that it wouldn't look as well on television as the spotlights. |
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