Celebrate 2008...at the Space Needle!

Happy New Year Seattle!

We had a wonderful, clear evening (no rain!) to welcome the New Year, and there was a crowd surrounding the Space Needle waiting to watch the fireworks launch the New Year.  The surrounding neighboring hills allowed great vantage points to take in the sight.  Lucky are those that live in parts of Queen Anne, Magnolia, Capitol Hill, First Hill, Belltown, West Seattle, and Wallingford  where they have views of the Space Needle from their homes!

This year's theme was a Tribute to Hollywood with well known music from the Movies.  Star 101.5 was broadcasting the music so anyone watching either on TV or in person with radios could enjoy the fireworks synchronized to dramatic film scores.  The clock struck midnight and the New Year...showtime! 

The fireworks and music began, the music played on and the fireworks...fizzeled...whoops...no fireworks!  The fireworks computer had a glitch and had to be re-booted twice, when that did not work, the techs manually triggered the fireworks to ....>>>> Burst<<<< and flash.  The music had marched on to it's own drummer leaving behind the fireworks.  While is wasn't the elegant show that was planned, fireworks are spectacular and the crowds enjoyed what they saw.

The rockets roared, and the fireworks dazzled, whoooooshed, sparkled, twinkled, flashed, glowed, burst, and gloried in their "Aurora Seattlalis"! 
The Space Needle glowed and sparked in the darkness, looking even more Spaceship-like with the light show!

So while the show did not go as planned...it was an explosion of exuberant welcome to the New Year and wonderful way to celebrate 2008!

Happy New Year Seattle!