Team 45's Balldrop

[Kyle Love]

What: 2005-6 Ball Drop!
Where: Kokomo, IN. on the square
When: December 31st 10:30-12:15

As some of you know, the Technokats have created a new years eve ball twice now. We use the ball in downtown Kokomo to welcome in the new year with people from Kokomo and surrounding areas. Are far as I know, we are one of the smallest cities to do this.

*History*
The first ball was made back in 1998. The Main Street committee wanted something to bring people out and have fun, so they figured we could pull off a pretty nice ball, and we did. So, Kokomo welcomed in the 1999 New Year with a new ball. It was made of an aluminum shell and had around 300 "big" Christmas tree lights. The ball was used from 1999-2004. About then, the original ball started to show some wear and tear so Mark Koors decided to design the second ball for the city. The new ball has over 30,000 LEDS and "high powered" LEDS in the center of each triangular panel. (the pics will explain all this much better). We use a winch to lower the ball down the side of a bank on the town square. This has been a good way for the people of our city to know who the Technokats are, since much don't pay attention to our FIRST competition season. We get around 5,000 people downtown for the event. It is an awesome site to hear 5,000 people counting down and having a cool looking ball come down the side of the building. If any of you are in the Kokomo area I would like to see you there! It's well worth a trip to Kokomo to see it!

If you want to see the video of the ball dropping last year go here.

All are welcome!!

Questions? Comments?