Motor City New Year's Eve

Detroit's version of Times Square celebrates its 3rd exciting year      

Jerrid Mooney and Tony Piraino are two visionary businessmen who absolutely LOVE Detroit. So much so that they decided to create a special event to celebrate the passionate Spirit that Detroiters have for their city. They titled it "The Drop" and made local history.

  First they erected an 11-story free-standing tower that rises majestically from
  the foot of Woodward avenue near the Compuware Center. Then they forged
  a giant illuminated "Letter D" to sit atop it as a one-night beacon for the city.

  Just a few minutes before midnight, the "D" begins its slow descent down the
  tower while changing colors as thousands of excited onlookers cheer the
  approach of the New Year. It is a breathtaking visual sight.

  Leading into "The Drop" is the performance of the "Light Up Detroit" theme
  song which musically symbolizes what Mooney and Piraino are trying to
  achieve visually and symbolically - Light Up Detroit and bring people downtown
  in a collective spirit to celebrate all that is great about this fabulous city.
  Female singing group, DMK, will lead the crowd in singing the anthem this year.

  With their imagination and efforts, Mooney and Piraino have securely
  established a wonderful new ongoing Holiday Tradition and have inspired
  hundreds of thousands of people throughout Metro Detroit to embrace
  Detroit and its downtown area. Bravo, gentlemen. Detroit appreciates you.

 This year, the D-Drop Duet have a surprise in store for the attendees of Motor City New Year's Eve celebration. Never satisfied with past
 accomplishments, they are completely re-engineering "The Drop". They have commissioned noted metal artists, the Nordin Brothers, to
 design and build a masterpiece object to serve as the new symbol for the event. It's called the "D Burst" and it will be spectacular.

 Jerrid Mooney: "The Drop is about celebrating the Spirit of Detroit. When you step outside and just see this sea of people - all these
 revelers sharing the same common feeling - it's all just a payoff. It's emotionally cool."

 Tony Piraino: "Every city has these great events and we wanted to create a new Tradition. An elderly woman came up to me right after The
 Drop and just said, 'Thank you. Thank you Very Much for doing this for the city'. It was fantastic."

 Like Mike Illitch, Pete Karmanos, Roger Penske, Dan Gilbert, and many others who are having a big impact on Detroit's resurgence, Jerrid
 Mooney and Tony Piraino are two guys trying to do their part to help energize Detroit. They have succeeded in Grand Fashion.

   

 Over the years, the Renaissance Center, Motown Museum, Campus Martius Park, and Spirit of Detroit statue have been four of the most
 distinctive symbols that represent Detroit. Thanks to Jerrid and Tony, we now have a fifth - and it is magnificent.

 Support this sensational event, folks. This year, take a break from the usual hotel and nightclub parties, or watching Ryan Seacrest on "New
 Year's Rockin' Eve", and come downtown to be a part of the Motor City New Year's Eve "D-Drop" at Compuware Center. It's the flavor of
 New York City combined with the Magic of Motown. You really need to experience it.

 Information about the indoor catered party at the Compuware Center Atrium and the outdoor public celebration that features Anqunette
 Jamison from FOX 2 News, a performance by singing group DMK and music by deejays Bruce Bailey, Tom T and Vin Amori can be found here:

 www.motorcitynye.com

Motor City New Year's Eve will be collecting mittens and gloves for the "Mittens for Detroit" campaign this New Year's Eve at the Compuware Center. Please bring a pair of new or unused mittens or gloves to donate at this year's event. This Winter, warm someone's Hands - warm someone's Heart.

www.mittensfordetroit.org