“This was the first celebration of New Years in the world . especially with the 9pm countdown (for children).” He said it wasn’t taken for granted how lucky Nelson was to be able to gather together in their thousands in one place to see the year in, “while the rest of the world is in real strife”.
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The crowd enjoys the music of Nelson band Cover Me at Nelson s New Year s Eve party at the Church Steps. Local performance artist Karl Wulff taught children circus skills, then wowed the crowd with a fire show of twirling fire sticks and fire poi, “adding a bit of danger and excitement”, Carruthers said.
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Axel de Maupeou at the Church Steps, the location for the Nelson City Council s free New Year s Eve event.
Nelson’s New Year s Eve party will be a fun, family-friendly way to bid farewell to 2020 and hopefully usher in a positively different” 2021. Upper Trafalgar St will again be the place to be for downtown revellers wishing to bring the curtain down on the year, with the usual anticipation for the future likely to mix with reflections of an extraordinary year. ”We’re not over just yet and our thoughts are with the northern hemisphere – it’s looking pretty grim over there – so we have to stay vigilant but I think what’s great here is we can actually celebrate a year that will be in everyone’s memory for a while,” Nelson City Council team leader events Axel de Maupeou said.