Things to Do in McMurray for New Years Eve

Zimbabwe New Year’s Party

When: December 31, 6pm-1am Where: 

Where: Fort McMurray Golden Years Society 

The Zimbabwe Fort McMurray Community Association (ZFMCA) would like to invite the community at large; Friends, Relatives, Neighbours and Visitors to our New Year’s Party. For tickets or more information please call Mr. Mugodo (780) 607-2148. 

The CRAZE

When: December 31, 6:00pm to 9:00pm

Where: Suncor Community Leisure Centre and Shell Place

The CRAZE features a variety of free family events and activities for youth and adults of all ages and will run from Noon until 6:00 pm at the Suncor Community Leisure Centre and Shell Place, culminating with the New Year’s Eve Fireworks. Due to this special event the Suncor Community Leisure Centre and Shell Place will open at Noon on December 31. The event will feature the following:

· Main Stage entertainment presented by Mix 103.7 FM
· Balloon drop presented by Don Scott Law Office
· Oil Barons practice, public skate and autograph session
· Speed Climb and Obstacle Course at the Climbing Wall
· Wipeout 2016 at the Syncrude Aquatic Centre
· Free public skate
· Kid’s Playzone
· Learn to Curl with the Oil Sands Curling Club
· Movie Zone with the Wood Buffalo Public Library
· Fireworks
· Face painting, balloon artists, bouncy castles and craft carnival

For additional details please contact ONE REC, info@onerec.ca

DJ D-NYCE PRESENTS: 2016 NEW YEAR'S PARTY

When: December 31, 2015 from 9:30pm to January 1, 2016 at 2:00am

Where: Stonebridge Hotel

Come and Celebrate the New Year and DJ D-Nyce Birthday at Stonebridge Hotel Banquet Room for tickets or additional information please phone (780) 743-3301 or email fmmdeskmanager@stonebridgefortmac.com.

Royal Canadian Legion, New Years’ Eve Ball

When: December 31, 5:30pm to 11:45pm

Where: Royal Canadian Legion, 9317 Huggard Street

Come to the Royal Canadian Legion New Year’s Eve Ball featuring live music by local band Old Skool. Tickets are $75.00 per person and includes a prime rib buffet from 5:30pm-7:30pm. The event will be held in banquet room upstairs at the legion. For additional information please contact the Royal Canadain Legion, 780-743-2329, royalcanadianlegion@shaw.ca.

BAILEY'S PUB 2016 NEW YEAR'S KARAOKE BASH

When: December 31, 9:00pm to January 1, 2:00am

Where: Bailey’s Pub, 9713 Hardin St.

You are invited to, Bailey's Pub 2016 New Year's Karaoke Bash. There will be lots of prizes and drink specials throughout the evening. For additional details please visit there website, www.baileyspubfortmac.com or contact the Stonebridge Hotel (780) 743-3301, email fmmdeskmanager@stonebridgefortmac.com.

Club NV

Dance into the New Year at Club NV featuring the most requested songs of 2015! Admission includes your chance to win $1,000.00 cash. Doors open at 10pm.

Whatever you do this New Year's Eve please do it responsibly and don't drink and drive! 

Come Celebrate Diwali

Hindu Cultural Society of Fort McMurray is pleased to announce its biggest event of the year Diwali Party this Saturday at the Quality Inn Hotel. Deepavali or Diwali is one of the biggest and the brightest of all Hindu festivals. It's the festival of lights (deep = light and avali = a row i.e., a row of lights) that's marked by four days of celebration, which literally illumines the country with its brilliance, and dazzles all with its joy. Each of the four days in the festival of Diwali is separated by a different tradition, but what remains true and constant is the celebration of life, its enjoyment and goodness.

Tickets are now open to non-members, there are only a few left so grab yours now by contacting Prasad Gudivada, (780)792-6048, email: gvtprasad@gmail.com.

Carry some loose change with you and walk out with a big prize by participating in our raffle draw. Lucky draws, gifts, exotic Indian cuisine & live Bollywood music by Shweta Subramanium are the highlights of the event.

Ticket Details:

Adult Member 12 yrs & above -- $40

Child Member 5-11 yrs -- $20. However if kids under 5yrs need a seat than ticket needs to be purchased.

Adult Non- Member 12 yrs & above -- $50

Child Non-Member 5-11 yrs -- $25. However if kids under 5yrs need a seat than ticket needs to be purchased.

Program Details:

 5.30 to 8.00 pm -- Snacks, Opening Announcements, Kids Performance, Felicitation of Sponsors & Chief Guests

 8.00 to 9.00 pm -- Dinner

 9.00 to 12.00 pm -- Live Performance by Shweta Subramanium & band & dance floor

The Chelsea Arts Club New Years Eve Ball

From the LIFE archives, photographed by Anthony Linck and George Rodger. 

If you woke up yesterday with a skull busting headache, a lampshade on your head, and a face blooming with ten different shades of lipstick kisses; you would have enjoyed the Chelsea Arts Club, New Years Eve Ball.   

The Chelsea Arts Club is a private members club located in London with a membership of over 2,400, including artists, poets, architects, writers, dancers, actors, musicians, photographers, and filmmakers. The club was established on 21 March 1891 (in Chelsea), as a rival to the older Arts Club in Mayfair, on the instigation of the artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler, who had been a (sometimes controversial) member of the older club. (Wikipedia.org)

The club has a rich history and one shining gem from its past is their infamous New Years’ Eve Ball which was banned in 1958 after 50 years of reverie. The party featured a parade of floats created by artists that made a tour of the dance floor during the evening. The floats became the focus of a chaotic tradition; the frenzied crowd would destroy them while security guards desperately tried to prevent the madness. The fighting and destruction would usually result in minor injuries and in a few cases some had to be hospitalized. 

The festivities included other acts of “uncivilized behavior” which included reports of public nudity, drunken displays of affection, fighting, and unreserved homosexuality (which was still illegal at the time and punishable by a two year prison sentence or chemical castration-YIKES!). The ball was one of the few places where gay people could freely express themselves and come out of hiding for an evening of celebration.

Here is a video from 1954 showing the grand ball;