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Ball Drops on State Street to Greet 2012

View photos of the 2011 New Year's Eve celebration at State and Jackson streets.

View photos of the 2012 New Year celebration at State and Jackson streets.

Local Reggae band "Philly Gumbo" played a free outdoor show to a massive crowd that gathered at State and Jackson streets for New Year's Eve Dec. 31, 2011.

Riddle Hospital provided souvenir bells. Hundreds cheered, kissed and danced as the ball dropped at midnight, followed by the traditional singing of Auld Lang Syne.  

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