January 6, 2010
What Happened to the Shamokin “Coal Drop” Fans?
For many years, Shamokinites could count on a large piece of Styrofoam, spray painted a charcoal gray, to descend upon our small city amid countdown shouts for the new year.
The Shamokin Coal Drop.
This is our “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve,” minus the Dick Clark of yore. There is no necessity to travel to NYC, we could do the same in our town, just no Dick Clark or (YIKES!) Ryan Seacrest.
There were still shouts of glee and horrific (if I may say so) dancing of revelers beneath their Styrofoam icon this year. However, no one that is a true fan of our small town tradition would ever make fun of these happy-go-lucky (yet most likely drunk or high) people, would they?
From the Shamokin News-Item: “Dozens celebrated Shamokin’s annual Coal Drop at Market and Independence streets despite snowy conditions Thursday night.”
Dozens? What was the rest of ya doin’?
What else are we to do? Watch the same pathetic ramblings on television of the “almost” quadriplegic, yet dedicated, host of almost 100 years of this joyous occasion? No, I say!!! (I also denounce artificial tanning, just as a “by-the-by.” Sorry, Dick.)
Naysayers will expound upon the so-called uselessness of this momentous, Coal Region event. What else do they want us to do in this town: take a bunch of Styrofoam packaging “peanuts” from our Christmas packages, throw them up in the air and call it a day?
Give us a break. You live in this same small town just as I live in this same small town (hey, I’m feeling nostalgic for John Mellancamp. Get it people, huh? Do you get the reference? Oh well, I digress…).
You are no better than the rest of us, so let us have our stupid Styrofoam drop and remain a happy community! We don’t need your bad karma bringing us down.
COAL REGION RULES!!!! Bring it on, 2010!!!!
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Written by: A.K.A.
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William S.
January 14, 2010 at 3:07 am
Dick is looking a little Steven Hawkingish…
jjspook
January 14, 2010 at 10:11 am
If there ever was a nuclear war. The only survivors would be cockroaches and Dick Clark.
A.K.A.
February 27, 2010 at 4:22 am
I’ve recently seen an episode of “CSI” which stated the cockroaches could NEVER survive a nuclear war or even any type of biological warfare. I choose to believe CSI Grissom over facts, but that’s just me!
A.K.A.
January 15, 2010 at 12:46 am
Dick would survive ONLY if he was able to control his “chair” by a special series of blinks and face contortions (a la Stephen Hawking). After all of the Botox he has received over the years, partnered with face lifts, I do NOT believe that that man would be able to survive anything other than rolling down a slow incline.