Johnstown Virtual New Years 1:02 am
Celebrating New Year’s Eve looks very different this year because of the pandemic. But an event in Johnstown is still celebrating the end of 2020 in a safe manner.
The annual Celebration Johnstown event brings people downtown to celebrate the start of the new year with live music and fireworks. This year because of COVID-19, the event will be held virtually on multiple platforms.
“Although pausing for the year is not horrible, is there a way we could re-imagine, and could we do this virtually? And so, it all just fell together beautifully,” said Celebration Johnstown co-chair, Lauren Lazzari.
Get out the party hats and noise makers and ring in 2021 virtually.
Due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns, the in-person Celebration Johnstown family-oriented celebration traditionally held Dec. 31 in Central Park and the downtown Johnstown area isnât able to held, but the show will still go on.
Theresa Subich, a co-chairwoman of Celebration Johnstown, said earlier in the year the planning committee discussed canceling the event because of uncertainties with the virus.
âWe thought it was best just to sit this year out because we couldnât have people meeting at venues and putting their health at risk and we couldnât ask churches to open,â she said. âWe planned to make the announcement as late as possible because we didnât want to get people too upset.â