The Magic Behind Times Square New Year's Eve Confetti with Treb Heining

The Confetti Master's Role

• 💡 Treb Heining, the confetti master, explains that the New Year's Eve confetti drop is a manual process.
• 🎯 Volunteers are briefed on the night of the event on the proper techniques for dispersing the confetti.
• ⚠️ The task is described as a physically violent act, allowing participants to release pent-up energy from the past year.

Confetti Dispersal Process

• 🚀 Volunteers work with 45-pound boxes of pre-fluffed confetti, digging in and throwing it as hard and far as possible.
• ✨ This method is designed to create a "confetti blizzard" within seconds, covering Times Square.
• ❄️ The confetti pieces are intentionally large to contribute to the blizzard effect.

Wishes on Confetti

• 📝 Since October, a booth in Times Square has allowed people to write their wishes on pieces of confetti.
• 💖 These wishes, ranging from personal hopes to global peace and the eradication of cancer, are mixed with the confetti from all buildings.
• 🌟 Attendees are encouraged to look closely at the confetti during the drop, as they might be witnessing someone's heartfelt wish.

Treb Heining's Balloon Expertise

• 🎈 Treb Heining is also a lifelong balloon artist, having started at Disneyland at age 15.
• 🏆 He is credited with inventing balloon garlands and arches and founded a company in 1979 to create the balloon decorating industry.
• 🌍 His company has decorated for major events like political conventions and 18 Super Bowls, and now designs balloons for all Disney parks worldwide.

Volunteering and The Drop

• ✉️ Interested individuals can inquire about volunteering for the confetti event by visiting makingmagicny.com.
• 📡 Heining gives the signal to start the confetti drop about 20 seconds before midnight via radio communication to all buildings.
• 🏙️ He encourages viewers to watch the tops of the buildings during the ball drop to see the confetti dispersal in action.