- Producer: City Of Sydney
- Charity Partner: Engineers Without Borders
- Filmer: Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
- Film Distributor: ABC
Lord Mayor’s Party Invitation Dispute
On February 21, 2013 Liberal City Of Sydney Councillor, Christine Forster, claimed the Lord Mayor’s Party had become “something of a Clover Moore supporters’ party, largely made up of the same familiar faces you see supporting Clover at the polling booths come election-time” but denied that she wanted the party to become a gathering for the City’s corporate denizens:
I just don’t feel it’s appropriate for such an event, which is funded by ratepayers, to be used as a reward for people loyal to the Lord Mayor. It should be a non-partisan event. I’m thinking more along the lines of community activists & charity workers – people who really contribute to our city.
Christine Forster, Liberal City Of Sydney Councillor
At the February 25 City Of Sydney Council Meeting, she tabled a notice of motion:
It is resolved that Council:
(A) note that:
(i) Sydney’s New Year’s Eve celebration is a showcase event for the City, watched by millions of people around the world and extensively covered by local and international media &(ii) the City of Sydney’s New Year’s Eve Party, to which the Lord Mayor invites around 1,000 guests, is funded by City of Sydney ratepayers;
(B) work to ensure that the invitation list to the City of Sydney New Year’s Eve Party acknowledges & includes the community, business, intellectual and cultural leaders who contribute to the social, economic and cultural fabric of our City, by instituting a system under which:
(i) all 10 Councillors nominate 20 community, business, intellectual and/or cultural leaders from the City of Sydney & their partners, to be invited to the City of Sydney New Year’s Eve Party;
(ii) that list of 20 is then submitted to the Chief Executive Officer, who would allocate at least 15 nominees from each Councillor to be included on the City of Sydney’s New Year’s Eve Party guest list, taking the total to 300 invitations;
(iii) in the event of overlapping of nominees among the Councillors, additional invitations to bring the total up to 300 (or as close as possible to 300) be issued from the Councillors’ nominee lists on an even-distribution basis among the 10 Councillors; and
(iv) all Councillors be provided with the final list of 300 Councillor-nominated invitees prior to the event; and(C)retain the current distribution of personal invitations to individual Councillors at six.
Motion moved by Christine Forster
It was seconded by Living Sydney Councillor Vithoulkas. Clover Moore Independent Councillor Kemmis then moved an amendment, seconded by Clover Moore Independent Councillor Mant, which the City Of Sydney then voted 6-5 in favour of:
It is resolved that Council:
(A) note that:
(i) Sydney NYE is worth an estimated $156 million to the local economy;
(ii) the City of Sydney’s New Year’s Eve celebration is a free public event viewed by 1.5 million people around the Harbour & broadcast to approximately 2 billion people around the world;
(iii) the Lord Mayor’s New Year’s Eve party is a sponsor event acknowledging $2 million in kind and $100,000 cash support that makes the event possible;
(iv) the Opera House site is control post for the evening, a media hub & primary broadcast venue, with the prestige location adding to the global success of NYE;
(v) the party includes a diverse range of guests, including local residents and workers, leaders in business, arts and community organisations, journalists and the media, architects, artists and innovators, Local Area Command Police Superintendents and local, federal and state politicians, including the NSW Premier and the Prime Minister;
(B) affirm the delegation to the Lord Mayor to manage and determine invitations to the Lord Mayor’s New Year’s Eve Party; and(C) recommend to the Lord Mayor 6 personal invitations for individual Councillors, subject to capacity at the venue.
City Of Sydney Resolution, February 25 2013
On the 23rd of September, the ABC was announced as the winning tender for the fireworks filming & distribution.
Charity Partner
Engineers Without Borders celebrated a decade of bringing clean water, sanitation & energy to needy communities worldwide as the official charity partner.
Source: https://cityhub.com.au/forster-calls-for-nye-party-shake-up/
Royal Australian Mint Coin
Smartphone Application
Lord Mayor’s Picnic – Sparkle In Space
Television Broadcast
Internet Broadcast
Sydney Harbour Bridge Pylon Projections
Lord Mayor’s Party – Shimmer
Acknowledgement Of Country
- ? – Wuruniri Music and Dance
- Djapana – Yothu Yindi
Note: Any help in the naming of the 1st music track by Wuruniri Music and Dance will be great.
9pm Family Fireworks – Sparkle In Space
- Pursuit – Danny Elfman
- Happening – Chiddy Bang
- Home – Phillip Phillips
- Clarity – Zedd featuring Foxes
- Pompeii – Bastille
- Final Confrontation – Danny Elfman
- Come & Get It – Selena Gomez
- Live It Up – Mental As Anything
- Heart Attack (White Sea Remix) – Demi Lovato
- Magnetic Eyes [Radio Edit] – Matrix & Futurebound Featuring Baby Blue
- Here’s To Never Growing Up – Avril Lavigne
- Anything Could Happen – Ellie Goulding
- Big Idea – Alan Silvestri, Thomas Bowes, London Voices, Terry Edwards & Ben Parry
Design Your Own Firework Competition
During the month of September, the City Of Sydney & Telstra gave all young Australians aged 16 and under the opportunity to design a firework then see it come to life with their family at the official Dawes Point VIP Viewing Area. To enter, all they needed to do was draw a design & simply take a photo of it using their phone & picture message the drawn design to 0498 600 600 (along with the name and age of the author & the parent/guardian’s name). Standard MMS charges applied. The design which showed the most creativity, effort & practicality of being reproduced as a firework as chosen by the Telstra & City Of Sydney judges & lit up the sky during the 9pm Family Fireworks with the winner flown to Sydney along with their family from their nearest capital city to see it in person.
https://www.sydneynewyearseve.com/sydney-new-years-eve-design-your-own-firework-competition/
Harbour Of Light Parade – Scintillating Sails
On May 10 2013, the City of Sydney Council invited Expressions Of Interest for entry.
‘Cranium Universe’ and Telstra ‘Design A Firework’ Show
A fireworks soundtrack was not produced
Midnight Fireworks – Shine
- Glorious Swords – Phil Rey
- Thunderstruck – AC/DC
- I Could Be The One – Avicii vs Nicky Romero
- Arabella – Arctic Monkeys
- Gonna Make It – Vydamo
- The Ship Song Project – Various Artists*
- Applause – Lady Gaga
- Waiting All Night – Rudimental featuring Ella Eyre
- Diamonds (Dave Aude 100 Extended) – Rihanna
- Glow – s:amplify
- Higher Love – James Vincent McMorrow
- Superlike – s:amplify
- Holdin On – Flume
- Letting Go – s:amplify
- Tidal Wave – Sub Focus featuring Alpines
- Lanterns – Birds of Tokyo
- Tick Tick Boom – The Hives
- Ohio – Kingswood
- A Hero Will Rise – Future World Music
- Oblivion – M83 featuring Susanne Sundfør
- Fantasy Overture – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- 14thFinale – s:amplify
*Various Artists are Neil Finn, Kev Carmody, Sarah Blasko, John Bell, Angus and Julia Stone, Paul Kelly, Teddy Tahu Rhodes and Opera Australia, Martha Wainwright, Katie Noonan and The Sydney Symphony, The Temper Trap, Daniel Johns and the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
Sydney Spectaculars 