auld lang syne

Following the fireworks thousands continued to celebrate, signing Auld Lang Syne and dancing.

From the first spray of fireworks to the closing chorus of “Auld Lang Syne” 366 days into the future - 2024 is a leap year - it could be the year for finally achieving long-elusive goals, fulfilling aspirations and being resolute on all those New Year resolutions.

From the first spray of fireworks to the closing chorus of “Auld Lang Syne” 366 days into the future — 2024 is a leap year — it could be the year for finally achieving long-elusive goals, fulfilling aspirations and being resolute on all those New Year resolutions.

The show’s success popularized “Auld Lang Syne” as the quintessential New Year’s song across the country.

Grant emphasizes in her book Auld Lang Syne: A Song and Its Culture that at the time the song “was already firmly established in many communities, quite possibly beginning in the Scottish diaspora.”