Thursday, December 3, 2009

New York Times: Pa-Rum-Pum-Pum-Pum


Works in Progress by Bruce Weber


If there's a hub of the annual whirlwind that is Christmas in New York, it's probably Rockefeller Center -- the famous tree, the skating rink, the strolling carolers and brass , not to mention the likelihood that more tourists carrying more gift-wrapped packages toddle through there than any other place on earth. This season, amid the regular hoopla, there'll be, literally, a different drummer. Two, actually, each made out of fiberglass and standing 10-5-ft tall ( not including plumes in their hats0> Plus two equally out-sized buglers , a flutist and a cymbalist.

The six Christmas cadets, as they're being called by Rockefeller Center Management Corporation, are to be installed on November 28th and 29th, on the esplanade above the skating rink, three each on the north and south sides.

The figures are custom designed and fabricated by Dallas-based company, Design Solutions, owned and operated by Stephen Stefanou.

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