Drop the Anchor
Our club organizes the Shippensburg community's "Drop the Anchor" New Year's Eve celebration, held every year at the center of town, the intersection of King and Earl streets.
2018-19 SCHEDULE
Shippensburg's 16th Annual
Drop the Anchor
Downtown Countdown to the New Year
A Family-Friendly Community Event
brought to you by the Rotary Club of Shippensburg
and our generous sponsors.
December 31, 2018
8 p.m. to Midnight
Carriage Rides by Cromer's Carriages
Entertainment by Phantom Shadow
Inflatables by Phantom Shadow
Party Favors by The Beistle Company
Midnight
Anchor Drop
Rotary Contact
droptheanchor@shippensburgrotary.org
Parking
The Borough will close King Street around 6 p.m. between Fayette and Penn streets for this event and traffic will be detoured around the center of town. Free parking is available downtown in the borough lot between Burd Street and Martin Avenue, Seneca Street and McCreary Avenue (near the police station). Metered on-street parking spaces are always free after 5 p.m.
Press
Press Contacts
droptheanchor@shippensburgrotary.org
Past Reporting
- Ring in the New Year as Shippensburg’s anchor dropsShippensburg News-Chronicle 12/26/2014
- Ship’s anchor ready for 13th New Year’s drop Shippensburg News-Chronicle 12/27/2013
- Shippensburg to 'drop anchor' to bring in new year Public Opinion 12/26/2013
- Anchor drop set for New Year’s Eve in Shippensburg The Shippensburg Sentinel 12/27/2012
- Shippensburg's New Year's anchor drop a success
The Shippensburg Sentinel 1/1/2012 - Shippensburg drops anchor into 2012 (YouTube) Public Opinion 1/1/2012
- LOTS OF ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR SHIPPENSBURG’S ANNUAL “DROP THE ANCHOR” NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION ExploreFranklinCountyPA.com 12/5/2011
- Watch the anchor drop in Shippensburg during the New Year's celebration