The 28 degree temperature didn’t have much of an effect on the public Sunday night as the Annual Mount Olive Pickle Drop took place at midnight Greenwich Mean Time, which is 7pm EST. About 1,600 people turned out to watch the Annual Mount Olive Pickle Drop that took place at the corner of Cucumber and Vine Street at Mount Olive Pickle Company. Music could be heard from a local band along with a DJ spinning out some line dance music prior to the pickle drop. Shortly before the drop, people started gathering around the old preserved pickle vat with their party hats and horns ready to bring in the new year!
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- Anthony Best and Star Barwick won the three foot green pickle that was given away during the Annual Mount Olive Pickle Drop on New Years Eve.
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- The three foot green pickle makes it’s way down the flag pole just seconds before 7 pm EST on New Years Eve.
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- Madeline Gentry sits on her dad Brandon Gentry’s shoulders as they wait to see the three foot green pickle drop into the vat during the Annual Pickle Drop on New Years Eve.
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- Missy Subt and her best friend Minnie were having a great time waiting for the Mount Olive Annual Pickle Drop on New Years Eve.
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- Cara Alonzo, 8, and her sister Erin Alonzo, 13, were bundled up and ready to ring the new year at the Mount Olive Pickle Drop.
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- Kira Palec, 5, and her brother Korbin Palec, 4, were ready to make some noise at the Pickle Drop in Mount Olive.
