ANOTHER NEW YEAR'S EVE AND THE RUBY JUBILEE BROADCAST OF "DICK CLARK'S ROCK'IN NEW YEAR'S EVE"...........

Tonight, for the fortieth year since he first took the torch from bandleader Guy Lomnbardo, who for nearly half a century was, "Mr. New Year's Eve", from atop a hotel bandstand in New York City; 'American Bandstand' music icon, Dick Clark, will once again be counting down the final seconds to the crystal ball dropping in Times Square.  Over more than seven years following a stroke that has left him permanently affected, and now 82; Dick Clark will share in these annual, "Auld Lang Syne", festivities ushering in 2012.  Clark's handpicked successor, Ryan Seacrest will be leading the broadcast as he has since New Year's Eve 2005.  There is renewed conjecture that tonight's appearance by Dick Clark, may be his last, due to the difficulty he has speaking.  Yet as the living godfather of the New Year's Eve celebrations viewed worldwide, only Dick Clark himself, and his mortality, know for certain.  Displacing, much more so, replacing such an acclaimed and beloved American and international institution, as Dick Clark, is not a trigger any sensible and sensitive person would want to do.  On this New Year's Eve 2011 / 2012; God Bless Dick Clark !!!!!!!!!!!!............Fr.  Troy