LAKEVILLE — It’s never too early to celebrate New Year’s. The Lakeville Council on Aging held a well attended party on Friday, Dec. 29 to mark the transition from 2023 to 2024, and Lakeville residents danced, enjoyed food and shouted out a countdown to mark the end of the year.

“We like to have fun here,” said Lakeville Council on Aging Director Lori Fahey.

Seniors at the party excitedly shared their New Year's resolutions.

Rita Allen said her New Year's resolution was to “dance more.”

“I like the oldies,” she explained. 

Elizabeth Bryant said her resolution was to “try to be a nice person.”

Chuck St. Gelais said his resolution was to “try to be very honest.”

Good health was a common theme of the Council on Aging patrons’ New Year's resolutions. 

Maria Burrows said she wanted to “stay healthy” in 2024. 

Claire Lepoint said she wanted everyone at the party to “stay healthy” as well.

Near the end of the party, everyone counted down from 10, as is tradition before the clock strikes midnight on the start of the first day of the new year. (The Council on Aging party was held in the morning of Friday Dec. 29, two days before the last day of December, but other than the change in date the party had all of the hallmarks of a traditional New Year's Eve party).

Partygoers drank a toast to the new year, blew on noisemakers and blew soap bubbles to mark the end of 2023 and the beginning of 2024.