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Posts Tagged ‘events’

Giant Holiday Balloons

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

Giant balloons are a big part of Christmas and holiday parades. Mike Johnson reporting for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on November 21, 2009 describes how thousands of people turn out to watch the Holiday Parade in Downtown Milwaukee.

The parade consisted of the usual bands and floats plus giant balloons highlighting the spectacular event. The giant balloons, floats and bands seem to bring out the best of spirits in people. Kids, young and old, cheer and sing and wave and all have smiles. The spectators wearing antlers, reindeer noses and Santa hats helped to create a very festive and fun atmosphere.

For a little while, maybe just a moment for some, all the hassles of daily life were forgotten and the Spirit of Thanksgiving and Christmas was real for all.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Giant Balloons and Five Alarm Funk

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

Giant balloons can be used to serve a vast array applications.

Maybe it was the Rolling Stones, I’m not sure, who began using giant balloons in their concerts. Whatever band it was really started something. We now have everything from giant flaming lips balloons to flying pigs to huge sphere balloons floating on stages.

A great example of this was reported at VernonMorningstar.com and the use of giant balloons this past week by the band Five Alarm Funk in their concert.

The balloons add a whole different dimension to concerts and helps involve the audience in the production. The audience can begin to gel as an entity onto its own.

Watch for more integration of giant balloons into concerts and stage productions as producers see the benefit that can occur from such simple devices as giant balloons.