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Up Up and Away....
« on: September 08, 2007, 09:54:44 PM »
Marathon gets hot air

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MARATHON – A hot-air balloon from the Big Balloon Bash in Alpine paid a call on Marathon last week.

Walter Hawkins pilots the enormous ride, Midnight Angel.

“It was really quite a sight,” Andrea Johnson told the News Leader.

She said other people in town saw the balloon being inflated and “headed for the track field.”

She estimated around 100 people showed up.

The students got an up-close look as Hawkins told
a little about ballooning history.

When finished, the football team helped fold up the “envelope.”

Fifteen balloons showed for this years annual Big Balloon Bash in Alpine.

The “bash” has been happening annually for 12 years and has been moved from the Alpine Regional Airport to Sierra La Rana, a gated community just two miles south of Alpine on State Highway 118.

Its three days of flying, vendors and fun for all ages held every Labor Day weekend and is currently
drawing in 2,000 to 3,000 people.

Financial sponsors are the City of Alpine and the Alpine Chamber of Commerce.

There was a “fire concert” Sunday at Buck Stadium where the balloons fire up a symphony at the direction of a band director.

The balloons make the “music” by turning on their thrusters at the direction of the conductor.

Check out their website at www.bigbendballoonbash.com.
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« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2007, 05:30:16 PM »
2007 Big Bend Balloon Bash

Some really good pics...
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