I have seen a man walk on the moon, the invasion of the British pop scene, and failed assassination attempts on President Ronald Regan and Pope John Paul II. People trampled for a doll, not once but twice, was that Cabbage Patch and Elmo worth a life? I have looked beyond the stars with the … Read more
I have the privilege to entertain kids as a living and when you hear someone putting their life in the line of fire to save a child they should be remembered as a hero. When I heard that President Obama was selected as Time Magazine Person of The Year – I thought how out of … Read more
It is Sunday afternoon and I sit on the edge of my seat, screaming at the TV – “Get him!” Aaron Rodgers eludes Lance Brigs and runs for a first down. Rodgers instinctively, like a mother with eyes behind her head, knows exactly what is happening and in Rodgers’ case, knows when he needs to … Read more
Recipes – the step-by-step procedure to make something is associated with cooking. These steps are either very simple or befuddling with coded symbols only people with cooking experience would quickly distinguish between Tbsp and tsp. Many times, you start the process just to learn at the very end that you need one more ingredient, which … Read more
Jokes are flying, balloons are swirling, and the crowd is enchanted like the pied piper playing his magical pipe. You hand the child the balloon and two minutes later, you her “Bang-Bang,” the beloved character, had been unwound and transformed crudely into a gun. A little girl whimpers because you forgot the put in her … Read more
As a child I could not wait for the snow to fall and as it blanked the ground the question asked was “Is it good packing?” Temperatures hovering around 32 degrees, no wind, and flakes the size of golf balls floating to the ground makes the perfect environment to make a snowman. As the lake … Read more
Every snowflake is different like a room of balloon entertainers design. You have your delicate figures that are designed with precision like a brisk winter night where snow falls delicately and each flake lands gracefully to the ground. Then there is the blizzard entertainer, who comes in on a world wind, balloon flaying, popping, and … Read more
Bruce Lee said, “Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically our own.” He was talking about martial arts, but I say this should be the #1 rule of balloon twisters. Adapting what is useful will get you jobs. These jobs will be more entertaining and profitable than spending hours … Read more
I hear the sabers rattling and the word quickly spreads over social media like gas on bomb fire when an entertainer knowingly uses another entertainer’s image. The purpose is simply, the offender is lazy and wants to use the other person’s hard work and research to benefit them. No matter how you dissect it, it … Read more
I am opening a can of worms here by trying to define the balloon industry and its categories. It is like trying to explain Love. Every person in the industry understands what a Balloon Artist consists of and what defines them as an Artist. Yet the term “Balloon Artists” is tossed around as much as … Read more