The world of balloon entertainment, by Dale Obrochta
Why not help keep the US economy growing in your community? The doorbuster holiday season is upon us, and people are scrambling to chow down their Thanksgiving dinner and run off to stand in a line, waiting hours to get that particular purchase, willing to endure the craziness and join in the comrade of getting … Read more
May your stuffing be tasty, May your turkey plump, May your potatoes and gravy, Have nary a lump. May your yams be delicious, And your pies take the prize, And may your Thanksgiving dinner Stay off your Belly and Thighs! Happy Thanksgiving! God Bless! Subscribe to Dale’s Blog and get notified when new posting occur. … Read more
Make you feel like a real time entertainer Entertainers like sitting around and having the phone ring with hungry customers starving for their entertainment. Sometimes an email blast, Facebook posting, or a well timed tweet will get a client to contact you. Other times you are stuffing fliers in envelopes and making mailings. Periodically an … Read more
Turkey is the food that we eat once a year Have you noticed the day after Thanksgiving, the desire to eat more turkey is gone? We may eat it cold, warm, mix it into other food dishes, but after just a couple of days, we are turkeyed out. What’s up with that? Unlike hamburgers, pizza, … Read more
Balloon entertainers stuff their turkey’s differently While most of the world works vigilantly to create the perfect turkey stuffing, balloon entertainers are working on making the ideal turkey to stuff in a balloon. Yep, you read it right, stuffing a turkey into a balloon. You may think we’re trying to preserve the turkey by encapsulating … Read more
The obvious solution sits on your head. When you work in a creative industry, there are always going to be ideas that spread through the community. Entertainers introduce new ideas, tools, or techniques into their repertoire. Will these things make it into their everyday entertainment style? Who knows? However, one idea that has been going … Read more
We’re changing clothes again! Every November in Illinois, you see the trees changing colors and people searching to find the right jacket to wear. If you live in a warm climate, you don’t fully understand the clothing requirements. People in the Midwest have clothing for each season and need to shuffle clothing around from closet … Read more
Whoa, take ‘er easy there, Pilgrim Like the Pilgrims, the first balloon entertainers were breaking new ground. With limited resources, they had to use what was available to them and develop skills and techniques to ensure their survival. The Pilgrims had the new America, which gave them the freedom to express themselves. Like the development … Read more
I’m giving part of me away in the balloon animal The images travel around the internet, people sharing and emailing them to friends, families, and colleagues. Business people see these funny little pictures and wonder how they can make something that goes viral? Going viral is something that you cannot produce. It just happens—kind of … Read more
Another idiot asking for a bike While entertaining somebody, usually a male adult, it never fails, with utter “I want a bicycle! Make me a bicycle, clown!” Then, he proceeded to tell me about the movie Wedding Crasher, as if I had never seen the movie. My comeback is, “Did you see the outtakes where … Read more