I’m in the Newspaper… Again

Who really care’s if you’re in the newspaper? I was watching an entertainer’s promo video and in the middle of the video were pictures from newspapers that he appeared in.  I thought to myself, “Hasn’t every entertainer been in the newspaper?”  What is so special about that?  I guess it’s special for the entertainer, but … Read more

Going Big

Too often events dictate the amount of detail that a balloon artist can actually do, the size of the balloon to use, and the amount of actual entertaining. Every once and a while the perfect event happens that going big is right.  The impact is a “WOW” factor of ten.  The presentation of the balloon … Read more

Draw Big Crowds to your Library Show using Social Networking

Balloon Animals Featured Blog Post, by Balloon Artist Dale Obrochta

How to Draw Big Crowds to your Library Show using Social Networking and Basic Marketing Techniques Every entertainer dreams of having hundreds of people turnout to watch their library performance, but deep down fear that nobody will show. In a down economy, both the entertainer and library are gambling that people will be doing more … Read more

Balloon Animals at the Library

Balloon Animals Featured Blog Post, by Balloon Artist Dale Obrochta

The Palos Heights Public Library was looking to have a fun activity for the kids so they hired me, Magical Balloon-dude Dale, to come make balloon animals for kids.  The concept was that the kids were to pick a book that had an animal in the story and I was going to make one of … Read more