Thanks for looking and commenting, Don! It is indeed an expensive endeavor. Many of the balloons are owned or sponsored by corporations, and they travel all over the country at various festivals and fairs. When he was still alive, Malcom Forbes had his own balloon, advertising Forbes magazine, in the shape of a French chateau.
The Festival employs about 1500 people for the balloon activities, the rock concerts several times each day, and the 150 vendor booths. A local college estimated that the festival brings $42 million into the local economy, ad the fire companies and other civic groups raise money parking cars and doing other things at the festival. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Don Guthrie <shark50...@gmail.com> wrote: > That one pops off the screen. I can't help but wonder about the cost of > these custom balloons. There may be more expensive hobbies than photography > after all. > > pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 09:42:56 -0400 >> From: "Daniel J. Matyola"<danmaty...@gmail.com> >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List<pdml@pdml.net> >> Subject: PESO: The Fireman >> Message-ID: >> >> <CAOmwt1xtDcBwNQag26zNZ9fipUM6Pw-uwmqy8GawbNdPeG=v...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 >> >> >>> From the New Jersey Festival of Ballooning. >> >> A tribute to the Firemen who responded to 9/11: >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17481532 >> Comments are invited. >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
