Balloon Race Updates

Half a Sixpence

Yesterday I was back at the Prince of Wales theatre in Leicester Square for the Half a Sixpence launch party. With a team of 2 we started at 10am and had 80 bouquets of 10 in place for 3pm. Excellent 2 colour print on these – that’s a real photo above, it’s not superimposed.

Dentsu Aegis

Dentsu Aegis have a day of Halloween fun for staff and kids and we were invited to decorate the area and create something spooky. We arrived at 5am and had everything in place for 8.30am. Here’s a previous installation  at the same building & here’s the 2017 Monsters theme.

Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola contacted me and asked for Round shaped balloons. My first thought was a 36″ as anything smaller is usually pear shaped. They didn’t want anything as big as a 36″ and required Silver Orbz Balloons so I sent them an inflated sample of a 24″ Orbz. They loved the sample and explained they were […]

Phantom

We decorated the Prince of Wales Theatre in Leicester Square with 800 helium filled ‘Phantom of the Opera’ balloons. This was to celebrate their 30th anniversary, I was at college 30 years ago on Charing Cross Road and I remember all the London Buses covered in the Phantom branding. Phantom is playing at Her Majestys […]

Testimonials

Hi David Thank you so much for the information.  Our balloons started on Thursday so have 4 days to go.  The kids and adults are really enjoying this PTA event. We were totally blown away by the support from the families in the school and this event has raised over £1200.  We decided not to […]

Arch – H & S

I’m always looking to add a little extra health and safety where we can. You can never do too much so on a couple of indoor events recently I’ve been using this hazard tape to clearly mark out the base plates.Health & Safety needs to be embraced so I feel each time I add a […]

Balloon could be to blame for plane ditching

Full story: Herne Bay Plane Crash Part of The Turbulent Display Team’s routine involves popping balloons during breath-taking manoeuvres. An AAIB spokesman confirmed: “The possibility that the engine power loss was as a result of ingesting a fragment of balloon following a balloon bursting display is just one of the aspects being considered by investigation.

10 injured

10 Injured Ten people were injured at a mall in Orlando, Florida, after shoppers mistook the sound of popping balloons for gunshots. Since switching to building arches with frames I return each time to burst the balloons. I’m more aware than every that when I start this process it can cause a bit of a […]

Base Plates

The frames I use for each arch are a long term investment and I’ve built them up over time. Im lucky to own a large number which enables me to do multiple outdoor arches on the same day. For me the key to owning this many frames is charging a fair price for 1 arch. […]

12ft Columns

For the 2016 Colour Runs something different was required and I thought these crazy 12ft balloon columns built with 16″ White would match the fun factor theme of each event. These are built with the flexible aeropole system and we installed 6 at each event. The heavy 28.5lbs base plates help in windy conditions but […]