Date:	Thu, 4 May 1995 08:44:55 -1000
From:	porcelloj@orion.crc.monroecc.edu
Message-Id: <0098FDB6.162AD240.27@orion.crc.monroecc.edu>
Organization: Harvard University Office of Information Technology
Subject: Festival Idea

Hello all!

I hope I'm not crossing any lines or entering the realm of poor taste
here, but I wanted to offer up a suggestion.  Please do not mistake this
as advertising.  This is simply FYI.

In discussing by private email with a fellow kiter in the Western New 
York (which is a state in USA for the geographically challenged :-) )
the idea of diversions for children at festivals came up.  I said that
I do balloon sculpting (animals, hats, other appropriate figures) and
thought it was a good idea to offer to kids at kite events.  As this 
idea was met with some measure of excitement, I felt I may want to 
offer the suggestion to all on rec.kites.

That's it! No discussion of rates, fees or other business related
stuff.  If you would like info, let me know.

Apologies in advance for any I may offend,

Jack Porcello

porcelloj@orion.crc.monroecc.edu


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Date:	Fri, 5 May 1995 07:31:06 -1000
From:	Mark de Roussier <mark@murder.demon.co.uk>
Message-Id: <799719843snx@murder.demon.co.uk>
Organization: damage
Subject: Re: Festival Idea

In article <0098FDB6.162AD240.27@orion.crc.monroecc.edu> porcelloj@orion.crc.monroecc.edu writes:
> Hello all!
> 
> I hope I'm not crossing any lines or entering the realm of poor taste
> here, but I wanted to offer up a suggestion.  Please do not mistake this
> as advertising.  This is simply FYI.
> 
> In discussing by private email with a fellow kiter in the Western New 
> York (which is a state in USA for the geographically challenged :-) )
> the idea of diversions for children at festivals came up.  I said that
> I do balloon sculpting (animals, hats, other appropriate figures) and
> thought it was a good idea to offer to kids at kite events.  As this 
> idea was met with some measure of excitement, I felt I may want to 
> offer the suggestion to all on rec.kites.
> 

Yeah, its gone down well the couple of times I've seen it done. Such balloons
are also relatively kite-friendly - any interaction between balloon and kite,
and usually the kite will win. And I recall hearing recently that the US 
Government has an enormous stockpile of helium that it wants to shift 'cos it
costs so much to store it...:).

--
Mark de Roussier
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                 A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.

                                Jonathon Swift.
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