From: MAUREENCBA@aol.com
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 18:14:12 -0400 (EDT)
To: balloondeco@fooledya.com
Subject: Re: Movie Balloons

YES!!!  YES!!!
  I was on the crew that worked on the tennis court scene.
Give FULL CREDIT  to Cheryl (CBA) & Frank (CBA) Pappalardo of Balloonatics in
Downers Grove, Illinois......it was THEIR JOB!
  A large number of people from the Northern Illinois QBN were on the
crew...we all met at  2:45 AM at a shoppig  center parking lot...to avoid
bringing lots of cars to the movie set.  There were a total of about 14-16 of
us & we had to inflate about 5,000.
We started at about 3:15 AM  and had to be finished  by 6:00 AM, but we
finished way ahead of time.....cause we're sooooo fast!
  We got to hang around to watch the filming and saw Julia Roberts real close
up.  She kept driving the golf cart as she reported for her filming and she
was ver friendly, smiled and waved to all of us, but would not let anyone
take a photo of her....she was very polite when she said no photos & looked
cute.   
  We even stood behind the area where the editing was done...so we got to see
the scene, on an editing screen,  as soon as it was finished....it was a
GREAT experience & I was so glad to have been asked to participate.....but
Cheryl & Frank deserve ALL the credit.
   Glad you liked the scene.
       Maureen