From: "Ralph Dewey" <balloonz@flash.net>
To: <Balloon@fooledya.com>
Subject: Millennium Jam
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 18:10:24 -0400

I'm still glowing from the Millennium Jam in Belgium.  But one of the things
that I forgot to mention in my last post was that I just finished producing
my latest balloon video, Dewey's Advanced Balloons, in time for the Jam.  I
received my copies the day before I had to travel to Belgium.  Man was that
cutting it close.  I lectured on some of my newest creations from my video.
My first video, Dewey's Favorite Gospel Balloon Routines, has been well
received and I hope this newest one will be also.

There were many great things that were shown at the Millennium Jam.  Too
many to mention all of them, but here are a few highlights.  Ken Stillman
had a simple yet intriguing balloon character that sits on a child's
shoulders with its arms encircling the child's head.  Cute and simple.  I
liked it.  Dave Bartlett (Mr. Rainbow) had several good Winnie the Pooh
characters.  David Grist from the UK had a wonderful multiple-balloon frog
and several other innovative models.  I finally got a chance to meet Gerry
Giovinco and see him in action as Captain Visual.  The balloon performances
really added to the event.  Larry Moss escaped from a straight jacket and
then produced a balloon flower from it.  Patrick Brown did a levitation with
a balloon sculpture.  Royal Sorell showed his mime skills using balloons.
Atchoum and Tivoli performed a great balloon act together.  Stef & Ief did
their comedy balloon routine in a 6 foot clear round balloon.  Bidou from
France premiered his black light balloon show.  What a wonderful effect?  I
bet we'll see a lot more use of neon balloons in black light shows in the
future.  It was good to see so many balloon entertainment ideas and styles
displayed.


Ralph Dewey				Joey To The World-7 Gospel Clown Convention
Dewey's Good News Balloons		January 26th & 27th in Houston Texas
1202 Wildwood Drive
Deer Park, TX 77536
(281) 479-2759    [Our fax # is (281) 476-997]
You can visit my web site at:  http://www.flash.net/~balloonz