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Uncategorized Boards => Events. Balloon, Magic, Etc => Topic started by: Graham Lee on December 19, 2009, 09:54:23 PM
Rumour has it that next years date has been confirmed?
where where where and when?
And how much?
I'd have thought the first question would have been the date ;)
Okay, what are the dates? Where will it be held? How much will it cost?
My understanding at the moment is that it will be from 6/11th Nov, same place Mol, Belgium.
Cost to be decided, but a bargain whatever the price.
Off to get diary now!
Just working on the hubbie right now building up to November so that I can go. Fingers crossed !
I knew the dates,...let Brenda promisse that she will come this year, and then.. :o :o ....I BOOKED SOMETHING ON THE LAST MILLENNIUMDAY!!!
How stupid can you be? Luckely it's on the last day, I only have to miss the last evening, but AAAAARRRHHHGGGG! I'm so mad at myself.
It's great to have a new job, and be able to book early for the courses I have to give, but then I must really put everything in my agenda to be sure not ta make the same mistake again! :cry:
when will it go on general release to the public?
I'll get in touch with Leo when I get back from the magic convention on Monday
Have just spoken with Leo and the dates are confirmed for Sunday 7th to Thursday 11th November with a gala meal on Sat 6th.
I'm looking into running the trip again and will see if it will go over on the Friday or Sat.
The cost will be approx £330, convention price will be 225 Euros, shared room 75 Euros and then Eurostar at approx £60. There is an additional cost for a seperate room to yourself if you would rather not share, at a guess it will be an additional £60.
Gala show tickets including a meal, last year this was a great night and from memory the tickets last year cost 40 Euros.
So put the date in the diary, as yet the website has not been updated for this year but will be done soon...........ish
Let me know when you will need the money. I guess we will travel back on the Friday?
any news who will be teaching this yerar
The Organised "Chaos" Millennium Jam Trip, 2010
Just got off the phone with speaking to Leo about the trip and it will be £325, the website he is hoping to have live on the 1st July so probaly middle of August :lol: You know Leo!
Please note we have to get a train from Brussels to South Antwerp this year, this train takes approx 25 mins and the taxi from Antwerp to Mol approx 45 mins.
This amount is for :
-lodging: 7 nights (based 4 pers.per bungalow ) : checkin=friday 05/11 after 15.00hrs * checkout=friday 12/11 before 10.00hrs
-the high speed train to/from StPancras
-shuttle to and from the trainstation in Antwerp-Berchem : the train from Brussels-South to Antwerp is included in your ticket !
-the registration for 5 days and nights of balloon chaos and mayhem !!
The distributor diner+show is NOT included in registration ; I don't have a price yet ... but in 2008 it was 40 Euro's and an excellent evening with great food and entertainment.
If you would like a bedroom on your own not sharing but you still share a bungalow it will be an additional £60 approx, final date to confirm is the 4th Aug.
We will travel out on Friday 5th Nov and return Friday 12th Nov.
Payment to myself for £65 to cover the Eurostar and then final payment made straight to Leo at the event for the remainder of 320 Euro's, approx £260.
I'm in 8-) :) :D will taxi be extra?
Lol just reread yep it is :oops:
Quote from: "Dave"I'm in 8-) :) :D will taxi be extra?
Lol just reread yep it is :oops:
The taxi is included in the price.
I'm in too please, Graham. (Might actually get my act together in time this year!!!) ;)
--Neil
Leo has been in touch with a little taster of who is booked so far;
*Bibo,Belgium and Manon,France
-Dynamic MC duo on steroids !
*Robbie Furman ,USA
-Energetic Deco-twisting for Stackers and Twisters !
*Ralph Dewey , USA
-A Blast from the Past : a lecture and slide show about the early types of balloons, manufacturing of balloons, early balloon modelers, Windy Blow's amazing contributions and interesting stories from the early days of balloon twisting An absolute must !!!! He is working on a mini-dipping line to make a 260 in the course of the lecture !!
-Great Balloon Designs : some of the designs will be the Iron Man figure, the clown face hat, a cool motorcycle and Tommy the Train hat.
-Easy, Cool and Novelty Ideas : this class is a mixture of comedy balloon bits, quick and easy designs and also novelty balloon performance bits of business.
-Twister Think Tank : Ralph will also conduct his famous day long 'Twister Think Tank' : it is a meeting of a dozen twisters plus Ralph by invitation only.
*Cathérine Rogué ,France
-Fantasy flowers from another planet : you ain't seen nothing yet ,really !!!
*Vanessa Lever , Italy
-Fairy tale workshops and delicate designs with a twist !
8-) :P :D :) 8-) OMG I CAN'T WAIT
Quote from: "Dave"8-) :P :D :) 8-) OMG I CAN'T WAIT
Dave remind me to book you on another carriage on Eurostar :D
hahahahaha, I'm wetting myself
I'm up there on the 'excited' level with you, Dave! :D
I know! I'll sit with you, and we can boing up and down in our seats, tugging Graham's sleeve and asking every 10 mins "Are we nearly there yet?"
(How long would it be before he pressed the alarm button and got us thrown off? - South East London somewhere? That long even?) ;)
--Neil
It looks like the trip will be £335 as Eurostar has gone up £10, so I will need payment of £75.
They are booking to the end of Oct at the moment so as soon as I can book for Nov 5/12th I will.
All those wishing to come on the trip please send me a PM and I'll let you know where to send a cheque to etc.
hey just got back from working away. had a days break for once. lol. but going back tomorrow.
just managed to get onto the website to see this exciting news. can u count me in for everything please graham. the trip and the gala etc. had a great time 2 yrs ago and couldnt make last yr so looking forward to this yrs event. yippeee!!! cant wait. :D :lol:
Hi Graham,
Yes Please - count me in.
cheers
Danny
So that's Danny and I in one carriage and Neil, Kerry and Dave in the other :lol:
Danny perhaps we could just bye some ear plugs ;)
Some people have been in touch saying they would rather Paypal the money to me, I'm OK with this but you will have to pay the charges to cover the extra costs so it will be £75 cheque or £78 Paypal.
Or I could take cash at the party day in Birmingham on the 30th. Have five people already booked on for the trip of a lifetime, it will be fun with a capital FFFFFFFF.........
Quote from: "Graham Lee"So that's Danny and I in one carriage and Neil, Kerry and Dave in the other :lol:
Danny perhaps we could just bye some ear plugs ;)
what are you trying to say graham? lol. u trying to say we are like over excited kids or sumthing. although truth be told i am. pmsl.:d
Don't forget to follow them on Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?ei ... 225&ref=ts (http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=116710118357225&ref=ts)
More good news, the price you have to pay to Leo has now come down from 320 euros to 275 :D
Graham,
I am hoping to come to MJ this year but only for 2 days.
I realise that this question is best asked once the schedule is out, but would you have any opinion on the best likely days? I.e the start or end of the convention?
Good news and bad news, the website is up with a new home page and the bad news, it has all of last years lecture details on. www.millenniumjam.com (http://www.millenniumjam.com)
Tom and Manon will be doing the MC'ing, it does say that the website will be updated daily.
I have six people confirmed on the trip so far;
Graham Lee
Thelma Levett
Danny Schlesinger
Kerry Thomas
Neil Drummond
Dave Hickory
Still have another month to decide and hopefully the website will all be updated with all the latest news and views of what is happening this year by then to tempt you even more to the best balloon convention in the world.
Quote from: "Graham Lee"I have six people confirmed on the trip so far;
Still have another month to decide and hopefully the website will all be updated with all the latest news and views of what is happening this year by then to tempt you even more to the best balloon convention in the world.
hello,new here. i d like to come to the mj but the site doesnt really work for me. it says for further information
( "This menu gives you an overview of our program, agenda and activities.
Click the "greater than" sign behind the menu to the submenu!")
1)The problem is i cant find this button or any other information about registring to this event.
2)Is there a deadline for register?
3)anyone know how much is it for taking part in the fest and have a room,bungalow or something??
thanks!
Leo is known worldwide for being very slow with adding the info to his website, it will be up very soon..................hopefully ;)
Email him from the site if you have any questions
Last call for the organised trip, I will be booking Eurostar next Thursday 15th July. If you decide to come after this date then you will need to book and pay for your own Eurostar ticket on the same trains as I book. Prices do start to go up and they only have a few £69 tickets. The reason I take £75 is they charge you for using your credit card for payment and also for booking via their call centre as we need tickets to Antwerp as well.
Getting the Eurostar tickets tomorrow so please email me ASAP if you would like to join us for the trip;
Graham Lee
Thelma Levett
Danny Schlesinger
Kerry Thomas
Neil Drummond
Dave Hickory
SHOCK NEWS!!!! The Millennium Jam website has been updated with all the instructors being announced!! www.millenniumjam.com (http://www.millenniumjam.com)
you have a mail
So that makes seven, any more?
Graham Lee
Thelma Levett
Danny Schlesinger
Kerry Thomas
Neil Drummond
Dave Hickory
Roger Daws
Eurostar is all booked, Fri 5th Nov we are on the 11.04 from St Pancras arriving Brussels 14.05 with a connecting train to Antwerp-Berchem at 14.28 arriving 15.09.
If we miss this train the next one will be 14.55, arriving 15.37.
Returning from Brussels Fri 12th Nov, 14.29 and arriving at St Pancras 15.26. On both journeys we are in coach 3 with a table.
If anyone would like to join our trip then you need to book Eurostar on these trains but please get in touch with myself first.
The very first millennium jam with the world record attempt; http://www.facebook.com/MillenniumJam#! ... 1022617960 (http://www.facebook.com/MillenniumJam#!/album.php?aid=11873&id=100001022617960)
Some pictures from the millennium jam 2001; http://www.facebook.com/MillenniumJam#! ... 1022617960 (http://www.facebook.com/MillenniumJam#!/album.php?aid=11977&id=100001022617960)
Leo has just set uo a facebook page for The Millennium Jam; 'The Millennium Jam Group'
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=1 ... ref=search (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=117432908307136&ref=search)
80 days to go - I'm SO looking forward to it already...
The list of instructors is like a who's who - Ralph Dewey, Robbie Furman, and not to mention Jodie, Dee and Sue, but Alberto Falcone, Monsr Sigrid and Luc Bertrand too... Oh man!!! (can you tell I'm a bit excited?)
:mrgreen:
--Neil
Oh dear another one to go in the carriage with Dave :D :lol: There is a countdown clock on the millennium jam website.
Leo has just added to the facebook page with pictures of the 2003 event, there is someone there with a tash and goatee beard!!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1 ... 1022617960 (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=12736&id=100001022617960)
Those still doubting, just come!!! IT'LL BE A BLAST!!!!!!
TO ALL MILLENNIUM JAM ATTENDEES !
Here is an urgent message from SUNPARKS .The week running up to the Jam is school holiday (autumn break!) in Belgium .This means that Sunparks exspect many ,many bookings from regular tourists. Please book your bungalow or hotel room ASAP to make sure you have a bungalow close to the main building . If you wait to the last minute , you risk to have a bungalow at the other side of the lake which is ,to say the least, 'a healthy walk' or - in the worst case scenario that the park is fully booked - not have a bungalow at all !
Please do not wait too long or you may have to miss the one event you must attend !!See you soon !
Here are the links that take you directly to the SUNPARKS website :
to book a bungalow or a hotelroom:
ENGLISH
http://www.sunparks.co.uk/EN/GB/promoti ... ennium_jam (http://www.sunparks.co.uk/EN/GB/promotions/millennium_jam)
FRENCH
http://www.sunparks.be/WL/BE/promotions/millennium_jam (http://www.sunparks.be/WL/BE/promotions/millennium_jam)
DUTCH
http://www.sunparks.nl/NL/NL/kortingen/millennium_jam (http://www.sunparks.nl/NL/NL/kortingen/millennium_jam)
http://www.sunparks.be/VL/BE/promoties/millennium_jam (http://www.sunparks.be/VL/BE/promoties/millennium_jam)
GERMAN
http://www.sunparks.de/DE/DE/angebote/millennium_jam (http://www.sunparks.de/DE/DE/angebote/millennium_jam)
thanks Tim - Looking forward to it!
:D
All those that are booked with myself on the trip can book for the gala show on the Saturday night with cabaret and full evening meal, this was an excellent night when held a couple of years back. We do need to know ASAP as it sold out last time, cost for the event will be 50 euros paid to Leo. Please PM me either way just so that you are not disappointed if or when it sells out.
Not sure if Graham has posted this yet... but this is very exciting news, a new competition at the Millennium Jam!
The Millennium Jam is a truly great event, there are so many opportunities to learn SO MUCH... network and generally have a great time. I hope to meet some of you there!
I am teaching 2 classes... one is a completely new 'Dream Catchers' and the other is My 12 Days to Christmas... 12 wonderful and very sellable idea's for Christmas!
Best regards
Sue
-Create -alone or as a team- a character from one of the many Fairytales of the Brothers Grimm or Hans Christian Andersen .
Via Google and Wikipedia , you can find all the info and images that you need !
-The creation must be made on a mannequin ,a dummy. You can bring your own or you can use one of us ! The finished design will be judged and displayed on that mannequin !!
-The character must be made entirely with Qualatex balloons ; just mail us a list with your balloon requirements !
-The deadline is Wednesday November 10th at 18,00hrs . That's when the finished Fairytale Balloon Costumes must be presented for judging in room 8 ! Today is 10/10/10 so that's exactly in 30 days from now !
*The Reward
There will be only one winner !
Apart from the eternal respect and honour that will be bestowed upon him or her by his peers , the winner will awarded the following :
-the title of "Master Balloon Designer of the Year 2010"
-a Certificate
-10,000 pcs -160 and/or 260- of the Very Best Balloons in the colours of your choice !
-a purchase voucher of Euros 500 !
If you think you're up to it , send us a mail and pick your favourite fairytale character !
Don't wait too long because the maximum number of participants is 12 and ... First come ,First serve ! Good luck to all !
Accommodation has anyone got spare room in chalet please pm me ...
Less than three weeks till the best balloon convention kicks off, I expect Neil and Dave are getting well excited ;)
Still time to book and come on the trip with us if anyone has been thinking about it!
You have NOOOOOOO idea how excited, Graham!!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D
I make it 19 days and 3 hours....
--Neil
Quote from: "Neil Drummond"You have NOOOOOOO idea how excited, Graham!!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D
I make it 19 days and 3 hours....
--Neil
Oh dear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Looks like I am going to have to pull out.
I think it's a good possiblity I may lose my job
Tomorrow. And if not tomorrow I will be looking
For another job anyway so gotta concentrate on
That. I am really gutted. Have fun all that do go.
Cheers Kerry.
sorry to hear that Kerry, both that you are not coming and that you are having job nightmares.
Good luck mate
Danny ;)
cheers danny. but hey its life. lol.
thats part of being in the building
trade mate. i am still gutted about tmj though.
speak to you soon.
kerry
I'm ready for it! Are you guys????
Yes Tim - I will hassle you even more than usual!
:)
Kerry as one door closes perhaps another will open, it may be time for a new adventure that you never knew about, fingers crossed you can make TMJ.
Me and Bump are very excited! For those that don't know I am with child!
K x
Yes someone did tell me, hope everything is going well. Not sure if there is a surchage for bumps :lol:
cheers graham. fingers are crossed but looks unlikely. didnt lose my job tuesday, the engineer who is giving me grief didnt turn up but is supposed to be there tomorrow.
Kerry, I'm very sorry to hear about your job situation, and I hope something works out for you soon.
Congratulations twisterella! :D :D
Quote from: "Graham Lee"Not sure if there is a surchage for bumps
Ooh, I hope not cause I'm with a bit of one too.... except mine is beer related you understand :shock:
--Neil
I thought it would be buy one get one free! ;)
Kate x
I don't know what it is like in your neck of the woods but here in the US we have a homeless person on nearly every freeway off ramp and street corner begging for money. Usually they have a sign made from a card board box (very un-original if you ask me) that states they are homeless and any amount of money is appreciated.
I've been considering sitting on a street corner with a card board sign to beg for enough money to get to Millenium jam!
I'm just not sure how to word it... "Belgium or bust" or "I don't need beer money... just a ticket to Europe" sigh... "I'm not homeless... Just want money". Then I thought I could stand there and twist balloons for money...
JUST KIDDING!
I'm still trying to figure out how to get there...
I'm not saying no yet!
Patricia
It's official ... I am coming to Millennium Jam, myself my two Daughters Sidney (15) and Sabrina (13), My Wife Michelle & and my Mum.
Then we plan on going to London, England 12 - 16th.
Anyone want to jam?
Hi guys, see you there!!! I'm very excited to be those days.
See you very, very soon!!!!! (//http://cdn.content.sweetim.com/sim/cpie/emoticons/00020536.gif)
Quote from: "Patricia Bunnell"I don't know what it is like in your neck of the woods but here in the US we have a homeless person on nearly every freeway off ramp and street corner begging for money. Usually they have a sign made from a card board box (very un-original if you ask me) that states they are homeless and any amount of money is appreciated.
I've been considering sitting on a street corner with a card board sign to beg for enough money to get to Millenium jam!
I'm just not sure how to word it... "Belgium or bust" or "I don't need beer money... just a ticket to Europe" sigh... "I'm not homeless... Just want money". Then I thought I could stand there and twist balloons for money...
JUST KIDDING!
I'm still trying to figure out how to get there...
I'm not saying no yet!
Patricia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYXKaAzEJrk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYXKaAzEJrk)
So Graham,
what are the arrangements for Friday morning.
I can also recommend changing money at Marks & Spencer's. I got a good rate, no commission charged.
:)
I will be at the station at around 9.45 hopefully and will probably be in a starbucks or something similar.
Yay just about to leave :)
We are all at the station in starbucks.
just about to go and check in.
Have fun everyone!!! looking forward to seeing the pictures...
So jealous - but have to do more Christmas Decor....
One day
Pam
xx
We are on the train and have had some great excitement already, will have to wail till I get a better internet connection to tell everyone, but so far it's been fun.
I wish you a lot of fun at the Millenium Jam in belgium ! I am sad that I have no time.I have to work and the only day I can visit the millenium jam is the 7th November (Sunday).From germany, where I live it takes 2 hours and 15 minutes by car and only for one day ....
8.11-11.11 I must work :-(
Tomorrow and Sunday I have time and I think about to come to belgium to meet Thelma and Graham :-) Or better I come to London on day in summer ?
In germany is very bad weather today.
I hope that you take a lot of pictures from nice balloon creations and post them in the forum !!!!
Have fun !!!!
Happy twisting !!!!!
Greetings from germany,
Marc
have fun guys am dead gel
The fun has started already, meeting friends from across the seas,( both new & familiar), and around the globe. There is a big influx of Americans this year, lots of well known names. Plus the usual clan of European ballooners.
All stops have been pulled out and the decor looks awesome. I haven't taken any photos as yet. Thats next!
Even the chalets are better, sheets there already, towels too. The new management is having an effect and it maks it better. Gala show tonight and then tomorrow.... it begins!
Danny :)
Just got out and away from the think tank that Thelma and I have been attending all day with Ralph and 10 others, very interesting and it got the old grey matter working, it was a long old day 10 till 6. Just sitting in the cafe/bar area with a beer waiting for the gala show/diner to start at 7.30. Have taken a few pictures which I hope I will have time to re-size and up load tomorrow. As Danny says the place does seem a little more organised with even a kettle and towels in the chalets now. IBS also sent a lovely welcome pack to the chalet of chocolates and a few other goodies for us all to share.
Hi Graham and rest of the crew,
I'll see you in Mol next Monday. Must sort out a couple of things in Luxemburg in the weekend. If anybody is in need of cheap fags or similar let me know.
Sitting at the back of Flipo's class with basic twisting, already have seen a variation for a nice quick two balloon dog so worth sitting in on and he has only been talking for 15 mins. The gala show was very interesting last night with Monsieuur Siegried having a third person in the act, a juggler. His timing to the music/juggling/mime was just so spot on, very enjoyable. Just gonig to start re-sizing some pictures to put onto the forum.
Some of the pictures;
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Thank you for the nice pictures Graham ! Hope to see more ....
Thx for pics... It's a good first taste :)
Finally, I'll be in Mol on thursday as it is a day off !!! Even for one day, I'm pretty excited and can't wait for it :D
Hope to meet some of you there, it'll be a real pleasure.
See you then !
Great pics so far Graham! Thanks for posting them. I can't wait to see more!
Yes, thanks for the pictures!
It is very interesting to see the professionals as kids in a school...
TMJ has been amazing so far.... and today is only day 1!!
Highlight for me so far was Alberto Falcone's class - some really fresh, original and definitely usable 'huggable' creations.
Wandering around the complex here it's like a who's who of the great and the good of the international balloon community -- it is a fantastic experience and truly inspiring :D
Will post some pics up over the next day or two.
--Neil
These pictures are from the gala show last night and the decor of the room;
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The first picture is of Leo and Johan from IBS receiving an award for organising the millennium jam for the past 11 years, very well deserved for all the hard work they all put in, congratulations on running the very best balloon convention in the world!!
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From Flipo's basic class where Danny did some translating for him, the last picture is of Rie and her new husband.
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From the jam room on Sunday morning;
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last few for tonight;
Great photos, Graham.
Many thanks for your efforts, it must have taken ages to upload that lot!
Dave
Sitting in the back of Dee White class on the business side of twisting and a group of about 20 people came in late from balloon express and for the next 10/15 mins they just stood and chatted at the back with no regard to Dee teaching the class :(
Anyway back to the pictures; The last picture is of Thelma taking a picture of the weeks event that is printed on the back of our name tags, it is so small we are unable to read it so Thelma took a picture so we could enlarge the print on her camera to see what is going on this week.
From Sue Bowler class, twelve days of christmas;
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These are from the fantasy flower class, will check later the instructors names due to not being able to read the small pring on the name tag, must be getting old!!
Beautiful flowers!
Would be nice to know what kind of wire used. Flexible or rigid?
Although the class was fantasy flowers which do have the wire inside these are more origami like the rose that I make on Volume three with no wirein side the balloon. They did use some flexible wire for some of their work when rolling the balloon around where it connected to the stem.
more pictures, sitting at the back of Ralph's class posting away and keeping half an eye out for what is being taught.
Pictures from Alberto Falcone and his huggable class;
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From the jam room
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The cat is possibly the best thing I have seen so far, the eyes are just stunning, this is Andrew McDonald who makes the pumps that I sell. It was a shame not enough people booked to attend his workshop last week as Andrew makes excellent figures from 2/3/4 balloons that are quick enough for the real world.
The first picture is of a super hero that has one half on the inside of the window and half on the outside, it did not photograph too well but was a fun piece.
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Last few for the moment, have hundreds more pictures but not enough time to re-size and post so some will have to wait till I get home next week
Wouwhhh ! Many many thanks to you Graham for your work taking the beautiful pictures and uploading them !
The cat one page 12 on the bottom is unbelievable cute !!! Can someone please tell me who the inventor of that cat is and if I can buy instructions to to that cat by myself !?
I saw Tony Twist ia there, too ! Greetings to you Tony !
I wish I could be with all the great twisters there and learn more balloon things !
Happy twisting to all !!!
Marc
Wow! Some amazing twisting!!!!
Thanks for taking the time to share Graham!!!
Lisa
Thanks for the amazing pictures. Looks like I'm missing out on lots of fun and twisting....looking forward to seeing some more shots of this amazing event. I too love the cat, it looks so lifelike and what's better is you don't have to feed it! Have fun guys :D
Sitting in the back of Peter's class, he is teaching an excellent helicopter. I'm keeping an eye on the construction while loading up all of yesterdays pictures that I took, all 188 of them, have re-sized a few.
All of this section are from Monday,
From Sue Bowler class;
Just finished the morning sessions and Peter, Jodie and Dee were all excellent classes and well worth going to, Peter with his helicopter, Jodie and her mask figures and Dee with his ride in boys toys. Will post these pictures later.
The jam room has been heaving as this must all be biggest MJ with possibly over 300 people attending?
A few more;
last ones before lunch, this was a fun piece with half the model thre the glass door similar to the earlier superhero.
Parapsycho....Andrew McDonald is who made the cat (at least I think so, he's the one holding it). I agree...it's adorable! Here is a link to his BHQ portfolio if you want to contact him....http://macpump.balloonhq.com/ (http://macpump.balloonhq.com/).
Loving all the pictures Graham! :-)
Brilliant graham, thanks for the photos, theres some stunners on there but like the smoker the best. I got to get myself to one of these !!!! :D
@Tonya -> Thank you very much for the information and the Link.
Marc
you're welcome Marc :-)
Sitting in a class on painting/body art and balloons tonight so thought I'd post a few pictures while listening;
Wow, just seen the paintloon presentation. Worth coming just to see this with a live demonstration as well. Just trying to load the pictures up ASAP to show.
Now sorted;
So back to today's pictures;
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From the iron latex competition which is now being voted along the lines of the Eurovision song contest, I will explain more later.
two words........ ama zing!!!
What an incredible jam!
Lovely pictures G, i am sure everyone is having an amazing time!!
Norm
More pictures from the Iron latex competition where everyone is given the same selection of balloons and have 45 mins to complete their figures.
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Last few from the competition'
This is the last one I have at the moment that is re-sized for the forum, will have to do some more later. So far I have taken nearly 1000 pictures but do not have the time at the moment to sort things out but will keep plodding along when I get a few minutes here and there. Yesterday was an excellent day for classes with so much variety to choose from.
The webcam is up and running, sorry but I forgot to mention it earlier;
http://www.millenniumjam.com/webcam.htm (http://www.millenniumjam.com/webcam.htm)
Love that pink & Blue snake in the Iron man contest.
Thanks for taking the time out and putting the pics on for us.
What and who won?
Pam
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I missed the awards as we were talking with the American's in the foyer, it seems there was tactical voting and a sculpture won that would not have made it into the top eight/ten? as there are a team over from Italy. Everyone has three votes to vote for there favourite piece and team Italy all put the votes in for their friend and with about 30 team members you can see what happened, eurovision all over again!
All the other competition entries have to be in by 5 pm tonight so we still have plenty more pictures to come.
At the back of Robbie Furman's class on deco-twisting after spending lunchtime re-sizing ovwe 50 pictures'
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That wearable JCB is amazing...
and Yep thats the Italians they did the same at IBAC in America a few years back....
Pam
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This is just mind-blowing :shock: - both the sculptures and the time Graham has spent uploading all the pics.
Dave
Took a few hundred pictures last nigfht of all the competition pieces, would be difficult to put into words thoughts on how fantastic the standard is and how awe-inspiring it is just walking around the room. I spent a good while just walking about as sometimes you miss things on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd time of looking. I need to upload and resize all the pictures over lunch later.
I'd just like to confirm what Graham has said about the competition entries this year. The standard is very high and I overheard one of the judges saying it was really tough deciding.
There were three competitions this year:
Fairy tale themed dresses
Multiple balloons
One balloon
Its mind blowing, inspiring and joygasmic.
I'm really looking forward to the Gala show tonight with some amazing acts and the winners will be announced too.
Danny
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Last few for the moment, off to get some lunch, the do a lovely tomato soup and meatballs.
Waiting for the next class to start which is not to full as it's the history of balloons with Ralph Dewey, I've been looking forward to this.
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FANTASTIC you all must be buzzing thanks for the updates :D
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Thanks for taking the time to post all these photos. Some fantastic models and ideas floating around there. All I can think is WOW!
Thank you Graham for all these nice pictures and your work taking and uploading them.
I wish you all a good travel back to the u.k
Greetings from bad weather germany :cry:
Marc
awesome ............... to use my daughters word of the moment :D
Thank you for sharing the photos! There is a lot of awesome twisting going on over there!
Bonnie
I've just got home and would like to thank Graham for organising a great trip to "THE BIG BANG" millenium jam.
I've come back completely buzzing, totally inspired and, just happy! :D
Thanks Graham.
just got home what a week absolutely fantastic ..... my belly still aching from so much laughter .. cheers Roger, Neil, Dave
WOW!! I have to go next year :) how long to go :o
Phew! Finally made it back up to Edinburgh.
Many thanks Graham for organising the trip, and everything you did for us. I'm buzzing, inspired and my confidence has shot up. I am SO glad I made it over this year.
It was wonderful to meet new friends, and to get to chat to the many talented artists I've seen on DVDs and YouTube. I know everyone says it, but you MUST try to get to an event like this -- it was just brilliant!! :D :D
Thanks again Graham.
--Neil
I just wanted to say a big thank you to Graham for organising the trip again and for being such a help to me today. This thanks is also extended to Roger, Neil, Dave, Danny and Tony who all helped me today. I would not have been able to get home if it had not been for their help.
Thelma
I just do not know were to start.
I got home last night and fell asleep in the chair I woke up and after a few seconds realised I was at home, For a few seconds I felt sad but then I started to think about the new friends that I hope will be friends for life, the new things I have learned, not just the models but ideas on how to present them. My mind just cant cope with all that is spinning around it.
Graham I can not thank you enough for organising the trip and making it so easy for us to go. I know it has changed my life.
Thelma & Graham congratulations on your awards if anyone deserves them you do. Thelma I do hope you are feeling better.
Dan you are the man.
To Tony Dave Neil, perhaps my sides will stop hurting now boy did we have a good time.
As for the girls what can I say but thanks for putting up with me you are wonderful.
I will try and post some of my pictures latter (the ones that make it past the censer anyway).
Others have said it and if it goes ahead again in the future (it seems that it wont be happening next year may be the year after)
You have just got to find away to go.
Leo you are a wonderful man that has changed so many peoples life's please don't let it end.
An exhausted and emotional
Roger.
Of to do a decor job. with no voice it has totally gone this morning LOL
Have gone slightly off the schedule as these pictures are from Thursday and Friday, I will put up all the competition pieces from Wednesday later when I get a chance to re-size them. Over the event I took approx 2000 pictures so this is just a small selection of what happened and went on at the best balloon convention in the world.
The first picture is just one of many where the people in green just came into the back of a class and talked and talked and talked with out showing any interest in the class and making it more difficult for the instructors, perhaps others may like to add their own comments of the people in green?
The next two pictures are from Ralph Dewey class;
Ralph clown hat and owl.
Parcival with his fun piece which was inside and outside the room.
Another fun piece from Parcival
Simon and his girlfriend?
Sabina with her parrot
Things are not always what they appear, this was a breast and neck for a princess that Thelma was making, although we did have fun with other things it possibly did look like :D
This is an early burlesque artiste, Sally Rand who paid $11000 for a 72" clear balloon to be developed in 1939 and then paid $27 dollars for each balloon bought, so in todays money goodness knows what it would cost.
A young Ralph Dewey;
hmmm - yes. The only downside of this event was the lack of courtesy shown to the instructors and the audience by some of the green army delegates. To paraphrase Graham, it is all well and good advertising your company on your clothing, but it also allows everyone to know who you are when you're being disrespectful.... :evil:
--Neil
I can't believe I took part in such a fabulous event. Just 10 minutes after my arrival at Sunparks I was in my first class - huggables and I literally had to pinch myself as I couldn't believe I was there!!! What an experience. Many thanks to all my friends, both new and old who made my visit such a life changing experience. Hope to see you all again soon.
Amanda :-)
Thelma's princess which has the bust and neck from the previous post!!
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Our lucky table, we had eight people sitting here and seven won awards on the night;
Just did a search for Sally Rand burlesque and found this;
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Some of the acts from the gala show, the French act was well built and fun;
The elephant from the French act was excellent but the picture I have is not the best, perhaps someone else has a better one?
Tom & Manon who held the show together and it was an excellent show.
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Last couple from the gala show acts;
These are Thelma picking up her award from Ralph Dewey for "International Twister of The Year 2009"
Well deserved and a very popular choice from the thunderous round of applause and standing ovation.
Roger did video the presentation and we are hoping to get this onto youtube, fingers crossed.
Some more prize winners;
After the gala show the party began with Thelma under the table skyping her husband with the news of her winning the award.
The last picture is of Thelma being ascorted to the Eurostar as while she was celebrating she fell of a 3ft balloon that burst under neath her while she was bouncing around the
room and she has damaged both her knees and could barely walk. It was a challenge getting her home from the event but we managed it with the help of everyone in the group.
Ralph has posted an email on balloonHQ and he has kindly let us post it onto the forum;
I just got back home from attending The Millennium Jam (TMJ) convention in
Belgium. I want to thank Leo Verlinden, Johan and the IBS staff for all of
their hard work for putting on a SUPER balloon event. I'm not sure of the
final head count but I'm guessing that it may have been as high as 450 including
staff. Probably Leo will be posting the actual final count once the dust
settles. I think that the twisting and decorating skills represented there
were at the highest level. The classes offered were plentiful and wonderful.
The balloon stage shows that I saw there were fantastic. The attitude of
sharing ideas and helping each other improve their skills was evident everywhere.
The list of attendees was a who's who list from the balloon world. The level of
the balloon competition was phenomenal! As you can tell I'm still pumped by
having attended. I got a chance to visit with Ted and Betty Vlamis from Pioneer
Balloons. I got a chance to meet Jack Lever of the Balloon Express Co. in
Italy. He has 42 stores in Italy and brought 40 of his employees to TMJ.
Leo of IBS gave an award for a lifetime of achievement in balloons. I had the
honor of presenting that award to Patrick Brown. Patrick was one of the 12
invited to participate in my Twister Think Tank at TMJ. The balloon ideas that were
produced at the Twister Think Tank were awesome! The TMJ jam room was
wonderful and full of balloon "eye candy". In fact, I discovered lots of new balloon
ideas in the jam room just by stepping over "balloon cadavers" on the
floor. Once I get my sleep cycle back in order, I'll have a lot of new ideas to
tinker with and develop. I'll have more to share about the convention later, but
all that I can say is if you weren't at TMJ, "Man, you missed a great balloon
event!"
Dewey
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@Thelma : I hope that you soon feel better and hope that your knees don't hurt so much.
Best wishes to you !
Congratulations to your award !
@Graham : Thank you for all the nice pictures ! Next year I must go to the Millenium jam, too !!!!
Greetings from Germany !
Marc
I thought I only had the competition pictures to resize but I've just found another folder with a few more pictures in;
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This is Luca, Willie Monroe's little boy who had a great time throwing this sculpture about, the bubble balloon had helium inside and so it just floated and Luca was throwing it around and even got it stuck up in a tree. He was laughing away and it was a joy to see him having so much fun with, this is what balloons are about!!
Balloons from Robbie Firman's class and his tak weave heart;
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No matter what Tony was always smiling :D
This is David Brennon, 3Ring and Danny with his sheep.
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If anyone looked via the webcam then this is the webcam;
I'm hoping that I only have the competition pictures to sort out now;
Great !!!! On page 24 above ! The little 160 sheep is so cute ! I want to twist that by myself if anyone can help please ?!
I'm in a hotel room in Weinheim, Germany and also wanted to add my voice to all those who attended Mjam. If you didn't come and you don't have an excuse apart from money or time worries, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MISSED! I drove from Ireland to attend, some people came from Russia, Japan or Mexico having to pay for their trips (obviously I'm not counting teachers) and that should show you how important this event is for your creative juices to flow and to show you things you didn't believe possible with balloons. Although I didn't win any awards (no surprise) just attending it's a prize on itself for your business and your attitude to this wonderful latex thing we're blessed to work with.
Graham, we talked about the 'green army' in private and you know what I said already. But for me the most important thing is that if you're representing a company, your own actions will speak for that company and frankly, those actions have put me off attending Baci for a while. I spoke to a group from Lithuania who went to Mjam and took part in the fairytale dress competition. They have over 20 shops in that country and the people who attended were a the owner couple, their child and the employee who almost single-handedly weaved the tinkerbell costume (an incredible piece of art whose bad luck was having to compete for just one prize with Rie & Sophie's joint piece). I'm now sure that these people will show new techniques and ideas to the rest of their employees. These other company should have done the same, since many of their work colleagues were not interested in twisting or mingling with any others than themselves, and they prevented a very talented twister of winning one of the most coveted competitions in our industry.
Thelma, I was not aware of your injury since I left the jam room earlier. I hope you get back soon to delight us with your designs. Now I'm on my way to Stuttgart for the Autumn fair, where I hope to relive some great moments with other great balloon modellers. I hope I can take some pictures and post them in your forum.
God bless you all x
Victor aka Moonshine
http://www.facebook.com/MoonshineBM (http://www.facebook.com/MoonshineBM)
All re-sized and ready to post tomorrow the last 87 pictures.
I got back home ok on Friday. I had to stop at a service station on the way because I got drowsey so I bought a coffee. I fell flat on my face twice in the short distance from my car to the costa coffee and once in the actual coffee place. Someone actually stepped over me. I wonder if they thought I was drunk. Anyway it was embarassing and painful. I had to go home because I had two parties today. I told the clients that I would still come if they brought all my stuff in for me and lifted anything I needed such as my music equipment. I told the children that I was walking funny due to an incident involving a balloon and an elephant and three clowns with a pump. It made them laugh anyway. I think when I arrived and my clients saw the state of me they didnt expect a good party so when they did get one they were very pleased. Trust me to do this on a busy weekend!!!!
It was nice to see Tony Twist always smiling from ear to ear and Roger always looking excited and happy. It was also nice to meet Neil who is a gentleman. Dave is a total chatterbox. :) I also met Olivia. Olivia it was very nice to meet you.
About the green mob. I think they were a disgrace to their company. If I had people bearing the name of my company acting the way they did I would be furious. Also I would like to point out that they have soiled the spirit of the event. For all the years that this particular competition has been run there has never been any bias to anyone solely on the fact of where they come from and who they represent. All that political crap is left behind when people enter the millennium jam. In the MJ all nationalities are friends and are one community. Or am I being nieve? If people like this are allowed to carry on in this way it will be like that stupid eurovision song contest where the vote is never about the quality of the act but about which country is in good favour with its neighbours. Shame on anyone who would make a mockery of the Millennium Jam. There were some lovely models produced in that competion - it is a pity non of them won.
As for the lack of respect in the workshops from these people - well I think that is just another indication of the mentality of these people.
I am always in awe of the quality of the work produced by Ria and Sofie and it was great to see them working together on the mian competion piece. It was stunning
The quality of many of the other entries was also wonderful,. I just oooed and ahhhed my way round it.
Completely agree, Thelma - and very well said.
I'm glad that you were able to make your shows, despite the obvious pain you are in. Many congratulations on your thoroughly deserved honour, and thank you for your compliment :oops:
Here's a pic Roger took of me and Dave 'Hungry Chicken' Hickory in the Jam room at about 2.00am... Just this one picture alone is making me sad it's all over :( we had such a laugh, the 'boys chalet'
--Neil
My feet haven't hit the ground yet but wanted to say that this MJ was amazing , it was great to meet old friends and make new, I have also learnt so much over the week.
I have already put some off the stuff I learnt into my parties and it went down really well.
A big thank you to Graham for sorting everything out and making the whole thing as stress free as possible.
Will sort out photo's on Thursday when I finally get time.
Thelma how your feeling better x
Competition entries, one balloon
Brenda did the car and Christine the dragon and marrow, I really liked the marrow.
Not sure who made these one balloon entries;
I loved the sausage, it was another one that made me smile;
more one balloon competition entries;
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Last of the one balloon entries;
Multi balloon competition pieces;
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multi balloon entries; The first picture is the piece (tongue in cheek) from the iron latex competition.
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Last of the pictures from the multi balloon entries; Off to have a cup of tea and then I'll add the last set of pictures from the fairy tale dress competition
I put all my pictures of TMJ onto disk anyone who would like one please pm me
It's time for me to share my MJ experience.
Unfortunately, I was working till wednesday so I was there for only one day but ...what a day !!!
The robes and others sculptures exposed in the entry hall where just amazing and gave me a first taste of what my day will be :D
It began with Ralph Dewey's lecture about great balloon design and it was a great feelin' to be there learning new models with such a prestigiious teacher :) After this, I discovered the Jamming room and... I was very impressed by this atmosphere. All those guys twisting together and all the sculptures laying evrywhere, on the tables or on the ground. Wherever I was looking, I saw great designs and great ideas. After a small turnaround to have a look at the models exposed, I approached the balloon tables and was totally excited by all these balloons available. I took some and start twisting and it was great. There, I also met some people I knew from the french balloon forum and it was nice to put an on their nicknames :) After a few hours of twist, it was time to go to my second lecture, Patrick Brown's balloon displays. It was really interresting and I learn a lot of new ideas to give much more impact to my sculptures when showing them.
It was time for a quick meal (I forgot to eat till there) before goin' to the closing gala. This was also a great time seeing all these talented people on scene and what a laugh !!! After the show came the awards well deserved by the winner.
Finally, as I realised that our dear host Graham was sitting at the table right next mine and decided to introduce myself :) It was a great pleasure and excitement to meet you and all the talented people you introduced me. Thanks for this !
It was already midnight and time to get back home with plenty of great souvenirs in my head.
To conclude, this day at MJ was an awesome experiment and I won't forget it. It's been a real boost to me, learning new techniques and fiding a lot of new ideas. I love to think that perhaps one day I may be one of those guys awarded there and I'll work hard for that. I discovered a new world populated by passionate people and I think I have my place in this.
I am now waitin for the next MJ and I hope I can be there for the entire event to share a lot more with everyone.
See you then...
dress entries;
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Last dress entry;
All done with I think 426 pictures posted of the 2000 that I took over the full event, would be nice to see others posting their pictures and thoughts on the whole event and experiences of the week. I think I will still need a few more days to catch up on sleep as I have had a few shows this weekend and then getting ready for the lecture day tomorrow with Mark Byrne in Banstead.
Couple of questions.
What made this better than before (Qualatex sponsoring?)
As it appears it was so successful this year why is it not going ahead next year?
I would have thought now is the time to take advantage of this years success.
Fuzz
The event has always been sponsored, the event has always been fantastic, the event has always been succesful, it grows due to the talent and advancement of twisting. Each year the skill level increases and what makes the event..........possibly the people attending, there is nothing better than a group of twisters getting together and sharing freely. You can feel the love people have for each other no matter what nationality or language barrier there may be.
@Graham : why is the Millenium Jam not going ahead next year ?????
The small reception area with abstract under sea creations in neon...
--Neil
The main hotel reception area with fantastic hand painted balloons...
--Neil
here are some pics from me
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Just wanted to say that Eurostar and London Underground were both very helpful in getting Thelma home,
Thelma on the trolley that we had in London and thanks to Tony for the gift of a balloon chat mug.
and some more from me - Denzell's AK-47, and a croc that I think was made by Tiny
Danny was roped into translating for Flipo on day 1 in the basics class - and was a star! A comedy double act in the making. The others are Danny unhappy about being papped ;) and Roger doing what he does best...
next up is a brilliant piece by Andrew McDonald, a giraffe by unknown, and the wonderful Mark Byrne with 2 blokes drinking wine... :D
an ashtray (complete with balloon cigarettes) that was glue dot-ed to the outside of the fire door where the smokers assembled, boys and their toys, and some well known faces at the Iron Man comp...
Quote from: "moonshine"I'm in a hotel room in Weinheim, Germany and also wanted to add my voice to all those who attended Mjam. If you didn't come and you don't have an excuse apart from money or time worries, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MISSED! I drove from Ireland to attend, some people came from Russia, Japan or Mexico having to pay for their trips (obviously I'm not counting teachers) and that should show you how important this event is for your creative juices to flow and to show you things you didn't believe possible with balloons. Although I didn't win any awards (no surprise) just attending it's a prize on itself for your business and your attitude to this wonderful latex thing we're blessed to work with.
Graham, we talked about the 'green army' in private and you know what I said already. But for me the most important thing is that if you're representing a company, your own actions will speak for that company and frankly, those actions have put me off attending Baci for a while. I spoke to a group from Lithuania who went to Mjam and took part in the fairytale dress competition. They have over 20 shops in that country and the people who attended were a the owner couple, their child and the employee who almost single-handedly weaved the tinkerbell costume (an incredible piece of art whose bad luck was having to compete for just one prize with Rie & Sophie's joint piece). I'm now sure that these people will show new techniques and ideas to the rest of their employees. These other company should have done the same, since many of their work colleagues were not interested in twisting or mingling with any others than themselves, and they prevented a very talented twister of winning one of the most coveted competitions in our industry.
Thelma, I was not aware of your injury since I left the jam room earlier. I hope you get back soon to delight us with your designs. Now I'm on my way to Stuttgart for the Autumn fair, where I hope to relive some great moments with other great balloon modellers. I hope I can take some pictures and post them in your forum.
God bless you all x
Victor aka Moonshine
http://www.facebook.com/MoonshineBM (http://www.facebook.com/MoonshineBM)
Well said Victor!
Quote from: "Neil Drummond"next up is a brilliant piece by Andrew McDonald, a giraffe by unknown, and the wonderful Mark Byrne with 2 blokes drinking wine... :D
I am quite honored that you took photos of a bunch of the things I worked on. The Giraffe and the Crocodile were both things that I made in the jam room. Thanks for taking photos. If you don't mind, I'd like to get copies of them to put onto my facebook if that's okay. Thanks!
Jonathan Fudge.
:oops: Humblest apologies, Jonathan. If you want to pm me your email address, I'd be more than happy to email them over to you. It was great to meet you, and many thanks for all your help and advice.
--Neil
Quote@Graham : why is the Millenium Jam not going ahead next year ?????
Could it anything to do with Pioneer Europe full scale Qualatex Event 5-7 November at Heythrop Park?
To quote them...."There will be instructors from around the world, classes at all levels, sculpture competitions, gala dinners, parties and much, much more."
Fuzz
I think Leo and Johan wanted a year out from organising the number one balloon event as it is a lot of hard work with commitment in both time and financially.
Quote from: "Fuzzy"Quote@Graham : why is the Millenium Jam not going ahead next year ?????
Could it anything to do with Pioneer Europe full scale Qualatex Event 5-7 November at Heythrop Park?
To quote them...."There will be instructors from around the world, classes at all levels, sculpture competitions, gala dinners, parties and much, much more."
Fuzz
Is there any link for this event?
Details were on page 9 o0f Progressive Party Mag.
The website is www.thequalatexevent.com (http://www.thequalatexevent.com) although nothing on there yet.
Here are some photos - I didnt take a lot.
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Here are a couple of Andrew and his beautiful cat. It is a pity we didnt get the numbers to have him here. He is amazing and such a lovely guy too.
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The second pictrure is Koen giving someone an orgasm. That's the name of the cocktail by the way! Brenda wait your turn!!!!! The third picture is Jochem who does the magic and cocktail whilst Koen does the balloons and cocktails. Really entertaining!!
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group massage and the big bang
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And finally - Sean Rooney getting it on. Sean is such a creative intelligent and nice guy. He really rocks my boat!!!!!!!!! In conclusion I didnt really take photos of many models. I enjoyed taking photos of people enjoying the models and getting together to play with balloons. There is nothing like a room full of balloon twisters letting off steam and playing!!
wow what a night that was ...
Leo has just emailed me the full list of winners from The Millennium Jam,
One balloon competition
3° Zsolt Dömötör
2° Antonio Bécares
1° David Brenion
Multi Balloon Competition
3° Dmitry Tishchenko
2° Andrew McDonald
1° Twistina
Master Balloon Designers of TMJ 2010 :
Rie Hosokai & Sofie Vandewyer
Life Time Achievement Award (& 6th member of the MJ Twister Hall of Fame) : Patrick Brown
Of course there are also the DEWEYS for :
Colin Myles, Lifetime achievement award
Thelma Levett, Twister of the year
Pieter Van Engen, Rising star
Koen & Jochem, Most entertaining act at TMJ, The cocktail bar
I am just coming back down to earth after one of the best experiences of my life. Wow, where do I start? I would like to thank all who made this trip a memorable one and I made some great new friends. Well done to all the organisers, lecturers, people back stage and front of house. I have gained so much knowledge and have already started to put new techniques learnt into practice. I can't wait until the next time. I hope to see you all again soon.
I am just getting back into normal routine after MJ10. What a great occasion and so many fantastic memories. I learnt loads and was truly gob smacked by all the talent and innovation. On top of all that, I met new friends and old all surrounded by lots of lovely balloons! Then to further "Ice the cake" For those that don't know Mike (Twistopher) and I then went on afterwards to visit my Aunt and 3 cousins and their children who live in Brussels. I got to meet baby Oscar, my newest "1st cousin removed" , or "nephew" as I call him, it sounds so much nicer!
On the minus side, Mike went down with flu on the Saturday and has been pretty poorly since. I hope nobody else caught it!
Thelma, I was not aware that you hurt yourself till I read it here. I hope that you are quite recovered now. (Was it the highly amusing but possibly dangerous balloon "Space hopping" that you inovated?!! I had aching thighs for a few days after but thankfully nothing worse!)
Many congratulations to all the competition and award winners and many thanks to Leo and his team for once more putting on an excellent event. I do hope that it was not the last.
I am still sorting photos but will post some ASAP, I don't want to post duplicates to any already here.
Here are a few people you may recognise!
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OH NO not the musical chairs.
That is one of the things that will live with me to the day I die.
my sides still hurt.
thanks for posting the pics.
Roger
Here are a few more random photos, have tried to pick things not already posted on here. Sorry they are not in the correct order!
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Christine, thanks for posting the pictures, please don't worry in case you post any doubles as it will just refresh everyone's memory again.
One more thing, how do you post 12 pictures onto one post?
Quote from: "Graham Lee"Christine, thanks for posting the pictures, please don't worry in case you post any doubles as it will just refresh everyone's memory again.
One more thing, how do you post 12 pictures onto one post?
I actually got the tip from Dale on the MBD2 forum //http://www.mbd2.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5036 on how to "paste" photos rather than upload them. You do have to have the photos already uploaded on the web though so could be on facebook, gallery or any web site. The best thing is you don't need to resize the photo either! :D :D :D
By trial and error I found that It works slighly different here in that you click on the img button and paste the URL code of the photo that you wish to link. (To find the code, right click on the photo and click "properties" Copy the code from "Address:URL" )
Hope this makes sense!
OOOH! :geek: :ugeek: I feel quite geeky!!
As you say, I managed to add 12 photos in post, I don't know if there would be a limit?
Feel free Graham if you want to move this post to a more suitable thread , if you think it will be useful to others.
Thanks for the info Christine, I think I'll copy it to the how to post pictures thread but leave your original post here as well.
So if the URL is copied from another location on the web, if you then take those pictures down or move them will the forum pictures disappear as well?
Quote from: "Graham Lee"Thanks for the info Christine, I think I'll copy it to the how to post pictures thread but leave your original post here as well.
So if the URL is copied from another location on the web, if you then take those pictures down or move them will the forum pictures disappear as well?
Not sure on that, I suppose that would be so. Best not to post anything that you intend to move or take down just incase. Anyone have a definitive answer to this?