{"id":15675,"date":"2014-09-17T11:49:28","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T15:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2014\/09\/42nd-adirondack-balloon-festival.html"},"modified":"2014-09-17T11:49:28","modified_gmt":"2014-09-17T15:49:28","slug":"42nd-adirondack-balloon-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2014\/09\/42nd-adirondack-balloon-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"42nd Adirondack Balloon Festival Is Set For Warren County Airport Sept. 18-21"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The hot air balloon Pea-Nut the Elephant will make its second appearance in the Adirondack Balloon Festival this month, flown by Scott Saxton of Doylestown, Pa.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The 42nd annual Adirondack Balloon
\nFestival will be held Sept. 18-21 at Floyd
\nBennett Memorial Airport (Warren County
\nAirport).<\/p>\n

The festival is free and open to the public.
\nAll balloon flights, however, are weather
\npermitting. The event has drawn from 125,000 to
\n150,000 people over four days in past years,
\nfestival officials said.<\/p>\n

The festival begins Thursday, Sept.
\n18, at Crandall Park in Glens Falls
\nfrom 4:30-6:30 p.m. There will be a musical
\nperformance by the Stony Creek Band, opening
\nceremonies at 5 p.m. and beginning at
\n5:15 p.m. there will be a flight of up to 20
\nballoons.
\nThe City of Glens Falls will hold a block
\nparty 6:30-9 p.m. in the park featuring balloon
\nbaskets on display, a car show and kids’
\nactivities.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Sept. 19, at Floyd Bennett
\nMemorial Airport, 443 Queensbury Ave.,
\nQueensbury, the gates open at 3 p.m. for a
\ncraft fair, kids’ activities and food vendors
\nopen for business
\nAt 5 p.m., there will be a flight of up to
\n80 balloons.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Sept. 20, events start at 5
\na.m. at the airport. A “big balloon breakfast”
\nis scheduled. There will also be food vendors
\nfrom 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. that day. The craft fair
\nwill continue, as will kids’ activities, including
\nbounce houses, a rock climbing wall and
\nan aircraft display.<\/p>\n

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Stinky the Skunk, owned by John Calvin who has participated in the Adirondack Balloon Festival for many years, will be one of the characters seen flying the skies\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Saturday morning at 6:30 a.m. spectators
\nwill see a flight of up to 100 balloons. At 10
\na.m. there will be a bicycle tour of the airport
\nsponsored by Warren County Safe and
\nQuality Bicycling Organization. From 3-4:45
\np.m. there will be a musical performance by
\nthe Bovee Brothers.<\/p>\n

At 5 p.m. Saturday, there will be another
\nflight of up to 100 balloons. From 6:15-7:45
\np.m. there will be a musical performance by the Jonathan Newell Band.
\nAt 8 p.m. Saturday is the popular “Lighting
\nUp The Night” Airport Moonglow featuring
\n30-plus balloons.<\/p>\n

Sunday, Sept. 21, there will be another
\n“big balloon breakfast.” There will also
\nbe food vendors from 6 a.m. to noon that
\nday. The craft fair continues, as does kids’
\nactivities, including bounce houses, a rock
\nclimbing wall and an aircraft display.
\nAt 6:30 a.m. there will be a flight of up to
\n100 balloons + shapes.<\/p>\n

The weekend winds down in Crandall
\nPark with the Beatles tribute band Across
\nthe Pond performing from 2-5 p.m. There
\nwill be a launch of 20-plus balloons at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n

Organizers said making its Adirondack
\ndebut this year will be a Darth Vader balloon.
\nThe balloon will be making three major U.S
\nappearances in 2014 including Reno, Nev.,
\nAlburquerque, N.M. and in Queensbury.
\n“This has been a long time in the planning,
\nmore than five years, to work out the
\nlogistics to get this balloon here” says Mark
\nDonahue, president of the festival’s board
\nof directors. The balloon was built in the
\nUnited Kingdom in 2007 with LucasFilm
\ninvolvement and will be piloted by Michel
\nand Benoit Lambert.<\/p>\n

Special VIP parking will be available
\nonce again this year. Designated parking
\nat the airport’s main entrance is available
\nfor $15 for the weekend. Parking passes
\ncan be purchased online at www.adirondackballoonfest.
\norg and at Glens Falls
\nCity Hall Clerk’s office, Queensbury Town
\nOffice, Warren County Municipal Center
\n( Treasurer’s Office) and Warren County
\nDPW offices in Warrensburg.<\/p>\n

The Adirondack Balloon Festival is a
\nnonprofit organization. It is operated by
\nvolunteers and relies on community support
\nfor its funding. For more details visit:
\nwww.adirondackballoonfest.org or call:
\n222-4593.<\/p>\n

Photos Courtesy Adirondack Balloon Festival<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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