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Originally Posted by dangerousdave
Tim, What a great shot this is, nice job! You even placed a white baloon (2nd from left) right where team #1002 CircuitRunners and #365 Moe were sitting  Dave |
Yes, there was a balloon operator who was sitting in the middle of MOE. He came and sat in the middle of our group before the Parade of the Division Winners began. A coordinator came over and was talking with him:
"Now, you know how to set the balloon off?"
The operator looked at the battery he was holding and the loose wire running down from the balloon to his hand.
"Yes."
"Okay. First you'll hear the confetti cannons and see the streamers coming down, then you set off the balloon."
"Okay."
So we kind of knew what was coming, cause you could see the confetti inside the balloon he was going to pop.
The coordinator left, and the balloon operator sat back and was listening to his MP3 player. I'm not sure if he started to doze off or not, but after the marching bands' 3rd or 4th loud drumbeat to start the parade, he set the balloon off thinking the drumbeats were actually the confetti cannons.
I don't think he will want that job again next year, cause all that aluminum confetti pretty much fell straight down on top of him, and he was brushing it out of his hair for most of the finals.