Charlotte Photography Meetup Group

Carolina Balloon Fest

Oct '09 24 Sat 8:00 AM

Location: Carolina Balloon Fest 35!

Statesville Regional Airport
Statesville, NC 28625

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"Look for a group of photogs, some of which may have their orange lanyards."

Estimated attendance: 23 people attended.
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CPMG

The Carolina Balloon Fest will be held Oct.23-25, 2009.

This event is always neat to watch and there are events scattered through out the day. George started this thread in the 'Lets Shoot' forum.

The event time here does not correlate to an actual meeting time, just a placeholder. It looks like the majority of group gathering will occur around 3p. This event spans 3 days so there are lots of opportunities if you want to work outside of those who are gathering.

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Posted Oct 24, 2009 8:28 AM

George H Holt

Pro Member

It is sounding like the rain should be passing by early afternoon. I'm still planing to leave around 1pm.
Carolina Balloon Fest happened on October 24, 2009 8:00 AM
Posted Oct 23, 2009 10:43 AM

Rob G.

Basic Member

I'd love to but visiting family prefer Renaissance Festival and Biltmore for the weekend. If it's a 3 day event, I might run up there today, Friday, because I "CAN", before returning to work! ;)
Posted Oct 22, 2009 8:45 PM

Andy

Co-Leader

Be very weather conscious. Sitting here with Myra and she's mentioned that she heard from a ballooner that they might be postponing to Sunday.
Posted Oct 16, 2009 3:49 PM

Paolo

Basic Member

Anyone carpooling to the event? I am looking for a ride, thanks! Paolo
Posted Oct 9, 2009 11:36 PM

George H Holt

Pro Member

I'm planing to shoot the mass ascension from the hill on the right side of the field. I will probably get to the air park some time between 1-2 on Saturday. My cell phone: [masked]

Who attended?

23 attendees
- Rick (+2 guests)
  
  Basic Member
  
  “ Weather did not cooperate as much as last year and fewer participated in the glow. Always a fun event to attend! ”
- Karen Carnahan (+1 guest)
  
  Basic Member
  
  “ Couldn't get reliable weather information, so didn't attend on Saturday. Went on Sunday. I enjoyed the mass ascension and it seemed well attended, but didn't recognize anyone from the CPMG. ”
- George H Holt
  
  Pro Member
  
  “ Turned out to be a really nice day. Once the wind died down they were able to launch a bunch of balloons. ”
- Mike
  
  Pro Member
- CPMG
  
  Administrator
- Henk Jonker
  
  Pro Member
- Myra Brizendine-Wilson
  
  Pro Member
- Scott
  
  Basic Member
- Brandon Dierker
  
  Pro Member
- Nick
  
  Basic Member
- craig sumerell
  
  Pro Member
- Trish (+2 guests)
  
  Basic Member
- Cindy Cooley
  
  Pro Member
- Dannie
  
  Basic Member
- Carl (+1 guest)
  
  Pro Member
- Erin Haig
  
  Basic Member
- rey longoria
  
  Pro Member

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