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Balloon Bash returns to Alpine skies
By Harry T. Darby / Publisher
See the morning skies brighten at the 2006 Big Bend Balloon Bash 11th Anniversary weekend in Alpine Sept. 2-4.
Sixteen colorful balloons will soar early each morning above Alpine and dance across the Davis Mountains of the Big Bend. Visitors can be a part of the viewing crowd, or lend a hand helping on a crew for a balloon. The gates open and pilot briefings begin at 7 a.m. each morning and balloons usually launch by 8 a.m.
Sunday evening is the fire glow and concert at Alpine's Buck Stadium, featuring the balloon pilots as they "play" their burners in time to music in a fun and memorable outdoor concert. When the balloons simultaneously fire their burners, the audience experiences the heat of over 150 million BTUs, enough energy to heat 1,500 three-bedroom homes.
The Big Bend Balloon Bash weekend will be held at the Alpine-Casparis Municipal Airport.
Along with the balloon launch, there will be food booths and concessions with t-shirts, balloon merchandise and memorabilia. And there will also be helicopter, ultra-light aircraft and paraglide demonstrations and rides.
For more information, log on to www.bigbendballoonbash.com.
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