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Kelly Kendall, manager of administration and office services with Frontier Power and a balloon festival committee member, shared this statement about this week’ s hot air balloon festival:
“ The Frontier Power Company is so pleased to be the major sponsor of the Coshocton Hot Air Balloon Festival for the 18th consecutive year. Also, Frontier Propane continues to provide the fuel for the balloons to take flight. But they couldn’ t do it alone. We have a collection of the greatest sponsors ever. They sponsor the balloons, fireworks, entertainment, COSI and lots more fun things. And thanks to everyone’ s sponsorship, we can keep the festival a free event— free admission to see the beautiful balloons, free parking, free entertainment, and the finale of the weekend, free fireworks.”
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The night glow is a highlight of the hot air balloon festival.
The festival is put together by a group of 10 individuals who volunteer their time to be on the balloon festival committee.
“ As soon as this year’ s festival is over, we’ ll meet to discuss the event and start making plans for next year,” Kendall said.“ We
meet year round, sometimes a couple of times a month to get things organized. Each member has a specific aspect of the festival they are responsible for, but in the end we all help each other with whatever is needed. It’ s a wonderful group of people who really
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care about the festival and our community.”
She appreciates the pilots who come to the festival.“ We’ re so thankful to the wonderful balloon pilots who come to our festival year after year and to the new pilots who want to experience flying in our
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Submitted Hot air balloons will fill the skies over Coshocton this weekend.
area. We couldn’ t do it without them,” she said.
Kendall encourages the community to come out to the festival.“ We’ d like to thank everyone for
supporting the Coshocton Hot Air Balloon Festival and look forward to seeing everyone June 5, 6 and 7 at the Coshocton County Fairgrounds.”
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THURSDAY, JUNE 5 | |
4:00 pm |
Midway / Vendors Open |
4:00-9:00 pm |
Wristband Special $ 15 |
6:30-8:30 pm |
Tethered Balloon Rides $ 20 fee |
Donated to FPC Community Connections Fund | |
7:00 pm |
3 Balloon Launch * |
FRIDAY, JUNE 6 | |
11:00 am |
Midway / Vendors Open |
5:45 pm |
Opening Ceremony |
6:00 pm |
Music by Seventy80 |
Presented by Standard Power | |
6:45 pm |
Balloon Launch * |
9:15 pm |
Balloon Night Glow * |
In Memory of John & Soc Rettos | |
SATURDAY, JUNE 7 | |
6:30 am |
Balloon Launch * |
Pilot choice- may not be fairgrounds | |
7:00-8:30 am |
Tethered Balloon Rides $ 20 fee |
Donated to FPC Community Connections Fund | |
11:00 am |
Midway / Vendors Open |
11:00-3:00 pm |
Wristband Special $ 15 |
11:00-3:00 pm |
Safety and Skills Showcase |
12:00-4:30 pm |
COSI Activities |
4:45-5:45 pm |
Meet the Pilots- FREE Trading Cards |
Presented by Ohio Laborers Union | |
6:30 pm |
Music by Aftermath |
Presented by Standard Power | |
6:45 pm |
Balloon Launch * |
10:00 pm |
Fireworks |
Presented by Kraft / Heinz | |