The Millennium Jam 2001

The second edition was set a month earlier in an attempt to attract more young people by avoiding the school exam period .
Marvin Hardy , the 'éminence grise' of the balloon-instructors and the Qualatex Ambassador by excellence , was present aftyer his last minute cancellation of last year due to health problems. In an emotional short ceremony ,he was awarded the first TMJ Career Award for his amazing balloon-entertainer career of more than two decades by his good friend and protégé 'S' Frank Stringham who was -again- phenomenal !.
In category 'small' of the modeling competition,the T-Jam criterium of dimension was abandoned and replced by 1-balloon category .

Data

• Tuesday ,Wednesday ,Thursday 8-9-10 May 2001.

• Master of Ceremonies:

• S.Frank Stringham aka "S"

• Instructors and Workshops

• S.Frank Stringham aka 'S' - USA "Entertaining with Balloons"
• Marvin L.Hardy - USA "Basics ofTwisting " "Wonderfull Weaving"
• Patrick Brown aka Noodles - USA "Showpiece Balloons"
• David Bartlett aka Mr.Rainbow - USA "Quick & Impressive" "Behind the big red nose - the sequel"
• Uwe Lenhardt aka Lenny - Germany "Twisting with a heart"
• Peter Kramer aka Mr.Balloon - Switzerland "How to add value ..."
• Bidou & Sylvain Rollet - France "Link-O-Loons & stuff"
• David "Rainbow Balloons" Grist - UK "Awesome Multiples"
• Rick Mohr aka The Balloon Man - USA "Early Bird Jam" "Chique from Chicago"
• Linda Berman aka Heartthrob - USA "Twisting with 160's"

• Winners

• TMJ Career Award
• Marvin L.Hardy
• Stage Competition
• 1° Tom Saeys - Belgium
• 2° Guido Verhoef - Netherlands
• 3° Atchoum - France
• Modelling Competition
• One balloon
• 1° Sean Rooney - Canada
• 2° Hans Siemons - Netherlands
• 3° Birgit Osborne - Germany
• Medium
• 1°Tom Saeys - Belgium
• 2°Jan Lissens - Belgium
• 3°Thelma Levitt - UK
• Large
• 1° Guido Verhoef - Netherlands
• 2°Iris Van Valen - Netherlands
• 3° Niko Fric - Slovenia
• European Balloon-Entertainer of the Year :
• Guido Verhoef - Netherlands