The Millennium Jam 2003
In an effort to bridge the gap between stackers and twisters ,we added the DecoDays running up to the Millennium Jam : two days of decor workshops with the emphasis on the use of non-rounds . A great success!
About 18 QBN-members did their practical and oral exam to get the CBA certificate .In the modeling competition ,the category LARGE was abolished !
The best workshops were the ones of Thelma Levett who replaced Don Caldwell -the rumour goes that he was summoned to help looking for WMD but we couldn't get official confirmation for that - of Tom Saeys and of course the of the french balloon master Jean Merlin . Also the hilarious Iron Latex Man Challenge and the performance of the Argentinean clown Tomate were unforgettable high lights !
Dates
- DecoDays : Sunday 15 and Monday 16 June2003
- The Millennium Jam : Tuesday 17 ,Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 June 2003
- Jean Merlin ,French balloon pioneer and internationally reknowned magician was awesome as M/C and -while performing top notch magic routines - he jumped from dutchto german over french and english ! Phenomenal and very much appreciated by the TMJ audience from all over Europe .For his career as balloon artist , he received the 2nd TMJ Career Award out of the hands his friend Bidou
- Once again the fantastic Bidou managed to assure an immaculate world class stage competition and a high level Award Gala !
- Instructors and Workshops
- The DecoDays 2003
- Sue Marston-Weston,CBA - United Kingdom "Deliverable sculptures & Ideas for Non-Round Decor "
- Tom 'Bibo' Saeys,CBA - Belgium and Asif Karim - Germany "Twisting for Non-Twisters"
- Luc Bertrand,CBA - Belgium "Balloon Decor with a twist"
- Jody Copley,CBA - United Kingdom "Profit-making ,fun and bold decor using non-round balloons"
- The Millennium Jam 2003
- Hans 'Twisted Mind' Siemons - The Netherlands "Fun with Latex"
- Tom 'Bibo' Saeys,CBA - Belgium "Entertaining Balloons"
- Asif Karim - Germany "Wonderfull Weaving"
- Jean Merlin - France "From page to stage"
- Willie Monroe - Spain "Magic & Juggling & Balloons"
- David Grist,CBA - United Kingdom "Heads and legs and bits and pieces"
- Thelma Levett - United Kingdom "Value for Time"
- Addi Somekh - USA "The Balloon Hat Experience"
- Modeling competition
- One balloon
- 1°Denis Montagnol - France
- 2°Guido Verhoef - Netherlands
- 3°Fabrizio Bolzoni - France
- Multi balloon
- 1°Niko Fric - Slovenia
- 2°Tobias Diesner - Germany
- 3°Jochem Nooyen - Netherlands
- Balloon-acts-on-stage
- 1° Tomate 'El Hombre Globo' Avalos - Argentinia
- 2° Fabrizio Bolzoni - France
- 3° Sylvain Rollet & Gérard Souchet - France
- Iron Latex Man Challenge :
- European Balloon-Entertainer o/t Year 2003 :
- TMJ Career Award :
