Balloon Gig

Yesterday, I did my very first balloon twisting gig.

Ridiculous practice balloons at the other job lol. Twisted these in between shows.

It was pretty insane. The start time was 4:45, which means that the latest to get there was 4:30. I got off of my main job around 4:00. Unfortunately, I was 30 minutes late.

Basically the reason that I was late was due to my transportation. I had plans to ride with two co-workers who were also doing this gig. One was a stilt walker and the other a balloon twister. Unfortunately, the stilt walker forgot her stilt pants and it was a real issue. >.> Long story short, she got the pants from her house (which is 45 minutes away from the place we needed to be at).

The theme of the balloon twisting was "white out", so I went all out in white. lol. I wore a blouse, the shirt that was provided, bloomers, tights, and a white wig. I also wore a black balloon apron. Things went pretty well overall. Due to the weather, the balloons popped some, but it wasn't a major problem. I mainly talked throughout the making of the balloons. I even got a compliment from someone. He thought that I was doing this for years! That made me feel good, considering that I only learned the Sunday beforehand.

Unfortunately, I didn't get any real pictures. I took a photo after the gig in the car, but it doesn't show off the whole attire. They're the same pictures from the circle lenses review. lol. Since I used my brown circle lenses and was exhausted I didn't get a really good photo.

Yet, overall the time that I was there was a success. There will be another balloon twisting gig again tomorrow. I'll try to get a photo of the get-up. It mainly will be the same outfit as Saturday, since the company loved the white out costumes. It made me really happy to hear compliments on my attire and seeing how happy the kids were getting free balloons.

I hope that I can polish up my skills. In the future, I hope to learn more than just the three types of balloons that I know now: swords, hats, and flowers.