Important information Things to eat - Brought to you by non-profit organizations: Breakfast with Balloons, scallops, lobster rolls, hamburgers, sausage sandwiches and much more. Main meals under the big tent: barbecued chicken & ribs on Fri. and Sat. evening. Things to do & see - Carnival rides, business trade exhibits, crafters, novelty & souvenir vendors, climbing wall, kids’ area, games, activities and demonstrations. Breakfast - Watch the launches while you enjoy a pancake or continental breakfast Friday, Saturday and Sunday morning. Restaurants & lodging - For our out-of-town guests, a Restaurant & Lodging Guide is available which provides listings of all the restaurants and lodging establishments in the greater Lewiston/Auburn area as well as information on area attractions. To receive a directory, call the Androscoggin County Chamber office at (800) 639-6331 or (207) 783-2249, visit our Web site at www.greatfallsballoonfestival.org, or e-mail info@ greatfallsballoonfestival.org. NOTE: If you are in need of lodging during the Festival, please book your reservations early, as rooms fill up quickly! Landowner relations - We ask that everyone involved in the festival, including spectators, volunteers and balloonists, be respectful of landowners’ rights and responsibilities. Smoking - Due to the fire hazard created by the use of propane gas and the risk of damage to the balloon envelopes, no smoking is allowed in Balloon Festival launch areas. Pets - Service Animals only please. Getting there From points north: Take the Maine Turnpike (I-95) to Exit 80 (formerly Exit 13) - Lewiston. Follow signs for Lewiston onto Lisbon Street. Continue on Lisbon Street through downtown. At the intersection of Main and Lisbon Street turn left go down and turn left on Lincoln St.. From points south: Take the Maine Turnpike (I-95) to Exit 75 (formerly Exit 12) - Auburn. From the exit turn left and follow Washington Street/ Minot Avenue to the intersection with Court Street. Turn right onto Court Street go down and over the bridge and right onto Lincoln.
Message from President Greetings, I would like to t ake this opportunity to invite you to the 18th Annual Great Falls Balloon Festival. This festival is a FREE community event and we encourage you to join is all weekend on the Riverfront of Lewiston and Auburn. The Balloon Festival takes place on August 20, 21 &23 at SimardPayne Police Memorial Park on Oxford Street, Lewiston, Maine and Festival Plaza on Main Street in Auburn, Maine. Join us all weekend to view 25 hot air balloons and 2 special shape balloons. The balloons will be launching each day at 6AM and 6PM WEATHER PERMITTING.
We have something for the whole family, carnival rides, kid’s area, entertainment, food & drinks, crafters/artistes, field demonstrations, official festival souvenirs, a Saturday morning parade, a farmers market of Saturday & Sunday, and a family fun day on Sunday. On behalf of the board of directors and me we would like to thank our sponsors, the cities of Auburn and Lewiston, the hundreds of volunteers and all landowners who provide areas for safe landings of the balloons. Also we would like to thank the local and surrounding communities for your continued support of this one of kind event. Ann Dehetre-Arsenault President Great Falls Balloon Festival 2010 UP, UP, AND AWAY!
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Special shape balloons take center stage at the festival “Celebrating Maine Farms” is the theme of the 18th annual Great Falls Balloon Festival this year, and as usual, all of the hot air balloons at the festival are breathtaking when inflated. Each year the festival committee invites several special shape balloons to join the more traditional oval envelopes. This year, look for the Old McDonald’s Farm balloon and a jack-inthe-box shaped balloon called JACK! Michael Caccavale is the owner of the Old McDonald’s Farm balloon. The balloon was manufactured in 2004; it took 880 hours to produce the balloon over five months. Its
first flight was on June 3, 2004. The balloon envelope when inflated stands 61 feet high, 55 feet wide, and 55 feet in length. The weight of the envelope is 900 lbs. It has a classic basket and uses one 15-gallon and two 18-gallon tanks of fuel. JACK!, a hot air balloon shaped like a jackin-the-box and manufactured in 2002, is owned by pilot Colin Graham and based in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. The balloon is 12 stories tall, 600 pounds in weight, and is 110,000 cubic feet and 120 feet tall. JACK! flies over an Aerostar Classic “2” basket with two 18-gallon tanks and one 20-gallon tank. JACK!
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How to arrange a balloon ride Balloon rides are available for $200 per person (prior to Monday, August. 16 at 5 p.m.) after that and through the festival the cost per ride is $225 per person. Rides during the festival are available on Friday pm, Saturday and Sunday am & pm. Flights are usually available during the weekend but we strongly advise advance reservations. If your balloon ride is canceled due to weather you will have the option to fly on a later flight during the festival on a space available as priority stand-by passenger or you can have a full refund for your ticket. Registration forms for balloon rides can be downloaded f ro m o ur we bsi te w w w. greatfallsballoonfestival.org and can be mailed to 392 College St., Lewiston, ME 04240 or faxed to us @207-777-4625. If faxing your ride form please be sure to include credit card information. Forms are also available at Ness Oil on Monday through Friday 8 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m. which is located at 249 Washington St., in Auburn, ME. In Lewiston forms are available at Reeder Chiropractic Health Care located at 625 Main Street and can be picked up on Monday, Wednesday or Friday between the hours of 7;30 a.m. until 6 p.m. and on Friday the office closes at 5 p.m. If you wish to schedule a ride during the Festival, we offer stand by passenger options during the festival for people who decided at the last minute to take a hot air balloon ride. The rides are on a space available only and are $225. If you are interested in the option you would need to be at Ness Oil located at 249 Washington St., Auburn. For morning flights please be there at 5 a.m. on either Saturday or Sunday and evening flights on Saturday or Sunday at 5 p.m. All available rides will be filled on a first come first serve basis after all pre-scheduled passengers.
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Big Blue Big Blue is a family band from Midcoast Maine. They play Delta Blues, Country Blues, Jazz, Rock and Cajun.
The Auburn-Lewiston Rotary Breakfast Club will present a Great Rubber Ducky Race at noon on Sunday. Nearly 2,000 ducks will be sold during the festival. The ducks will be dumped into the canal from Union Water Power Station and will float their way to the finish line at the Bates Mill gate. The first duck to cross the finish line will earn $1,000 for its owner. Prizes will be awarded for other place winners. The money raised is to be donated to charities for programs specific to children at risk with various needs in the Auburn-Lewiston community.
Pelletiers Karate Acadamy: Saturday: 2:00 - 2:30 Festival Plaza Sunday 4:00 to 4:30 Payne Simard Memorial Park For adults the practice of karate offers a unique method of working out, relieving stress and improving your performance in other areas of life. If you are looking for the ultimate mind body workout that is always challenging, never boring and easy to learn but difficult to master then karate training is for you. Come and see the demonstration team show their
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THE JUKE JOINT DEVILS The Juke Joint Devils are an old time, hard driving and swinging blues band that never fails to get the crowd rocking. They play a style of blues that goes back to the day when home entertainment systems didn’t exist and folks went out to the local juke joint to be entertained. Their music is rooted in the blues of Chicago, Memphis and New Orleans with a little modern day tempering of the West Coast Swing style of blues. Featuring Tommy O’Connell on vocals and harmonica, Gerry Byrne on the big “doghouse” bass, Mike VanSumren on guitar and vocals and Steve Kaulback on the drum kit they bring many years of experience to the stage. For this year’s balloon festival performance they will be joined by Eric Green, Maine’s mainstay of New Orleans style blues, on keyboard and vocals. When the “Devils” get going toes will be
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In an effort to offset increased operational cost, and to generate additional funding for the 30+ non-profit groups that make this festival possible, we will be organizing donation collections at each entrance to Simard-Payne Memorial Park throughout the weekend. Donations are strictly voluntary, and are not required. All collections will be divided among the festival and each non-profit group.
View Balloon Launces LIVE tapping and the joint will be jumping. The guiding principle of their music is that it’s all about the groove, all the time.
• Visit Sunjournal.com for the latest updates on weather conditions and watch the balloon launches LIVE! • Best conditions are at 6:00 am and 6:00 pm. Weather permitting, balloon launches are scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday morning and evening at those times. • Submit your own photos at www.sunjournal.com/balloonfestival
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In 1970, while attending Boston University, Montgomery formed the James Montgomery Band. His inimitable (oh yeah, he majored in English) harmonica playing combined with his incredibly energetic live shows led to the band’s quick ascension on the New England music scene. Within two years, the James Montgomery band was among the hottest acts in Boston along with J. Geils and Aerosmith, and they were quickly signed to a multi-album deal with Capricorn Records.
The Delta Knights, based in Portland, Maine, are a diverse musical group, specializing in R&B, classic rock, swing, and blues. We are available to play weddings, anniversaries, corporate functions and clubs. We formed in 1996 and have played hundreds of shows, public and private. Book us and see why we are a unique Maine wedding and function band.
Montgomery has toured with many major artists, including Aerosmith, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen, the Allman Brothers, Steve Miller and others. He has jammed on stage with B.B.King, Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, Jr. Wells, James Cotton, Charlie Daniels, Bonnie Raitt, Greg Allman, Laverne Baker, Patti LaBelle, and Peter Wolf among others, including an impromptu session with Mick Jagger at New York’s “Trax”. Over the years Montgomery’s band has been a springboard for many musicians. Members of his band have included Billy Squire, Wayne Kramer (MC5), Jeff Golub (Rod Stewart), Jim McCarty (Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels), Nunzio Signore Bo Diddley), Jeff Pevar (Ray Charles Orchestra, Crosby, Stills & Nash), Bobby Chouinard (drummer with Ted Nugent, Squire and Robert Gordon), Jeff Levine (Joe Cocker), Aerosmith’s Tom Gambel, and many others.
When blues legend James Montgomery plays the harmonica, he “brings it on home”. Whether it’s recording with Kid Rock, sitting in with Gregg Allman, or fronting his hot band of thirty years, Montgomery plays with authority. While growing up in Detroit he learned first-hand from the masters - James Cotton, John Lee Hooker, and Jr. Wells - at the legendary “Chessmate.” Over the years, he’s carried on in the tradition and continues to be a vital presence in Blues as one of the most dynamic performers on the scene. YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THIS!!!!
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After nearly forty-five years of performing the Moon Dawgs are still entertaining crowds of all ages. “We are looking forward to this event”, said Bob Roy, drummer. It is about our culture, heritage, and a history of music and the many talented musicians who entertained the Lewiston-Auburn area and various Maine communities for decades.
MOTOR BOOTY AFFAIR The potent mixture that Motor Booty Affair are unique simply by the energy they put into entertaining the crowd, from their eye-popping onstage attire, to their between-song antics, to their flat-out funky get down. They are a party band in the truest sense: when they play, there’s always a party.
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VINTAGE Vintage was founded by Roger Renaud in 1984 and played at the Round House Lounge in Auburn for many years and they are still performing. Roger can still Rock on the Sax and Marc Morin on male vocals and Rhonda “Martin” Trask on female vocals. Vintage plays mostly cover songs from Jazz, 50s & 60s, R&R, to Country, Disco and much more. They have a long standing engagement of 12 years at the Poland Spring Resort throughout the summers and many local private organizations . Sit back and enjoy the music of Vintage& help sing along.
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Hailing from Boston, Comanchero, is a band on the move in support of their sophomore album, Americana Nueva, which features eleven diverse, yet cohesive tracks that put a stomp in the boots and the boots on the dance floor. The band’s stage energy, combined with carefully crafted songs and precise execution distinguish Comanchero as one of the rising jam-influenced bands on the East Coast. The band’s sound is edgy, tangible, eclectic, and totally danceable. As Jane Lindholm, Director and Associate Producer at National Public Radio observed: “Alt-Country Folk Rock melodies combine with great hooks and
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Advertising Supplement to the Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine, Sunday, August 15, 2010
Museum L-A to host book signing Museum L-A will be hosting a book signing event with David A. Sargent on Saturday, August 21st from 1:00 pm. to 4:00 pm with a brief presentation of his book, “Remembering Lewiston-Auburn on the Mighty Androscoggin”, at 2:00 pm.
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The museum will be open free of charge from 10:00 to 4:00 as part of the annual Lewiston-Auburn Balloon Festival Celebration. Complimentary tours of the museum will also be available. David A. Sargent is a native of Auburn, Maine. He has pursued a lifelong interest in writing and history which was built on the Maine-flavored poetry and journalism of his father, brother, and aunt. In the 1960’s he was a general assignment reporter for the Lewiston Daily Sun. In recent years, he founded, edited and published Business Focus, a monthly newspaper. Sargent has carefully chronicled the history of Maine communities in his “River Views” columns which have appeared twice monthly in the Sun Journal since 2005. He presents this collection
from the early industrial days to the modern splendor of the balloon festival in “Remembering LewistonAuburn on the Mighty Androscoggin.” Sargent lives with his wife, Judy, on their historic family farm built by his great-grandfather after the Civil War. They have two daughters and six grandchildren. For further information contact Museum L-A at 207333-3881.
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Thanks to the many volunteers who help with the 2010 Festival Board of Directors: President: Ann Dehetre-Arsenault Vice-President: Erik Tiner Treasurer: Mell Hamlyn Secretary: Matt Zidle Balloonmeister: John Reeder Directors: Bonnie Edwards Jan Sullivan Tracey Steuber Rick O’Brien Mickey Reeder Harold Brooks Kelly MacKinnon Clayton Roy Sponsorship: Mell Hamlyn, Chair Jan Sullivan Steve Ness Clayton Roy Photo Contest: Kathy Jarboe Events & Activities: Erik Tiner, Chair Ann Dehetre-Arsenault Events & Activities Liaisons: United Ambulance
Dan Wormell & Brad Gilbert Auburn Fire Chief Geoff Low Lewiston Fire Chief Paul Leclair Miller Amusements Rotary Duck Race Norm Lamie Pelletier Karate Rich Pelletier & Demonstration Team Radio Controlled “Full a Hot Air” Balloon Paul Veilleux Planet Cheer All-Stars Deneka Fortier Maine Event Cheering Mike & Tammy Klemanski Lewiston High School Swim Boosters Lewiston High School Vocational Dan O’Neil Summit Adventures Craig Hamilton Andy Valley Gymnastic RodneyGendron Sky Dive New England Jason Fogg Neil Ward Kim Godin
Balloon Events Committee Lisa Crites Tara Ennis Gary Ennis Laurie Henderson Gayle Johnson Deidre Newton Mike Newton Steve Ness Mickey Reeder Karen J. Robitaille Marketing/Media Tracey Steuber, Chair Sheri Verville Miranda Dobbins Kaitlin Gallagher Craft & Trade Jan Sullivan, Chair Bob Waterman Jr. Souvenirs Clayton Roy, Chair Ann Dehetre-Arsenault Entertainment Bonnie Edwards, Chair Parade Tracey Steuber, Chair Gerard Dejardins
Erik Tiner Kelly MacDinnon Matt Zidle Jan Sullivan Food Kelly MacDinnon, Chair Mell Hamlyn Michelle Greenier Logistics Harold Brooks, Chair Ann Dehetre-Arsenault Tracey Steuber Parking/Security Mell Hamlyn Business After Hours Ann Dehetre-Arsenault Legal Rick O’Brien Website Geoff Ness Municipal Liaisons City of Lewiston: Maggie Chisholm Richard Morin Sgt. Mike McGonagle Phil Nadeau Megan Bates
Jessica Hanscombe Sue Reny City of Auburn: Norm Bilodeau Kevin Mulherin Gary O’Connell Mary Lou Magno Ravi Sharma Charlie D’Angelias Cristy Bourget Tracey Steuber Family Fun Day Mell hamlyn, Chair Jan Sullivan Diana Sullivan Kelli McDonald Elaine Bourgoin Visitor Information Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce Sun Journal Publications Leo Baillargeon Denise Scammon Jesse Richter Mike Theriault Kaitlin Gallagher Miranda Dobbins
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Advertising Supplement to the Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine, Sunday, August 15, 2010
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Teen Band Fyve Fyve has played at NYC’s famous Webster Hall & Boston’s Hard Rock Cafe winning grand prize among 15 east coast acts. Website-http://fyverock.com/ A year ago, at Winthrop’s Middle School, three girls and two boys began playing classic rock, alternative, and pop at school shows, they all clicked! Combine singer Danielle’s rocky raspyness to the sweet harmonies of the Veayo twins who play drums & guitar, add in Aaron’s bass with Declan’s solos, you get FYVE.
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Ample parking is available in the downtown area. Non-profit agencies will be manning several parking lots adjacent to the festival grounds. Donations are welcome. Handicapped parking will be located near Festival Plaza and Simard/Payne Memorial Park. For more information, call (800-639-6331, or visit our website at www.greatfallsballoonfestival. org or email us at info@greatfallsballoonfestival.org.
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Imari & the Sahara Desert Dancers Imari, professional bellydancer/instructor of 18 years, is the artistic director of one of the most colorful and entertaining family performances brought to L/A: Imari & the Sahara Desert Dancers! www.imarisbellydancing.com
2010 Great Falls Balloon Festival Photo Contest Rules
We are JustUs... Jo Plummer
and Bob Gauthier We are from West Paris, Maine. Our extensive repertoire includes: golden oldies; rock classics; folk; alternative and the newest country & country rock hits. We keep it fresh by always adding new songs to the mix. Please enjoy the music with... JustUs.
Prizes Best of Show: (1 prize): 2010 Gr eat Falls Balloon Festival Tee Shirt & $100. First Place: (2 prizes - 1 from each age group): 2010 Great Falls Balloon Festival Tee Shirt & $75. Second Place: (2 prizes - 1 from each age group): 2010 Great Falls Balloon Festival Tee Shirt & $50. Third Place: (2 prizes - 1 from each age group): 2010 Great Falls Balloon Festival Tee Shirt & $25. Honorable Mentions: ( 14 prizes - 7 from each age group): 2010 Great Falls Balloon Festival Tee Shirt. Official Rules: 2 Entry categories: Over 19 and 18 & under. Only Non-professional Photographers may enter. Photos must be of the 2010 Great Falls Balloon Festival Limit of 2: 8’x10’ or 8’x12’ photos per person. Entries must be mounted using an 11’x14’ white matte with backing. Entries must have official entry form secured to back
of each entry. All Photos submitted become the property of the Great Falls Balloon Festival*. All entries must be sumitted by Monday, September 27, 2010 Submit photos in person: 2010 Great Falls Balloon Festival Booth (located at the Information Booth during festival hours) The Sun Journal Customer Service Department: 104 park Street, Lewiston, Maine (Mon.-Fri. 8 am - 5 pm) Photo Finish: Auburn Mall, 550 Center Street Auburn, Maine (Mon.-Sat.10 am - 9 pm) Submit Photo’s via USPS: Balloon Photo Contest c/O Sun Journal, PO Box 4440, Lewiston, Maine 042434400 All winners will be notified by phone, mail or e-mail the week of October 11th-15th, 2010. A winner’s reception will be held; Sunday October 24, 2010 from 3pm to 4pm at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, Lewiston. All participants and friends are welcomed to the award ceremony.
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The Dirty McCurdy Band
The Dirty McCurdy Band was (is) a band that was originally based in Tuscaloosa, AL back in the mid to late 1990’s that for some reason refuses to break up. Our interests include meeting anyone who is willing to give us overflowing sackfulls of cash in exchange for letting us pretend to be rock stars for the evening.
Great Falls Balloon Festival attendance 1996 105,000 1997 110,000 1998 115,000 1999 115,000 2000 105,000 2001 100,000 2002 85,000 2003 110,000 2004 110,000 2005 115,000 2006 125,000 2007 135,000 2008 135,000 2009 100,000
Advertising Supplement to the Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine, Sunday, August 15, 2010
Family Fun Day
Great Falls Balloon Festival organizes 1st Poster Contest
Sunday, August 22, 2010 Join us at Simard Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston for a Day jam packed with Free Fun Activities for the Family! Featuring: Rick Charette and the Bubblegum Band Scheduled Activites: • 9am Fun Run for ages 4-12 (First 100 registrants receive Balloon Bucks) • 10am Toddler Trot • 10:30am Diaper Derby • 10:45am Full-a-Hot-Air Demonstration • 11am Earthjams • 12:15pm MadScience.org demo • 1:15pm Wildlife Encounters • 2:30 Rick Charette and the Bubblegum Band Ongoing Activites : • Hot Air Balloon Tethering • Pottery Wheel Demo—Make something to take home • Miniature Pony rides and pet a newborn foal • Kid’s ID Clinic by MetLife Auto & Home • Percy’s Burrow Kids Activities • MadScience.org demo booth • Party Palooga—roaming face painters and balloon twisters • Phil Smith, Abracadabra! Roaming Magician Brought to you by: WalMart, WalMart Distribution, The Great Falls Balloon Festival More info and Fun Run registration available at www.greatfallsballoonfestival.org Balloon Bucks can be spent at Childrens’ Area, Food Booths and Souvenir Booth
Nintendo DSi XL Discovery Zone
The Great Falls Balloon Festival along with Harvest Hill Farms as the primary business sponsor launched their first effort to organize a poster contest for local students in grades 1-12. The contest was intended to get kids excited about the community in which they live and was focused around this year’s festival theme, “Celebrating Maine Farms”. Students were asked to draw images relating to this years theme. Students from six different schools participated. All winners will ride in a horse drawn wagon during the 4th annual Great Falls Balloon Festival Parade on Saturday, August 21st. They will also display their winning drawings. Winners will also be given 2010 t-shirts along with a commemorative festival pin. The two grand prize winners will receive a one hour
balloon ride over Lewiston & Auburn, as well as a sponsored newspaper subscription for their entire class during the 2010-2011 school year. The Great Falls Balloon Festival Board of Directors would like to congratulate the following students for their winning entries; Grand Prize winnersKonner Voisine of Lewiston- Geigor Elementary Michael Kelley of Auburn- Auburn Middle School Runner upsHannah Ouelette of Sabattus- Sabattus Primary School Jaydon Reindeau of Lewiston- Farwell School Madison Roy of Lewiston- McMahon Elementary Zac Ouelette of Sabattus- Sabattus Primary School
Official 2010 Entry Form Sun Journal Photo Finish
OVER 19 Entries may be dropped off at the Sun Journal Customer Service Department located through the main entrance at 104 Park Street, Lewiston, Maine between 8:00am-4:30pm Monday through Friday or mailed to Balloon Festival Photo Contest, c/o Sun Journal, PO Box 4400, Lewiston, ME 04243-4400.
Parents and children are invited to discover a whole new side of gaming at the Nintendo DSi XL Discovery Zone. Hands-on activities and exciting games will allow the whole family to get in the zone and play! Nintendo’s software titles such as America’s Test Kitchen, 100 Classic Books and Brain Age™ 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! have never looked better on the Nintendo DSi XL™ system.
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SATURDAY. AUG. 21
FREE Admission, 10-4 Meet author David A. Sargent,
who will be signing copies of his new book: Remembering Lewiston-Auburn on the Mighty Androscoggin, 1-4
Entries for the Great Falls Balloon Festival Photo Contest will be accepted until Monday, September 27, 2010 at 4:30 p.m. Only Non-professional Photographers may enter. Photos of the 2010 Great Falls Balloon Festival only. All entries must be mounted using an 11” x 14” white matte. Limit of 2 mounted 8”x10” or 8”x12” photos/person. All entries must have this official entry form secured to back of entry. All photos submitted become the property of the Great Falls Balloon Festival. Submission of a photograph constitutes an entrant’s acceptance of all the rules & representation & assurance that no restrictions or limitations exist on any publications or use of the photograph by the GFBF, Photo Finish and/or Sun Journal. No fee will be paid for the acceptance or publication of any photograph. Entrants will not be notified of any use or publication of any submitted photographs. Submission of any photograph grants the GFBF, Photo Finish & Sun Journal unrestricted permission to copy, use, modify, publish and distribute the photograph (s) on unlimited occasions, with or without the entrants name, in any form, format or medium now known or hereafter devised (including, but not limited to print or electronic media). Winners will be notified by mail, phone or email between October 11 - 15, 2010. A winner's reception will be held on Sunday, October 24, 2010 from 3pm - 4pm at St. Mary's Regional Medical Center.
Advertising Supplement to the Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine, Sunday, September 15, 2010
1st Place $75 2nd Place $50 3rd Place $25
for both adult and under 18
Best in Show$100 ALL CONTEST WINNERS WILL RECEIVE A 2010 BALLOON FESTIVAL T-SHIRT
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Raspberry Ripple Derald Young Dixfield ME
Sky Box Joe Shevenell So. Portland ME
Sky Walker Ron Martin Tampa FL
Sky Drifter Don Palen Middleton RI
Blue Heaven Eric Olsen Manchester ME
Big Max/Remax Chris Mooney Woodbury CT
Destiny Richard Varney N. B rookfield MA
Tailwinds Jim Rodrigue Lewiston ME
Six Pack Joe Hamilton Rehoboth MA
Tittravate Joe Caputo Pittston ME
Bear Andrew Boucher Derry NH
Great Balls of Fire Bill Whidden Tavares FL
Serendipity Jason Boucher Derry NH
Amazing Grace Honi Glover Hollis NH
Flame II Eric Nickerson Milford NH
Rainbow’s End Walter Crites Auburn ME
Last Penny William Colyer Fairfield CT
D. Lightful Joey Hamilton Rehoboth MA
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