May 2 2018
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Balloons a big drawcard by Kent Caddick
Balloonists from all over New Zealand descended on Selwyn for the inaugural Hororata Night Glow event put on by the Hororata Community Trust. P4
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Around 10,000 people were drawn to the Hororata Domain for the inaugural Hororata Night Glow ballooning event Photo by Murray Irwin Media
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During a week of beautiful weather heading into the weekend event, the balloons delighted local communities as they flew en masse over the Selwyn district to the Night Glow event area at Hororata Domain. However, on Saturday the skies turned grey forcing the Night Glow to be postponed. The rain stopped Sunday afternoon as gates opened and 10,000
people were treated to a fun-filled festival and spectacular performance from 12 balloons. “So many people have worked around the clock to make the Hororata Night Glow come to fruition,” event manager, Cindy Driscoll said. “The weather challenged us, but we always believed the event would happen. Our weather team did an
amazing job predicting how things were going to unfold.” She said making the call to postpone was a difficult one. “Our decision was based on providing the best chance for the balloons to perform their show and this proved to be the right one. continued on page 13 …