trim balloon fiesta in Ireland 7th-9th April 2012

welcome to the TRIM balloon fiesta in Ireland APRIL 2012

sat 7th-9th april 2012

Hi all hope you all had a fantastic time at the event from what i've seen and heard was a spectaular night glow that was the best but as luck would have it the weather was typical being the Irish weather put a dampner on most of the flying but i did see/hear of kites being flown so not all doom & gloom.

all balloons could do was tether but still none the less some very old shapes did come out and put on a show. thou i did hear some people complaining about the prices for the event and admission and stuff inside the event but thas what a fiesta is about if it didnt it may have not have happened. still none the less the fiesta went on despite poor weather and put on a show. enough of me blabbing on here are vids of the weekend. hope you lot all enjoy. best highlight i got to say-night glow :) enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjUUUYiRrEs&feature=related

this video had a bit of a party rock anthem to it to set things going for balloonists and crowd, this a video reminded me of other night glows ive been to and seen...bibf and nbf 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLRwGAYOiLY&feature=relmfu

this video had a 'time to say goodbye' theme to it, looked like a good night glow, glad everyone enjoyed it. looked great from what ive seen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX59qXp1kpI&feature=related

this video just had a nice irish theme night glow music to it and just watch-able, nice night glow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yzdVwZeu_s&feature=related

this video has another set of lovely irish songs to it, good video to watch showing pilots burnig balloons and baskets in time to music with each glow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX59qXp1kpI&feature=related

this video is just really cool, i watched it twice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whGFcEs5fQI

this was another watchable video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK-Lz4R6edg

this video was a last song as it was closing the end of the evenings fantastic night glow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jU-JKxK9Z8

this video is a full length of the whole night glow with all the music and glowing to be had. a superb fantastic night glow was my highlight of the event.

with a fantastic night glow at trim balloon fiesta in Ireland a massive well done to the pilots involved. for people who dont know much about a night glow here it is, pilots have hot air balloons who glow their balloons in time to music well thats the plan some do miss out on just a bit but they do their best to not mess up and then just get on with it and glow in time wiv everyone else also they have a speaker who tells them when to burn and when not to burn. a night glow also happens at night time to make their balloons stand out more so that the crowd watching will know in future to say oh i remember that ballooon it glowed ever so well. they dont take off at night unless you have special permission to do so under a ruling but as a ruling no balloons take off at night due to obstructions so they stay tethered to the ground and put on a massive light show for the crowd watching this spetacular event.

more on trim balloon fiesta some more videos for you to watch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jU-JKxK9Z8

trims cadbury creme egg turned up to this event to put on a bit of a show!! come on it was an easter weekend after all so the creme egg balloon had to pop up somewhere in a balloon event and where did it pop up to none other than trim balloon fiesta in ireland, sadly was tad too windy for flying as you can see it being buffeted around by the wind.

here are some more videos that were featured whilst at trim and they even managed to do some kite flying take alook at some

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X-2BOelT4Q

kite skills being shown off whilst at trim balloon fiesta april 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0CBCgabbfc&feature=relmfu
Mesmerizing octopus 3d kite with all it's tentacles blowing in the wind as if it was under water, so relaxing to watch !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSblF2xHeJY&feature=related
some bright kites light up the eve sky and NO it wasnt BALLOONS!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLJWUHmKALQ

an aero-batic display at trim balloon fiesta 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I02NYkcUtjU

we even had a spot of parachute-ists entering the fiesta april 2012

heres something as an extra to entertain people through out the day whilst at trim being it easter aswell it kept familys entertained when no ballooning happened

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg7NEcunEEM&feature=relmfu
Great demonstration on Falconry and bird's of prey ! Huge crowd pleaser with lots of fun activities.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgXFW51CRBk
The Irish coast guard helicopter puts on a display at Trim Hot Air Balloon Fiesta 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9fF1BYPb-k&feature=related
Tick tock tick tock turn up the volume and watch .............

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_Q1eXfR97U
can you stay on longer than these kids did!!!

heres a final compilation of the whole fiesta and with some fireworks to end the fiesta

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOTPN811tnE

A Glimpse of the days events on Saturday from morning till night. Including static Balloon displays, Night Glow night show and fireworks

and here to end the fiesta are some tremendous fireworks
hope you enjoy :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8o46_03YZA
trim balloon fiesta fireworks april 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3jntY2BLlM
left the fireworks till last as it ended an excellent sat night glow.

hope youve all enjoyed my trim balloon fiesta blog ive enjoyed the videos and taking time to upload these just for your delectation back at home!! :)
enjoy everyone and happy ballooning for 2012 :)