The whole event was one of the best we have attended to date and we came back with ooodles of creativity. We rubbed shoulders with some of the best balloon artists from all over the world all sharing our balloon experiences. We made loads of new friends at this event.
While we were there, we also sat a very important exam called CBA (Certified Balloon Artist) - where we had to take a 4 hour practical exam. We had already passed the theory examination and in this final part of the test, we had to demonstrate our creativity and also confirm that we understood the balloon design curriculum. We were amongst 29 other balloon professionals who qualified that weekend and when we had our name read out, there wasn't a dry eye in sight!
We are so proud of our achievement and we worked very hard for it.
The training workshops and training we attended at this event was absolutely mind blowing and an experience that we will never forget.
We also had the priviledge of working with Jo Uddin on her sculpture piece - which came an impressive 3rd place! We were chuffed to bits!
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| Impressive Entrance to the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Oxford - Created by Luc Betrand CBA |
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| Winning Balloon Sculpture - Jo Uddin - helped by us. We had a fab time working with Jo. |
