FIRE AND LIGHT PRESENTS THE ELLEN FEDERAL CREDIT UNION GREAT BALLOON GLOW WITH VICKI DORTCH AND JAY CARDOSI. GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE ELLEN FEDERAL CREDIT UNION IN KENTUCKY DERBY FESTIVAL. GREAT BALLOON GLOW. YOU ARE LOOKING AT A VIEW ABOVE KROGER FESTIVAL AT WATERFRONT PARK, WHERE 20 HOT AIR BALLOONS ARE TETHERED AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE USING THEIR 2025 PEGASUS PENS AS ADMISSION TO WATCH THE BALLOONS LIGHT THE NIGHT SKY. SYNCHRONIZED TO MUSIC. THANKS FOR JOINING US. WE ARE EXCITED TO BE BACK AGAIN. JAY CARDOSI. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST FUN EVENTS WE DO EVERY DERBY FESTIVAL. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT맥스카지노�S BEEN A YEAR? I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT EARLIER TODAY. CAN맥스카지노�T BELIEVE IT맥스카지노�S ALREADY BEEN. WE HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU THERE. IT맥스카지노�S NOT THE LARGEST CROWD THAT WE맥스카지노�VE SEEN FOR A BALLOON GLOW, BUT SURPRISINGLY, THERE IS A GOOD TURNOUT TONIGHT. I TELL YOU WHAT, WHEN WE ROUNDED THE TURN COMING OFF OF OUR PARKING SPOT, I WAS LIKE, WHOA, VICKI, LOOK WHAT맥스카지노�S GOING ON HERE. FIRST OF ALL, WE COULDN맥스카지노�T FIND A PLACE TO PARK. SO THAT맥스카지노�S TRUE. AND THAT맥스카지노�S A GOOD THING. THAT맥스카지노�S A GOOD SIGN. BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE CONSIDERING. AN HOUR AGO IT IS RAINING. YEAH. NO KIDDING ABOUT THAT. IT WAS POURING. WE맥스카지노�RE STILL WATCHING A COUPLE OF SHOWERS IN WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY. THOSE COULD COME CLOSE. HOPEFULLY THEY맥스카지노�LL STAY JUST WEST OF US. WE맥스카지노�LL HAVE MORE ON THAT COMING UP. WE GOT LUCKY THAT WE맥스카지노�RE EVEN ON TONIGHT BECAUSE THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE GROUND BEING SO SOGGY THAT IT WAS GOING TO CAUSE THE PILOTS SOME PROBLEMS WITH THEIR BASKETS TONIGHT. SO FAR, SO GOOD. LET맥스카지노�S KNOCK ON WOOD AND HOPEFULLY GET THIS OUT HERE. ABSOLUTELY. NOW NORMALLY THE EVENT IS HELD ON THE GREAT LAWN, BUT BECAUSE THE WHOLE AREA WAS FLOODED OUT JUST A FEW WEEKS BACK, THE GREAT LAWN IS NOT AVAILABLE. THEY STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO THERE. YEAH, BUT IT FEELS LIKE WE맥스카지노�RE THE SAME SPOT. IT맥스카지노�S JUST A LITTLE ROADWAY, LARGE SIDEWALK SEPARATING US. WE맥스카지노�RE RIGHT HERE ON THE WATERFRONT. IT맥스카지노�S BEAUTIFUL OUT HERE TONIGHT. THE TEMPERATURES ARE WARM, SO COME ON OUT AND SEE US. IT IS. IT맥스카지노�S A GREAT TURNED OUT TO BE A GREAT NIGHT OUT HERE. THUNDER OVER LOUISVILLE, OF COURSE, WAS CANCELED THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE FLOODING. MAKING TONIGHT맥스카지노�S GLOW THE FIRST BIG DERBY FESTIVAL EVENT OF THE SEASON. YEAH, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. NOW, A SECOND GLOW IS SCHEDULED TO BE HERE TOMORROW NIGHT AT FESTIVAL, BUT THAT ONE TOO, MIGHT BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO GET OFF BECAUSE WE ARE EXPECTING THE CHANCES FOR SOME MORE RAINFALL. I맥스카지노�LL HAVE MUCH MORE ON THE REST OF THE KENTUCKY DERBY FESTIVAL EVENTS GOING ON IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. WE맥스카지노�LL HAVE THAT DETAILED FORECAST COMING UP. ARE YOU FEELING THE LOVE YET? STARTING TO. THAT IT맥스카지노�S STOPPED RAINING RIGHT THERE, RIGHT? IF YOU맥스카지노�RE WATCHING US FROM HOME LIVE ON 비바카지노 Viva.COM OR VERY LOCAL THURSDAY NIGHT, WELCOME. AND IF YOU MISSED ANY OF THIS OR YOU JUST WANT TO SEE IT AGAIN, WE WILL BE BROADCAST THIS HOUR LONG SPECIAL SATURDAY NIGHT AT 8:00 ON W KY. OKAY, NOW, A LITTLE HISTORY OF THE GREAT BALLOON GLOW. IT BEGAN BACK IN 1993 TO GIVE PEOPLE ANOTHER CHANCE TO SEE THE BALLOONS, IN CASE THE WEATHER DID NOT COOPERATE FOR THE GREAT BALLOON RACE, WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO COINCIDE WITH THE GE APPLIANCES MARATHON AND MINI MARATHON SATURDAY MORNING. NOW, THE GLOW IS ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED EVENTS OF THE GREAT BALLOON FEST WEEKEND. IT RIVALS THE BALLOON RACE ITSELF IN POPULARITY, WITH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TYPICALLY ATTENDING. IF WE HAVE GREAT WEATHER AND YOU맥스카지노�RE LOOKING AT A GREAT PICTURE THERE FROM KEY CHOPPER, THERE ARE 20 BALLOONS ON THE GREAT LAWN THIS YEAR. THEY맥스카지노�RE INFLATED, BUT THEY WILL NOT LIFT OFF. INSTEAD, THE PILOTS WILL FIRE THEIR BURNERS SO THAT THE BALLOONS GLOW ON AND OFF IN TIME WITH THE MUSIC. PEOPLE HERE AT THE GREAT LAWN CAN WALK AROUND, TALK TO THE PILOTS, GET UP CLOSE, AND SOME OF THEM CAN EVEN GET INTO THE BASKETS. THE GREAT BALLOON GLOW JUST STARTED A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO. THERE맥스카지노�S STILL TIME TO COME ON DOWN TO WATERFRONT PARK HERE ON THE SOUTH LAWN, AND TO CHECK IT OUT. THAT맥스카지노�S WHAT맥스카지노�S GREAT ABOUT THIS EVENT. IT ALLOWS KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO GET UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL AND ACTUALLY TOUCH AND TALK TO THE PILOTS. AND IT맥스카지노�S REALLY COOL. A LOT OF GOOD FOOD, A LOT OF SOUVENIRS TO BUY, RIGHT? WE HAVE OUR CREWS DOWN HERE IN THE CROWD WITH LOTS OF PEOPLE GETTING A LOOK AT THIS. WE맥스카지노�RE GOING TO CHECK IN NOW. WITH WHO? ALEXIS MATTHEWS. SHE맥스카지노�S OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. ALEXIS, WHAT HAVE YOU FIND FOR US? IT맥스카지노�S SO FUNNY GUYS. BECAUSE OFF TO MY RIGHT, I HEARD SOMEONE SAY IT맥스카지노�S 9:00. WHY AREN맥스카지노�T WE GLOWING? WELL, WE ALL KNOW THAT THE WEATHER HAS PUSHED US BACK A LITTLE BIT FOR THE GREAT BALLOON GLOW, BUT AT SOME POINT, YOU WILL SEE MORE THAN TWO DOZEN HOT AIR BALLOONS. HOPEFULLY, ON THIS FIELD, GLOWING FOR THE CROWD. AND WE DO HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL CROWD OF PEOPLE. AND THOSE PILOTS WE맥스카지노�VE SEEN ARE REALLY STILL TRYING TO GET THOSE BALLOONS UP. I맥스카지노�LL STEP OUT THE WAY TO SHOW YOU THIS IS THE WHOA, THERE WE GO. THEY맥스카지노�RE HITTING THE BURNERS TO SHOW YOU ALL WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT OUT HERE. AND TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED A BIT, SO IT맥스카지노�S ACTUALLY KEEPING US A LITTLE BIT WARM. BUT MANY PEOPLE WHO ATTEND THIS EVENT EVERY YEAR, IT맥스카지노�S ONE OF THE SIGNATURE KENTUCKY DERBY FESTIVAL EVENTS. AND AT SOME POINT IT WILL BE PICTURESQUE. BUT IT IS ONE OF THE MOST PICTURESQUE AS WELL, AND EVERYONE IS JUST EXCITED FOR THIS, PARTICULARLY COMING OUT OF THE SEVERE WEATHER. WE JUST HAD. MANY WERE A LITTLE SKEPTICAL THAT THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SECOND DERBY FESTIVAL EVENT TO BE CANCELED, BUT THE RAIN DID NOT WASH IT OUT AND NOW WE맥스카지노�RE JUST WAITING FOR THESE BALLOONS TO GO UP. LIKE I MENTIONED, THE CROWD IS OUT HERE. THEY ARE READY. THEY ARE EXCITED, AND AT SOME POINT WE맥스카지노�LL SEE THESE BALLOONS. LIGHT UP IN THE SKY. I맥스카지노�LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU ALL. RIGHT. ALWAYS GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN OUT HERE. A LOT OF INTERESTING STORIES, RIGHT? ADDIE MEINERS IS ALSO DOWN ON THE LAWN WITH THE BALLOONS. ADDIE. WHAT맥스카지노�S GOING ON? WHERE YOU맥스카지노�RE AT, AJ AND VICKI. YEAH, ACTUALLY, I HAVE FOUND A PILOT FROM ONE OF THE BALLOONS. AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU GOT YOUR RIG UP HERE. IT맥스카지노�S CLOSED UP RIGHT NOW. PREPARED FOR RAIN IN CASE IT ROLLS IN. THIS IS PATRICK. PATRICK, EXPLAIN TO ME WHY. WHAT? FIRST OFF, WHAT THIS IS. SO THIS IS OUR BASKET. WE KEEP THE ENVELOPE INSIDE THE VAN TO KEEP IT DRY. RIGHT NOW WE맥스카지노�RE WATCHING THE WEATHER. I맥스카지노�M SURE EVERYBODY IS IS WELL AWARE OF WHAT맥스카지노�S COMING THROUGH RIGHT NOW. WE맥스카지노�RE WE맥스카지노�RE KIND OF HOLDING AND SEEING WHAT IT DOES. THE WE TRY TO KEEP OUR ENVELOPES DRY. OUR SPONSORS, LIKE ALLEN ELECTRIC, THEY PAY A LOT OF MONEY OUT HERE FOR THESE THESE ENVELOPES AND THESE BALLOONS. SO WE DON맥스카지노�T WANT TO GO OUT AND DESTROY THEM IN ONE NIGHT. I CAN TELL YOU THAT. THERE맥스카지노�S NOBODY OUT HERE MORE THAN US THAT WANT TO GET THESE BALLOONS OUT. YOU KNOW, THERE맥스카지노�S THERE맥스카지노�S PILOTS HERE THAT HAVE TRAVELED FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. YOU KNOW, MY MY DAUGHTERS ARE OUT HERE. THEY WANT TO SEE IT. SO, OF COURSE, BECAUSE IT맥스카지노�S A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT TO SEE, RIGHT? YES. AND SO, OBVIOUSLY, WHAT DOES RAIN DO TO THE BALLOON TO, TO YOUR GEAR. SO AS, AS THE ENVELOPES GET WET, THEY맥스카지노�RE ACTUALLY COVERED IN A COATING. THE COATING, ONCE IT GETS WET AND IT STARTS GETTING HOT FROM THE BURNERS, CAN CAUSE THAT COATING TO BREAK DOWN AND DRASTICALLY REDUCES THE LIFE OF THE BALLOON. SO THAT MAKES SENSE. AND WHEREAS, YOU KNOW, WE MAY GET, YOU KNOW, 700 HOURS OUT OF A BALLOON, ONCE YOU GET IT WET, YOU START DRASTICALLY REDUCING THAT, YOU KNOW, BY TEN, 20, 30%. THAT MAKES SENSE. I MEAN, THAT MAKES SENSE. SO GUYS, IF WE맥스카지노�RE IF THEY PUT ALL THEIR STUFF UP AND WE GET THIS GOING AND THEN IT STARTS RAINING, I MEAN, THAT맥스카지노�S THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF EQUIPMENT THAT YOU COULD POTENTIALLY BE, YOU KNOW, DAMAGING. SO IT MAKES SENSE WHILE WE ARE WAITING TO SEE IF THIS RAIN COMES THROUGH, IF IT PASSES. SO JAY AND VICKY, DO WE THINK THAT POTENTIALLY THINGS COULD GO OFF TONIGHT. SO PLEASE DO NOT SMOKE ANYWHERE. WE CERTAINLY THINK THERE맥스카지노�S GOING TO BE SOME ACTIVITY HERE. THE GUY THAT CAN TELL US THAT IS GEORGE TRAUTMAN. HE IS THE BALLOON MEISTER OF THE GREAT BALLOON FESTIVAL, THAT TRAUTMAN HAS BEEN THE LONG TIME BALLOON MEISTER EVER SINCE WE맥스카지노�VE BEEN DOING THIS EVENT. IN FACT, HIS FAMILY HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE KENTUCKY DERBY FESTIVAL, GREAT BALLOON RACE FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS. 40 YEARS. WELCOME, GEORGE. GEORGE, GOOD TO SEE YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO TALK ABOUT WHAT맥스카지노�S GOING ON BEHIND US. WE맥스카지노�RE NOT NECESSARILY LIGHTING UP THE ENVELOPES TONIGHT, AT LEAST RIGHT NOW. YOU GOT A PLAN IN CASE. GET THIS IN BEFORE IT STARTS RAINING. I맥스카지노�VE GOT A PLAN. AND THAT IS WHEN I맥스카지노�M DONE WITH THIS INTERVIEW. GET OUT OF HERE SO NOBODY CAN CATCH ME. BECAUSE THEY ALL. THEY ALWAYS BLAME, YOU KNOW THE MESSENGER? YEAH. JAY KNOWS BETTER THAN I DO ABOUT THIS, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE SOME RAIN HAS DEVELOPED AND IT맥스카지노�S GOING TO WORK ITS WAY INTO HERE IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES. THESE BALLOONS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE, YOU KNOW, 40 $500,000. AND OUR FABRIC, JUST LIKE A LADY맥스카지노�S MASK OR A MAN맥스카지노�S SHIRT, WATER DOES NOT DO THEM DO GOOD THINGS FOR THEM. SO NOBODY WANTS TO GET THEIR BALLOON WET. PLUS IT맥스카지노�S DANGEROUS. SO IN LIEU OF THAT, WE맥스카지노�RE GOING TO LIGHT THE BURNERS THAT PUT OUT 7 MILLION BTU OF HEAT. AND IT EXCITES PEOPLE. THE KIDS GET TO COME UP TO THEM AND AND ENJOY THAT. SO THAT맥스카지노�S SECOND BEST. BUT YOU WERE CALLING IT CANDLE STICKING. THAT맥스카지노�S WHAT THEY CALL A CANDLE STICK GLOW. IT맥스카지노�S JUST SORT OF A TAKE OFF ON HOLDING THE CANDLE, BUT IT맥스카지노�S MUCH HIGHER. SO THERE맥스카지노�S SOMETHING GOING ON RIGHT BEHIND US NOW, GEORGE, TELL ME HOW YOU맥스카지노�VE SEEN THIS EVENT CHANGE. NOT NOT ONLY THIS EVENT, BUT THE FESTIVAL ITSELF OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS. THAT맥스카지노�S A GOOD QUESTION, JAY. WHEN WE STARTED THIS RACE, I THINK 52 YEARS AGO, WE WERE THE WE WERE THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY. THEY HAD ONE RACE OUT IN ALBUQUERQUE, WHICH IS A LARGE RACE IN TERMS OF NUMBER OF BALLOONS, BUT NOT A PRESTIGIOUS RACE LIKE THIS IS THIS IS PART OF A COMMUNITY THING. YOU KNOW, THIS IS BETTER THAN I DO. AND IT HAS CHANGED TO THE EXTENT THAT NOW THAT EVERY WEEKEND YOU GOT A COUPLE OF RACES IN DIFFERENT CITIES AND THE BALLOONISTS CAN GET THERE MUCH, MUCH EASIER. WE STARTED, WE HAD 50 BALLOONS AND WE HAD 25 ON A WAITING LIST. WHY? BECAUSE WE WERE THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN SINCE THAT TIME, BALLOON RACE HAS POPPED UP ON EVERY CORNER LIKE GAS STATIONS USED TO BE. AND DERBY FESTIVAL HAS EXPANDED TO A LOT MORE THAN BALLOON RACE. I MEAN, THINK ABOUT IT. WE HAD THE PARADE, WE HAD THE BALLOON RACE, AND WE HAD SOME SMALL EVENTS. SO AS I맥스카지노�VE BEEN GOOD, I DON맥스카지노�T KNOW, IT맥스카지노�S DEBATABLE, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. WELL, THIS IS A LOT OF FUN. A LOT OF PEOPLE COME OUT DISAPPOINTED A LITTLE BIT THAT THEY COULDN맥스카지노�T COME OUT TODAY. THE RAIN JUST DIDN맥스카지노�T WANT TO HOLD OFF. MAYBE TOMORROW NIGHT WE CAN GET ANOTHER GLOW IN. GEORGE, WE THANK YOU AS MUCH FOR JOINING US AS WE ALWAYS DO. IT맥스카지노�S GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US AND GREAT TO SEE YOU. ONE OF THESE DAYS WE맥스카지노�RE GOING TO GO UP IN THAT BALLOON WITH THEM, RIGHT? I맥스카지노�D LOVE TO. WE WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT. WE KEEP SAYING THAT EVERY YEAR. YOU HAVEN맥스카지노�T BEEN UP. YOU맥스카지노�VE NEVER BEEN UP. NO, NO, MAKE THAT HAPPEN. OKAY. BUCKET LIST RIGHT THERE. I CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE MAN, GEORGE TRAUTMAN. THANKS FOR JOINING US. OKAY. THE OTHER MAN IS THIS GUY SITTING TO MY RIGHT. ARE THESE SPRINKLES ON THE DESK? ON THE DESK? WHAT맥스카지노�S GOING TO HAPPEN HERE? WELL, WE맥스카지노�VE BEEN WATCHING A BAND OF RAIN OFF TO THE WEST OF US IN HARRISON COUNTY. AND, YOU KNOW, THE RAIN THAT WAS UP OVER THE METRO THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS DISSIPATED RIGHT ON SCHEDULE. THAT MOISTURE, THOUGH, IN HARRISON COUNTY, IS WORKING IN OUR DIRECTION. SO THE BOTTOM LINE, YEAH, WE HAVE A CHANCE FOR A SHOWER OR TWO HERE AT THE WATERFRONT FOR THE GREAT BALLOON GLOW. AND IT맥스카지노�S HAPPENING. THAT RAIN IS STARTING TO SETTLE IN NOW FOR TOMORROW. VICKY, WE HAVE A RUSH HOUR RACE GOING ON AT 7:00 IN THE MORNING. THAT ONE LOOKS OKAY TO ME. IT LOOKS RAIN FREE. THE WIND SHOULD BE LIGHT. WE SHOULD GET THAT EVENT OFF TOMORROW EVENING, 7:00. THERE맥스카지노�S A BRAND NEW EVENT GOING ON. IT맥스카지노�S A RUNNING EVENT. IT맥스카지노�S CALLED THE CDF FIVE K. AS LONG AS THERE맥스카지노�S NO LIGHTNING, THAT ONE SHOULD BE FINE TOO. AND THAT맥스카지노�S A BIG EVENT. I MEAN, OVER 5000 PEOPLE ARE TAKING PLACE IN THAT. AND THEN WE HAVE THE SECOND GLOW. YOU WERE TALKING TO GEORGE ABOUT TOMORROW NIGHT. SAME PLACE RIGHT HERE, 9:00. THAT WAS IN JEOPARDY WITH THE CHANCE FOR A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN AND REAL QUICK ON SATURDAY FOR THE MINI AND THE FULL MARATHON. NO PROBLEMS THAT THAT맥스카지노�S GOING TO BE RAIN FREE. IT맥스카지노�S GOING TO BE BREEZY, THOUGH. AND OF COURSE, THAT MEANS FOR THE BALLOON RACE THAT COULD BE IN JEOPARDY THERE. WELL, THE GOLD STAR FOR THE NIGHT IS THAT THE TEMPERATURE IS WARM AND THERE ARE NO WINDS TONIGHT. BUT I DO UNDERSTAND IF THE RAIN COMES DOWN, AS HE SAID, THERE맥스카지노�S A LARGE INVESTMENT IN BALLOON EQUIPMENT BACK THERE THAT THEY DON맥스카지노�T WANT TO GET RUINED. I WOULD THINK THAT IF THIS RAIN COMES DOWN HEAVY ENOUGH, THEY MIGHT EVEN STOP THE CANDLE STICKING FOR A TIME. SO, YOU KNOW, MOTHER NATURE JUST HAS NOT BEEN VERY KIND TO US SO FAR THIS WINTER. IN SPRING. FINGERS CROSSED. RIGHT NOW IT맥스카지노�S GOOD. WE맥스카지노�RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK. WE맥스카지노�LL COME BACK WITH MORE ON THE GREAT BALLOON GLOW. WE LOVE THIS. ABSOLUTELY. WELCOME BACK TO THE ELLEN FEDERAL CREDIT UNION. GREAT BALLOON GLOW. WE맥스카지노�RE WAITING FOR THE BALLOONS TO TWINKLE AS THE RAIN TWINKLES DOWN TWINKLES DOWN. OH MY GOODNESS. DEW DROPS ON THE SET HERE. YEAH, WE DO HAVE A FEW DROPS. AND YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT맥스카지노�S IT맥스카지노�S STILL A DECENT CROWD. WE맥스카지노�RE TALKING ABOUT THAT FOR WHAT HAPPENED EARLIER TODAY FOR A 3 TO 4 HOUR TIME STRETCH WITH THE HEAVY RAINFALL, THE THUNDER, THE LIGHTNING. IT맥스카지노�S GOOD TO SEE. THIS IS A GREAT CROWD. IT SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE DOWN. THEY맥스카지노�VE BEEN LIGHTING THE BALLOONS ENOUGH THAT THEY맥스카지노�RE THEY맥스카지노�RE ENJOYING THEMSELVES. A LOT OF FOOD, A LOT OF GOOD MUSIC PLAYING AND GOOD ENTERTAINMENT DOWN HERE FOR FAMILIES, IT맥스카지노�S A GREAT TIME. IF YOU맥스카지노�RE JUST NOW JOINING IN, YOU MIGHT SEE SOME LIGHTING UP OF THE BURNERS BEHIND US. THEY CALL THAT CANDLE STICKING. NOW WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN IN THE AIR, SO UNTIL WE GET THE RAIN OUT OF HERE, THEY맥스카지노�RE NOT GOING TO FIRE UP THE ENVELOPES OR THE BALLOONS THEMSELVES. THEY맥스카지노�RE THEY맥스카지노�RE JUST GOING TO GO WITH THIS CANDLE STICKING FOR A LITTLE WHILE LONGER. SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE WITH THE WEATHER. ALEXIS MATTHEWS IS AMONG THE CROWDS OUT THERE. ALEXIS, WHO ARE YOU FINDING TO TALK TO? HEY, GUYS, WE맥스카지노�RE OUT HERE STILL HAVING A GREAT TIME AT THE GREAT BALLOON GLOW. WE맥스카지노�RE STILL NOT SEEING THE BALLOONS UP JUST YET, BUT THE CROWD IS REALLY ENTERTAINED BY THE BURNERS THAT THE PILOTS KEEP FLICKERING. AND IF YOU LOOK OVER THERE, THERE ARE CONSTANTLY KEEPING THE PEOPLE ENTERTAINED. IF YOU SWING OVER HERE, YOU맥스카지노�LL SEE SOME MORE VIEWERS AS WELL AS SOME SPECTATORS. EVERYONE, WAVE, WAVE, WAVE. WHAT ARE YOUR NAMES? BAILEY. BAILEY, DO YOU ENJOY COMING TO THE GREAT BALLOON GLOW? BAILEY. AND WHY? THEY GO IN THE AIR AND THEY맥스카지노�RE BIG. THEY맥스카지노�RE BIG. WHEN THEY FINALLY COME UP. ARE YOU EXCITED FOR TO SEE A SPECIFIC BALLOON? NO, JUST ALL OF THEM. GOOD FOR YOU. AND IF YOU맥스카지노�RE OUT HERE OR YOU맥스카지노�RE NOT OUT HERE LIKE BAILEY. BAILEY IS, IT IS NOT TOO LATE. STILL COME OUT. HAVE A GOOD TIME. CLEARLY, IT맥스카지노�S NOT TOO LATE. WE맥스카지노�RE ALL STILL WAITING TO SEE THESE BALLOONS GLOW. BUT OUT HERE, JUST HAVING A GREAT TIME. THE RAIN HAS PASSED. IT IS DRY NOW, AND WE맥스카지노�RE JUST READY FOR THE GREAT BALLOON GLOW TO REALLY KICK OFF AND SEE THESE BALLOONS. NOT ASCEND. STAY ON THE GROUND AS IT IS, BUT OBVIOUSLY JUST ENTERTAINING US ALL. BUT I맥스카지노�LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU ALL WHILE WE WAIT PATIENTLY. A LOT OF FUN. SHE맥스카지노�S HAVING FUN OUT THERE. YOU BETCHA. BALLOONS WILL TAKE TO THE SKY FOR THE RUSH HOUR RACE FRIDAY MORNING, AND GREAT BALLOON RACE ON SATURDAY MORNING, BUT YOU MAY HAVE SEEN A FEW BALLOONS UP OVER OUR AREA ON TUESDAY EVENING. THAT맥스카지노�S WHEN THE PILOTS DID A TEST RUN. THEY FLEW FROM SIMPSONVILLE TO EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY. WE WERE THERE WHEN ZAXBY맥스카지노�S BALLOON LANDED NEAR LONG RUN PARK. WE SPOKE TO A TEENAGER WHO WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET A CHANCE TO HAVE HIS FIRST EVER HOT AIR BALLOON RIDE, SOMETHING WE HAVEN맥스카지노�T BEEN ABLE TO DO. IT맥스카지노�S VERY PEACEFUL, RIGHT? I MEAN, WHEN YOU TAKE OFF AND LAND, IT맥스카지노�S A BIT ROUGHER, BUT FOR THE MOST PART IT맥스카지노�S VERY SMOOTH. YOU DON맥스카지노�T REALLY FEEL ANY FORCES AT ALL. YOU JUST KIND OF MOVING ALONG WITH THE CARRIAGE AND YOU JUST LOOKING OUT TO ALL THE DIFFERENT PLACES, SEEING, YOU KNOW, YOUR SHADOW, SEEING THE REFLECTION ON THE LAKE. SO THAT맥스카지노�S ONE OF THE BEST PARTS. IT맥스카지노�S BEAUTIFUL. CHOPPER, BILL AND SCOTT ECKERT ARE IN THE 비바카지노 Viva CHOPPER HIGH ABOVE US, SHOWING US SOME GREAT PICTURES HERE ON THE SOUTH LAWN. GUYS, WE COULDN맥스카지노�T DO IT WITHOUT YOU. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. YOU MAKE THIS SHOW LOOK EVEN BETTER. SO THANK YOU. AND LIKE YOU SAID, IT맥스카지노�S A GREAT SHOW FROM DOWN HERE AT THE GROUND. BUT YOU GO UP A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND FEET. BOY, NOTHING BEATS THAT. THAT맥스카지노�S RIGHT. WE맥스카지노�LL TAKE A BREAK. WE맥스카지노�LL BE RIGHT BACK. STAY WITH US. WELCOME BACK TO THE SOUTH LAWN. WE ARE LIVE AT THE L AND N FEDERAL CREDIT UNION. GREAT BALLOON GLOW. A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT HERE, A LOT OF BALLOONS, 20 BALLOONS OUT HERE, JAY. THEY맥스카지노�RE DOING THE CANDLE STICKING. THEY맥스카지노�RE STILL LIGHTING THEIR BURNERS A LITTLE BIT, BUT, YOU KNOW, I BROUGHT THE METEOROLOGIST WITH ME, THINKING HE맥스카지노�D BRING ME LUCK IN DRY WEATHER. AND YOU DID NOT? NO SUCH THING. NOT TONIGHT. WE HAD ALL THAT HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER IN THE BACK EDGE OF THE SYSTEM IS KIND OF TRYING TO WORK BACK IN FROM WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY. IT HAS ARRIVED. WE HAVE SOME LIGHT RAIN, AND I THINK THAT맥스카지노�S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM GOING FORWARD. NOW THERE IS A GREAT BALLOON GLOW AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT RIGHT HERE. HOW맥스카지노�S THE WEATHER FOR THAT? RIGHT NOW THAT맥스카지노�S LOOKING OKAY. THERE맥스카지노�S STILL A CHANCE FOR A SHOWER OR TWO, BUT OVERALL I THINK WE GOT A BETTER CHANCE OF GETTING THAT EVENT IN TOMORROW EVENING THAN TONIGHT, UNFORTUNATELY. YOU KNOW, THAT맥스카지노�S JUST IT, VICKY. WE HAVE THIS OUTDOOR FESTIVAL FOR 14 DAYS, AND IN THE MIDDLE OF SPRING. AND IT맥스카지노�S TOUGH TO GET THESE EVENTS IN. WELL, WE맥스카지노�RE HAVING FUN DESPITE THE RAIN. ADDIE MEINERS HAVING FUN TOO. ABSOLUTELY. ADDIE WHO YOU맥스카지노�RE TALKING TO? HEY, I맥스카지노�VE GOT MY BUDDY AARON HERE. THIS IS ACTUALLY HIS FIRST DERBY FESTIVAL, AND HE WAS JUST IN HERE. HE WAS JUST LIGHTING THE THING UP. HOW WAS THAT? AARON, TELL ME HOW COOL THAT WAS. IT WAS SURPRISINGLY COLD UNDER THERE. YOU맥스카지노�D THINK IT WOULD BE HOT. LIKE JUST BEING UNDER FIRE. SUPER COOL. AND THEN YOU FEEL THAT IT맥스카지노�S LIKE, WHOA, RIGHT? SO I ACTUALLY GOT TO TALK TO SOME OF THE PILOTS EARLIER TODAY ABOUT WHAT IT맥스카지노�S LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS BALLOON GLOW AND DO THE BALLOON RACE. AND THEY TELL ME IT맥스카지노�S A LOT OF FUN. TOMORROW NIGHT RIGHT HERE. THIS TIME OF YEAR IS AWESOME IN LOUISVILLE, AND I GET TO SEE THE BEST OF THE CITY. IT맥스카지노�S IT맥스카지노�S THE KICKOFF TO EVERY ONE OF MY FLYING YEARS IS THIS FESTIVAL, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO IT LIKE A KID IN A CANDY SHOP. WHILE LOUISVILLE NATIVES MATT AND SCOTT MCCLINTON MAY BE BIASED, THEY SAY IF YOU맥스카지노�RE A BALLOON PILOT WORKING THE KENTUCKY DERBY FESTIVAL IS A TOP TIER EVENT. VERY FEW OTHER PLACES ARE YOU GOING TO GO WHERE THEY HAVE A FESTIVAL LIKE THIS? THEY맥스카지노�RE JUST IT JUST DOESN맥스카지노�T EXIST. THE PILOTS ALL LOVE MEETING PEOPLE AT THE BALLOON GLOWS ON BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT, BUT THEY ALSO GET FIRED UP FOR WHEN THE BALLOONS TAKE TO THE SKY FOR THE RUSH HOUR RACE AND THE GREAT BALLOON RACE. WELL, BALLOON RACE IS NOT REALLY A SPEED RACE. IT맥스카지노�S AN ACCURACY COMPETITION. THE RACE IS HARE AND HOUND STYLE, WHERE THE HAIR BALLOON TAKES OFF FIRST. THEY WILL LAND AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES OF FLIGHT. A NICE BIG FIELD PUT A BIG X OUT THAT맥스카지노�S ABOUT 25FT IN SIZE, AND THEN THE OTHER PILOTS TAKE OFF ABOUT TEN MINUTES AFTER THE HARE AND TRY TO GET CLOSEST TO THE X. EACH PILOT HAS A SMALL BAG OF BLUEGRASS SEED. THE GOAL IS TO DROP THEIR BAG AS CLOSE TO THE MIDDLE OF THE X AS POSSIBLE. THE STRATEGY IS NOT TO BE TOO LATE OR TOO EARLY. WIND, USUALLY TOWARDS THE SURFACE, HAS A TENDENCY TO TURN TO THE LEFT, SO YOU GOT TO JUDGE HOW MUCH TURN YOU맥스카지노�RE GOING TO GET WHILE YOU맥스카지노�RE STILL AT 5 OR 600FT. SO YOU맥스카지노�RE WATCHING THE BALLOONS IN FRONT OF YOU, AND YOU SEE HOW MUCH THEY TURN. AND YOU, YOU ADJUST. BILL SMITH HAS BEEN IN THE GREAT BALLOON RACE DOZENS OF TIMES WHILE HE맥스카지노�S GOTTEN CLOSE. HE맥스카지노�S NEVER WON IT. STILL, HE SAYS IT맥스카지노�S AN EVENT HE맥스카지노�D NEVER MISS. OH, IT맥스카지노�S THE GREATEST EVENT IN LOUISVILLE. IF YOU맥스카지노�RE A BALLOON PILOT FROM THE KENTUCKY AREA, YOU맥스카지노�VE GOT TO BE IN THE DERBY FESTIVAL, BALLOON RACE. AND IT IS ONE OF THE BEST FESTIVALS. OBVIOUSLY, THE GLOW AND THE RACE THAT HAPPENS TYPICALLY ON FRIDAY. AND THEN THE BIG ONE ON SATURDAY, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE WERE JUST TOLD THAT THEY ARE GOING TO WRAP THIS UP BECAUSE THERE IS THAT RAIN THAT IS MOVING THROUGH HERE. SO JAY, VICKY, WHAT HAVE YOU GUYS HEARD? I맥스카지노�VE HEARD THAT THE PILOTS ARE GOING TO START WRAPPING UP HERE. YEAH, WE맥스카지노�RE GOING TO HAVE TO WRAP IT UP IN A FEW MINUTES. ADDIE BECAUSE THE RAIN IS COMING DOWN. BUT BEFORE WE LEAVE, WE맥스카지노�RE JOINED BY JENNIFER FRIES, VP OF MARKETING WITH ELLEN, AND FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, WHICH OF COURSE IS THE TITLE SPONSOR FOR THE GREAT BALLOON FESTIVAL. AND THIS IS SUCH A GREAT FESTIVAL, SUCH A GREAT EVENT. TALK ABOUT YOUR SPONSORSHIP WITH THE GREAT BALLOON FEST. THIS IS OUR THIRD YEAR AS TITLE SPONSOR FOR THE EVENT, AND WHILE WE WOULD HAVE HOPED FOR MUCH BETTER WEATHER, WE맥스카지노�RE STILL SO EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THIS AND SEE HOW IT BRINGS THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER. AND EVEN AMIDST THE RAIN AND MORE RAIN THAT맥스카지노�S COMING, PEOPLE STILL SHOWED UP TODAY AND THEY WERE SO HAPPY TO BE HERE. SO WE맥스카지노�RE SUPER EXCITED FOR THAT. ELLEN AND IS PROUD TO SPONSOR AN EVENT THAT BRINGS THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. OF COURSE, THIS IS WHAT JAY AND I, THIS IS OUR FAVORITE EVENT OF THE DERBY FESTIVAL. WE ENJOY BEING OUT HERE, SEEING ALL OF THE PEOPLE. IT맥스카지노�S A GREAT FAMILY EVENT TO BRING, SO IF YOU DIDN맥스카지노�T MAKE IT TONIGHT, THERE IS A CHANCE TO COME OUT TOMORROW NIGHT AND LOTS OF THINGS TO SEE. YES, ABSOLUTELY. HOPEFULLY WE HAVE SOME GOOD WEATHER TOMORROW AND MORE PEOPLE ARE BACK OUT ENJOYING ALL THAT THE BALLOON GLOW HAS TO OFFER. IT맥스카지노�LL BE BETTER NEXT YEAR. DRIER SKIES IT WILL BE. THANK YOU JENNIFER, THANK YOU. WE HAVE HAD A GREAT TIME DESPITE THE RAIN. I KNOW TOMORROW맥스카지노�S MAYBE WE맥스카지노�LL GET THE GLOW. YEAH. I THINK THE BALLOON RACE IN THE MORNING SHOULD BE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. ALL FINGERS ARE CROSSED FOR TOMORROW EVENING맥스카지노�S GLOW. WELL, WE맥스카지노�LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. THANKS FOR JOINING US. AND REMEMBER, WE BROADCAST THIS SPECIAL SATURDAY NIGHT AT 8:00