Pittsburgh crew helps set up Omaha’s Labor Day parade
Updated: 4:15 p.m. CDT September 5, 2022
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IT IS A LABOR OF LOVE BY HAND. YOU MUST HAVE A PASSION FOR IT AT 6:00 AM, JESSE HARRIS AND HIS CREW FROM STAR BOUND ENTERTAINMENT HAVE ALREADY PREPARED. I LOVE DOING THIS FOR THE SEPTEMBER FEST SALUTE TO LABOR PARADE. A BALLOON WILL TAKE ABOUT FIVE TEN MINUTES AND THAT’S WHAT IT HAS TO COME UP, ATTACH IT AND IT’S DONE AS YOU SEE WE APPLIED THREE OF THEM IN 25 MINUTES. KIM DOSTER SAYS THE BIGGEST TASK IS TO CREATE THE FOUNDATION FOR THE BALLOONS THAT PUT A FRIEND JOHN IN OUR DOLLIES, YOU KNOW EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD. THESE BALLOONS TAKE ABOUT FIVE TO TEN MINUTES TO INFLATE WITH COLD AIR. HOW THIS WORKS TO USE A PUMP CONNECTED TO A GENERATOR TO KEEP THIS DURING THE PARADES. THE COMPANY ONCE TELL ME THEY USED HELIUM BUT NOT THAT MUCH NOW HELIUM PRICES ARE VERY HIGH. ACCORDING TO HARVARD RESEARCHERS, THE GLOBAL HELIUM SHORTAGE HAS GOT WORSE FOR THIS REASON. THEY TRY TO KEEP IT TO A MINIMUM. SO SUBSTITUTION MOST OF THE REASONS WE GO ON COLD WEAR AND I MEAN IT’S NOT DIFFERENT FROM A HELIUM BUT FOR DOSTER AND HARRIS I LIKE TO SEE PEOPLE HAVING FUN. IT DOESN’T MATTER WHETHER IT’S COLD AIR OR HELIUM, AS LONG AS THE BALLOONS GET INFLATED AND GO THE STREETS FOR SEEING THE MINI SMILING FACES YOU DON’T SEE EVERY DAY, AND ESPECIALLY SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE DISNEY CARTOON CHARACTERS AND I MEAN , YES IT’S BEAUTIFUL
Pittsburgh crew helps set up Omaha’s Labor Day parade
Updated: 4:15 p.m. CDT September 5, 2022
Go behind the scenes with KETV NewsWatch 7 to see what it takes to organize Omaha’s Labor Day Parade. This is Septemberfest’s 45th year and organizers say it gets bigger and better every year. The five-day event features rides, vendors, food and fun. Monday morning’s parade included floats, marching bands and lots of balloons. “There will be over 7,000 participants in the parade and they will be down here afterwards,” said Chair Terry Moore. “A lot of activities will also take place here.” A crew from Pittsburgh called StarBound Entertainment came to help set up the balloons and floats featured in the parade.
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Go behind the scenes with KETV NewsWatch 7 to see what it takes to organize Omaha’s Labor Day Parade.
This is Septemberfest’s 45th year and organizers say it gets bigger and better every year. The five-day event features rides, vendors, food and fun.
Monday morning’s parade consisted of floats, marching bands and lots of balloons.
“There will be over 7,000 participants in the parade and they will be down here afterwards,” said Chair Terry Moore. “A lot of activities will also take place here.”
A crew from Pittsburgh called StarBound Entertainment came to help set up the balloons and floats featured in the parade.
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