Adirondack Balloon Festival schedule

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Adirondack Balloon Festival schedule

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The schedule for the Adirondack Balloon Festival, Sept. 21-24

Thursday - Sept. 21

5 p.m. - Crandall Park, City of Glens Falls - Official Opening Ceremony - Flight of 12+ balloons

Performance of The Stony Creek Band in the shell

Friday - Sept. 22

6 p.m. - Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport, Queensbury - Balloon Launch -

60+ balloons including special shape balloons

Saturday - Sept. 23

Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport - Queensbury

5:00 - 11:00 a.m. Breakfast - Airport Hanger

6:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. - Civic Organizations have food and beverages on site

6:30 a.m. - Flight of 90+ balloons including special shapes

9 a.m. - Entertainment - Rock Climbing Wall,

kids fun activities, Balloon Fest Art Show, kite flying

military aircraft display, tourism tent.

6 p.m. - Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport

Flight of 90+ balloons and special shape balloons

Battlefield Park, Lake George Village

6:00-8:30p.m. - Stony Creek Band will perform

8:00 p.m. MOONGLOW (weather permitting) - 15 tethered balloons

8:30 p.m. A spectacular FIREWORKS display over the lake

Sunday - Sept. 24

Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport - Queensbury

5:00 - 11:00 a.m. - Breakfast, Airport Hanger

6:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. - Civic Organizations have food and beverages on site

6:30 a.m. - Flight of 90+ balloons including special shapes

8 a.m. - Roman Catholic Mass in Entertainment Tent

9 a.m. - Protestant Church Service in Entertainment Tent

9 a.m. - Entertainment Tent including Rock Climbing Wall,

kids fun activities, kite flying, Balloon Fest Art Show,

military aircraft display, tourism display.

2:00 - 5:00 p.m. Live Johnathan Newell Band performance

6 p.m. - Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport

Flight of 25+ balloons and special shape balloons

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Pilot says downtown Glens Falls a good place to watch for balloons tonight

GLENS FALLS -- The downtown Glens Falls business district should be an ideal place to watch hot air balloons fly over this evening, said Harry Collison, pilot of the Alexis Angel balloon.

Wind patterns are expected to carry balloons from Crandall Park in a southwest direction, which would facilitate landing in the area around Warren Street in Glens Falls or on the south side of the Hudson River in South Glens Falls, he said in an interview Thursday morning.

Collison, from near Atlantic City, NJ, joked he hopes he doesn't have to land in the construction zone on Glen Street.

One year, he said, he landed his balloon at the Jointa Galusha quarry behind Warren Street.

Balloons are scheduled to launch from Crandall Park at 5 p.m., but Collison said it may be a little later than that before winds are calm enough for balloons to fly.

"The wind sounds to be a little high at that time, but it's going to calm down," he said..

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