By Darla Shelden, Metropolis Sentinel Reporter —
SHAWNEE, OK–The FireLake Fireflight Balloon Pageant will as soon as once more take to the skies over Shawnee August 13 – 14. Offered by Citizen Potawatomi Nation (CPN), the FireLake Fireflight Balloon Fest is Oklahoma’s largest scorching air balloon pageant. The occasion will function 20 scorching air balloons, reside leisure, household actions, a 5K enjoyable run, fireworks and extra.
The extremely anticipated two-day occasion takes place on the Raymond Peltier Park, situated at 1702 S Gordon Cooper Drive in Shawnee. on Friday, August 13 and Saturday, August 14.
Entry to the pageant is free. Balloon launches are set to start at 7 a.m. each days of the pageant.
The Fireflight 5K Enjoyable Run will happen on the Fireflight Balloon Pageant on Saturday, August 14 from 6:30 – 8:00 a.m. The occasion will start at Citizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Heritage Middle, 1899 Gordon Cooper Drive, Shawnee OK 74801. Entry price is $40.
Out of doors actions embody meals vans, inflatables for youths, a splash pad, carnival, and a petting zoo. Artists, craftspeople, and retailers will provide quite a lot of merchandise on the vendor market. As well as, the Out of doors Nation Expo – a looking and fishing commerce present—will happen on the FireLake Enviornment.
Within the evenings, visitors can have the chance to get pleasure from reside music on the pageant grounds from artists like Vince Van and the Outlaws and singer, songwriter Craig Morgan.
Visitors can have an opportunity to experience in scorching air balloons and benefit from the leisure from a birds’ eye view.
Balloon basket sizes fluctuate and are depending on weight capability. Most baskets can accommodate 2-4 passengers. Each effort will probably be made to place all passengers collectively when doable.
All flights are fully depending on climate and flights are strictly underneath the route of the Balloonmeister. Generally, because of impending climate and wind situations, balloons will launch early or late…or under no circumstances.
A typical balloon flight is roughly three hours from set-up via pack-up, with the precise flight lasting roughly 30-60 minutes relying on wind. All balloon flights will launch from the pageant web site. Passengers will probably be returned to the pageant web site within the balloon’s chase car.
All passengers are required to put on closed-toe footwear, lengthy pants and keep away from free clothes. Passengers that don’t comply with the costume code is not going to be allowed to fly.
For questions on rides, contact Christel at Kansas Metropolis AeroSports at [email protected] or 816-588-2730.
Following the spectacular balloon show, fireworks will mild up the sky Friday night time.
For extra data on the FireLake FireFlight Balloon Fest and an in depth schedule of occasions, go to firelakeballoonfest.com.
