I wanted to thank everyone who helped to complete the Balloon Classic Mural Project in Danville. I know I won't be able to remember everyone that pitched in during the flurry of activity that it took to pull this off but I wanted to try. We had a quite a few locals who stopped by and did a lot of work on the project. Dan Dietz from Danville was a huge help, always there to lend a hand. Crystal, Wendy, Donna, Lisa, Ashley and my host family (Pat and Andy) were always there to help in many ways.
To the dogs that helped out...I owe you BIG on this one. Cisco my brother, what can I say...who else can you cut loose and know that it will all go way beyond any expectations I might have! Ted Turner also put in a ton of his time and talent and made this all possible. Alicia, you are one talented lady and tons of fun to have around. I didn't even mind the paint showers we experienced once in a while. Nancy stopped by and saved that day on her way out of town on Sunday. Bernie and DL also pitched in. Mike Rodino, my host family from Pontiac was also there to help. I know I am forgetting others...please know that I appreciate all the help even though the mind isn't working well at the moment.
And to Brenda and Jenna, it was an honor and a joy to have you both by my side to support and encourage me throughout the project.....XOXO
Thanks also to Cornbread and his family for all of your efforts and for giving me the opportunity to share some color with the fine folks of Danville! We had a wonderful community response during this entire project and I hope that this painting and the Walldog meet in general can spark enough interest to revive what sounded like a great Danville festival!
Thanks again to EVERYONE who helped on this...I Love my Walldog family!
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Dale people are parking their cars in no parking zones to get a better look at your mural. My wife loves this mural. Great job!
-------------------- Cornbread or Scott Lindley CSL Studio 114 North Vine Street Mt Pulaski IL 62548 Posts: 249 | From: Mt Pulaski | Registered: Jun 2009
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Marvellous undertaking Dale. It was great to see you in action again. I'm still in the Danville blast furnace today (98F), thank godness we're done the murals. I'm flying back tonight from O'Hare.
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the vibrancy of the colors is absolutely fantastic!!!
-------------------- Catharine C. Kennedy CCK Graphics 1511 Route 28 Chatham Center, NY 12184 cck1620@taconic.net "Look at me, Look at me, Look at me now! I't's fun to have fun, But you have to know how!" Posts: 2173 | From: downtown Chatham Center, NY | Registered: Feb 2004
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-------------------- Dan Sawatzky Imagination Corporation Yarrow, British Columbia dan@imaginationcorporation.com http://www.imaginationcorporation.com
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Absolutely the most creative use of space . . . a diamond among other diamonds . . .
Dale . . . I'd guess most all of us are in admiration of the courage it took to dedicate yourself to this mural - and the incredible complexities that came with it. You did it to yourself - and you did it anyway . . . and the image of the Walldogs is better for that courage. Respect.
-------------------- Jay Allen ShawCraft Sign Co. Machesney Park, IL jallen222@aol.com http://www.shawcraft.com/
"The object of the superior man is truth." -Confucius Posts: 1285 | From: Machesney Park, IL, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Eary Monday morning, as we drove back to the murals, we noticed you could see the reflections of the big balloons in the windows directly across the street. Looked like the real things floating down the street. It was an honor and a blast to work on this project.
-------------------- Signs by Alicia Jennings (Mudflap Girl) Tacoma, WA Since 1987 Have Lipstick, will travel. Posts: 3812 | From: Tacoma, WA. U.S.A. | Registered: Dec 1999
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Dale, it was a pleasure bro I really wanted to float, but after seeing how things were going I knew I better help a brother out. Glad I was able to boom you up scotty. I'm just glad the boom switches didn't get worst, kind of crazy working at night and things not operating like they should. But all in all we did it. I was happy having the famous Alicia Jennings, one of the West Coast Locas helping out and also to work with the Real Ted Turner, that guy is a cool sign painting artist and was a life saver having his compressor with him. You're one lucky guy to have a great gal, Brenda is a true warrior. I only saw her a couple of times in Pontiac and later heard you both became love birds. I said "that lucky dog!" I'm happy for you and feel very proud to have been part of your project. Now I can exercise my braggin rights over here in Fresno that their locol boy hit Front Page in Danville, which is 2,171 miles away.
-------------------- aka:Cisco the "Traveling Millennium Sign Artist" http://www.franciscovargas.com Fresno, CA 93703 559 252-0935 "to live life, is to love life, a sign of no life, is a sign of no love"...Cisco 12'98 Posts: 3576 | From: Fresno, Ca, the great USA | Registered: Dec 1998
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Magnifique! Dale. Jay said it so well. You could have painted the whole bottom of the mural and it would have been waaaay enough...but the EXTRA supreme mile that you went put you up there in the clouds of above and beyond! Literally and figuratively! Outstanding job and great team work.
-------------------- Judy Grossman JG Signs & Designs 226 W. Jackson St. Sonora, CA 95370 Posts: 207 | From: Sonora, CA, USA | Registered: Dec 1998
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Hey Dale, Does running for red colour paint chips qualify as working on your wall....ha ha (much laughter,cheeky grin!) Your wall is brilliant. Thank you for creating such beautiful eye candy. Many kudos to your whole crew. Great job.
-------------------- Susan Banasky Source Signs Nanaimo, British Columbia sourcesigns@shaw.ca
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-------------------- Jack Wills Studio Design Works 1465 E.Hidalgo Circle Nye Beach / Newport, OR Posts: 2914 | From: Rocklin, CA. USA | Registered: Dec 1998
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AWESOME job you guys ! It really is "Over the Top" ! Wish I could have been there...
-------------------- Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass... It's about learning to dance in the rain ! Jim Moser Design 13342 C Grass Valley Ave. Grass Valley, Ca. 95945 530-273-7615 jwmoser@att.net Posts: 488 | From: Grass Valley, Ca. | Registered: May 2006
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