Cheers Over California

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Cheers in the Media

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SouthernOregonNews.com 6/04/2004

Albany Democrat-Herald 8/13/2004

Sacramento News and Review 1/06/2005

News

New 2005 Cheers flight pictures of the beautiful Lodi, California vinyards under "Lodi Flights" in the Gallery.

Latest Happenings

    We will continue training new crew members throughout the fall/winter. If you are interested in crewing for hot air balloons, contact us at: info@cheersovercalifornia.com

October 29, 2005

New RE/MAX balloon pictures from Clovisfest 2005 added to the Gallery today.

October 20, 2005

Many of our web pages have been updated with new information. Most notable are the improvements we've made to the RE/MAX pages and new additions to the Gallery. Please feel free to browse through and check them out.

We're heading into the Holiday season now and putting our schedule together to close out 2005. Both Cheers and RE/MAX schedules have openings (weather permitting) so feel free to contact us if you have ideas for special events during this wonderful time of year.

We're also beginning to schedule for events in 2006. If you have something working, don't delay!! Reserve your spot on the calendar now.

Cheers

October 12, 2005

Here we are, October already. Our travel schedule for 2005 has put us on the road to events in Grants Pass, Oregon; twice to Windsor, California; Eureka, California; South Lake Tahoe, California; Reno, Nevada; Clovis, California; Hollister, California and Half Moon Bay, California. We're starting to see the Autumn changes in the weather, but so far it's been great for ballooning.

We've been getting new pictures posted in the Gallery and I'll be adding more as time permits. We have a couple of great events scheduled in the coming weeks and I'll try to get some good pictures to share. 'Til then...

Cheers

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Cheers Over California is now the Northern California RE/MAX balloon operator. Look for us with the RE/MAX balloon at public events from Fresno to the Oregon border.

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Old News

August 21, 2005

Ballooning in the Sacramento area has been slow this year. The weather really held us back for a late start. With all of the winds and the rain, we didn't get our first flight until March 12th...and then nothing else until May 14th. Things settled down in June and we've had some spectacular flights in Lodi, Woodland and other areas of the valley. Check the Gallery for pics.

In June we attended the Wild Rogue Balloon Festival in Grants Pass, Oregon and the Sonoma Hot Air Balloon Classic in Windsor, California. The flying at both events was nothing short of awesome and Grants Pass even included a "Splash and Dash" in the Rogue River. Check the Gallery for pics.

On August 14th, we tethered the RE/MAX balloon at the Kohl's Davis Kids Triathlon at UC Davis. Over 1200 kids participated in this fabulous event this year. Check the Gallery for pics.

March 12, 2005

Finally!!! On Sunday, March 6th we managed to finally get Cheers out of the trailer and inflated for the first time since September 11th, 2004. Wind, rain and the soggy landscape has been our undoing for the past six months! We got everything out, flew around for 30 minutes and called it a day. One other good thing is that after six months, our inflation fan still started on the first pull. Doesn't get much better than that.

THEN...on Saturday, March 12th, we finally got out for our first open country flight of 2005. We raided the Dutch Brothers coffee stand in Woodland, California, then headed to the Yolo County Fairgrounds. We managed to get things up and running in no time and were off for a wonderful flight. We're looking forward to many more as the season finally gets underway.

Pictures coming soon to our Gallery.

Cheers

January 30, 2005

We have our first dates for travel events in 2005. Check them on our EVENTS page. Please note, due to scheduling difficulties with other Sonoma events, the Windsor, Sonoma Balloon Classic is expected to move from the Independence Day weekend to July 15/16.

  On January 22nd, we completed the "Back to Basics" Safety Seminar, hosted by California Ballooning Services of Woodland, California. The topics covered included Systems Maintenance and Repair, Propane Safety, Accident Causes and Prevention, Weather Forecasting and Observation, Airport Safety, Crew Safety/Training and Emergency Procedures. Many thanks to all of the speakers who contributed to the seminar. Special thanks to Gayle and Dale Stroble of California Ballooning Services for all of their hard work and planning.

November 12, 2004

    Due to scheduling difficulties, our Rally list suffered some cuts in 2004. Last minute cuts included Medford, the Prosser campout and Clovis. We will also be missing the WHAMOBASS 40th anniversary in Coalinga, CA. We did attend the Wild Rogue Balloon Rally in Grants Pass, Oregon and the Sonoma Balloon Classic in Windsor, California.

    In June we attended our first event of 2004 in Grants Pass, Oregon, the Wild Rogue Balloon Rally. Our good friends in Grants Pass once again put on a fabulous event and we were reminded why we love it so much. All of the people were fantastic and the flying was spectacular. We flew the media flight on Friday, taking Reporter/Photographer Charity Antinarelli from KDRV Ch12 and Reporter Patricia Cruz from southernoregonnews.com for a ride. We took guests from our sponsors, "Copy Masters" on Saturday. A heartfelt thank you to everyone in Grants Pass. We can hardly wait 'til June 2005.

    The Sonoma Balloon Classic in Windsor, California was also a great time. Independence Day weekend brought out the Red, White and Blue in spectacular fashion. We were first in the air on Saturday, hoisting the American Flag high above the field to celebrate our freedom. Sunday, the weather prevented flight so we inflated and gave tether rides to all comers. Thank you to all.

    This year (2004) we flew at the Great Reno Balloon Race for the first time. Sponsored by Harrah's Reno, we took delivery of our new custom made 32' x 17' (HUGE) Harrah's envelope banner in early August with just enough time for a test fitting on the balloon and then we hit the road. Traveling though Las Vegas, up through Utah and into Colorado Springs, we showed up for the Colorado Balloon Classic, which was held on Labor Day weekend. Weather was an issue (wind and rain) on Saturday and Sunday and we were unable to fly. We were able to fly on Monday (Labor Day) but unfortunately, our sponsor passengers from "Cheers Liquor Mart" were unable to make it out that day. From there we traveled to Eden, Utah to unwind for a few days, then off to Reno.

Reno was spectacular!! We had great flights on Thursday (media day), Friday and Saturday, scoring in the both of the Friday and Saturday competitions. Sunday was weathered out with high winds.

We wish to thank Cheers Liquor Mart of Colorado Springs and Harrah's Reno for their amazing support and enthusiasm. Their employees and guests are the BEST!! We look forward to many more opportunities to work with them in the future.

Cheers

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