Wayne Producer Reflects On NJ Festival Of Ballooning: Report

WAYNE, NJ — For Howard Freeman, life is about being up in the clouds. Literally.

Freeman is the producer of the QuickChek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning, now in its 35th year and celebrating with its largest lineup above and on the ground.

The three-day festival is Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Solberg Airport in Readington. More than 100 hot-air balloons will take the skies.

Freeman is the managing general partner of The Festival Group, which has produced the festival for 24 years since QuickChek became the corporate sponsor, MyCentralJersey.com reported.

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"Everyone says that ballooning is good news and that good news travels fast," Freeman told the website. "We expect to see a lot of people out there, families enjoying the magic of ballooning, as well as the great concerts."

The festival will once again honor America with a five-story tall American flag balloon; created following 9/11, it is the world’s largest free-flying American flag.
Other special shaped balloons include an 85-foot-tall lion, the 110-foot-tall panda, the 105-foot-tall bear, an 85-foot-tall Angry Bird and an 80-foot-tall football.

Images provided by QuickChek

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