The Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce had initialized these lists of festivities way back when it started during 1983. The proprietor of the balloon festival was a certain Mr. Walt Darren, a commercial airline pilot who had a side hobby of being a hot air balloonist. He was the first to propose the idea of having hot air balloons race through the countryside as part of an effort to bolster the tourism in the area.
Vicky Taylor, then president of the Commerce had asked Evelyn Harker, event organizer to raise funds for this idea (of which she might have thought of it to be a pretty good idea in itself.) The event organizer had a splendid idea that the whole thing could pull off much more successfully if the other attractions that could be found in the local area were pulled in as a culmination of all the good things that can be found inside Temecula Valley. Things like wines, cheeses, the entertainment and basically, the cuisine of Temecula itself.
The idea was passed on, and more of the people around, as well as several establishments and organizations pitched their support in to try and bolster the event upwards. Help came in from different parts of the valley, not to mention contributions limited to not only finance, but also through volunteer work and free advertising of the event.
The first of the full events were started during the early spring of 1984. With the small towns population of only nine thousand, it was a drastic and daring step to bolster their stagnant economy, as well as a big gamble on their part. The gamble worked and at least four thousand five hundred visitors had actually visited the site on their first day of the festival.
The original 35 balloons that were launched and had sped through the open skies, unbridled and free, still stay strong. Since then, more and more people have started coming in due to this festival. Today, an unprecedented amount of visitors and watchers traverse the road to Temecula, to witness this awesome display of how man rides through the sky. - 2364
Vicky Taylor, then president of the Commerce had asked Evelyn Harker, event organizer to raise funds for this idea (of which she might have thought of it to be a pretty good idea in itself.) The event organizer had a splendid idea that the whole thing could pull off much more successfully if the other attractions that could be found in the local area were pulled in as a culmination of all the good things that can be found inside Temecula Valley. Things like wines, cheeses, the entertainment and basically, the cuisine of Temecula itself.
The idea was passed on, and more of the people around, as well as several establishments and organizations pitched their support in to try and bolster the event upwards. Help came in from different parts of the valley, not to mention contributions limited to not only finance, but also through volunteer work and free advertising of the event.
The first of the full events were started during the early spring of 1984. With the small towns population of only nine thousand, it was a drastic and daring step to bolster their stagnant economy, as well as a big gamble on their part. The gamble worked and at least four thousand five hundred visitors had actually visited the site on their first day of the festival.
The original 35 balloons that were launched and had sped through the open skies, unbridled and free, still stay strong. Since then, more and more people have started coming in due to this festival. Today, an unprecedented amount of visitors and watchers traverse the road to Temecula, to witness this awesome display of how man rides through the sky. - 2364
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