From the Santa Cruz Sentinel
ANN PARKER – SENTINEL CORRESPONDENT
We watched balloon artist Jimmie Whitworth creating an extraordinary balloon sculpture for the next table: a 3-foot surfer in a wet suit, riding on tri-color waves.
For Birthday Bash evenings, Ideal hires an Adventure Balloons artist who takes tips for fashioning extraordinarily complex creations; we saw a bubbling [...]
Jimmie Whitworth entertains with more
balloon creations
at Zeldas, Birthday Bash Night.
Jimmie said, “I finally met some birthday boys older than the balloon man.”
Wishing you many more Happy Birthdays, Birthday boy!
Here is another celebrating Birthday boy.
The guys are really living it up and I don’t
think they are drinking ice tea.
Moving on to another [...]
Wow! The restuarant was packed last night. It was the monthly Birthday Bash at Ideal Bar and Grill at the end of the Boardwalk. So many tourist from every where, Spain, Germany, New York and all parts of California. Kids and adults, all wanted a balloon creation. I tried not to make the same thing to often. [...]
Santa Cruz man named Entertainer of the Year at balloon convention
By PEGGY TOWNSEND
Sentinel staff writer
Ivan Whitworth’s fingers dance and Bugs Bunny appears.
They turn and twist and poke, and suddenly there’s shy-looking Elmo from “Sesame Street.”
Someday, Ivan worries, he might have to get a real job. His fingers move on to a wild-looking something that [...]
