About The Balunguy:

The Balunguy came about in 2001 by accident.  As a little boy growing up I never aspired to or even dreamed of becoming a balloon artist, it was a "twist" of fate.  Even growing up I never saw a balloon artist in person and only saw very few on the television.  In 2001 my wife and I were expecting a child in July, well God had other plans and we had a beautiful little girl delivered in April.  Yes she was a preemie, a micro preemie is what she was technically considered because she weighed only 1lb 13oz when she was born.  She was born at 26 weeks gestation which is about 3 months early and she stayed in the hospital for 75 days which was a short stay for how early she was.  We were there for approximately a month and another family came into the NICU, they were transferred from another hospital, and we became friends with them.  The dad is a chiropractor by trade and one night on the way home my wife asked me if I knew what he did on the side.  Of course I said "no, I don't" and she said "he does balloons".  I needed some clarification so I asked "you mean like dogs and swords and stuff".  She confirmed my assumption and I thought it was silly sounding.  My wife told me not to laugh because it sounded like fun.  Well I just had to talk to him to see if my wife was pulling my leg.  Like most people, I thought balloon artists only made simple things like dogs or swords and talking with him I found out that's not true.  He started telling me some of the stuff he was making and I was instantly intrigued.  I asked him if he would teach me how to twist balloons and he agreed.  So, a few nights later we sat in the lobby of the hospital and in about 2 hours time he taught me the basics.  I bought a few books and practiced practiced practiced until I decided it was time to go public.  I first started twisting balloons at Chi Chi's for about 1.5 years until they closed up and now I currently twist balloons all over the place.  If you ever see me out and about whether I'm performing or not please don't hesitate to stop and talk to me.  I'd love to talk to you!