A talented Coatbridge balloon artist was walking on air after becoming the only Scottish participant in her field to help create the very first Big Balloon Build in America.Jacqui Young and her team from Wishaw's Classic Touch Balloons company showcased their brilliant breathing abilities to carefully construct a giant replica of the board game Candy Land, using an incredible 125,000 balloons.They jetted off all the way to Vincennes, Indiana for a breathtaking task that was anything but child's play.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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As previously reported by Lanarkshire Live, her first Big Balloon Build was in December 2021 in Birmingham, which was the first event of its kind away from director Stuart Davies' home country of Wales.
Jacqui has decorated venues for every kind of celebration there is - but building a giant forest as part of a life-sized board game was a whole new challenge.
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