Preston Eakins is Scoop the Balloonatic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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That wasn’t always the case, of course. At one point, Preston was perfectly normal. Even, perhaps, a little boring. Then, a few years back (okay, okay, maybe it was quite a few years back), Preston decided to go to a local school for clowns. With fedora perched jauntily on his head, his “PRESS” pass stuck firmly in the hatband, Preston became the intrepid clown reporter, Scoop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Scoop the Clown learned about character, costume and make-up. He learned how to make people laugh. He learned a handful of very amusing magic tricks and, of course, he learned how to twist balloons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And that was when Life took a sudden turn for Preston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Scoop the Clown enjoyed making people laugh. He liked the magic tricks, too. But he absolutely fell in love with balloons! He discovered he had a real passion for turning colorful latex into stunning works of art and he threw himself into a whirlwind of balloon twisting education. He became faster. He became more versatile. Over the years, he became a true maestro of every esoteric aspect of balloon art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He became … Scoop the Balloonatic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Scoop still likes to make people laugh, but he doesn’t wear white-face any more and he only rarely breaks out a magic trick. Because, frankly, the most impressive magic is what he can do with those darn balloons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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