Kirby in the Sky with Diamonds

A large black Hummer with a modified equipment trailer attached and what looked like three large voting-booths positioned near passed second base of the Kirby Middle School’s playground and baseball field. There were several men diligently at work behind the large black voting-booths. To the left were a few people holding binders and covered in bags, pouches, and cell phones. Immediately, I knew these were the important people whom I needed to speak with.

David Young, Assistant Manager – Public Relations was just the man I needed. He was casually dressed and in good spirits. He was happy to be in Birmingham, Alabama kick off this event. Here, as with other Kirby locations around America, they were releasing environmentally-friendly Flogos of our pink puff friend, Kirby.

What is a Flogo, you may be thinking? Flogo is a foamy, helium-filled, soap bubble formation made into an image by being screened through a large stencil. In this case, a Kirby-shaped stencil.

David explained that the event is being held to commemorate Kirby’s 16th anniversary. We watch the birth of the first batches of floating Kirby clouds.

”We are holding this event,” David tells me with a grin, ”to get the word out about Kirby Super Star Ultra, an updated version of an old favorite, out Monday [Sept. 22nd]. We decided to do it this way to sort of honor Kirby’s floating abilities.”

This is a landmark event for Flogos, too. This event is the first time Flogos have ever been done in color. The bubbly facsimiles of Kirby have been dyed a true-to-the-character pink color. Each Kirby measures about 2 ½ feet square.

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