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...They say a balloon has gone up to the moon...
...Warner Bros, studios. While alert drivers gawk, Kim turns into a side street that leads to the lot. There she tethers Big Sur, goes to star in The Great Bank Robbery-a comedy western about a gang of thieves who make their getaway in a balloon...
...TAKE OFF your shoes and socks and leave them in the hall," the sign read. Inside, in the assembly hall of the Christ Church parish house, a tall man with gray hair was blowing up an enormous white balloon--at least six feet in diameter--with an air pump. His name was Ted Moynihan, and he wore black leotards...
...tied the balloon in a knot and began bounding, around the room, knocking the balloon up into the air with his head. Around him were a couple of small children, playing with balloons of their own, and several young men and women, also in leotards. While Ted bounced the enormous balloon off his head, the young dancers--members of the Boston Conservatory Dance Group--did sit ups and stretches. In the corner of the room near the door, a group of about 50 students, having taken off their shoes and socks, looked on in bewilderment...
With one ferocious swat of his head, Ted sent the balloon up to the ceiling, where it hit against a light and burst. Ted turned to his audience and coolly said, "All right, let's begin." He led the students, about two thirds of whom were girls, out onto the floor of the assembly room, a little larger than a basketball court. He spaced them out, dimmed the lights, and said, "We'll start with breathing exercise...