Balloon Festival Volunteer Registration

By completing this electronic registration form, you are volunteering to work a shift or two at the Great Smoky Mountain Hot Air Balloon Festival! We are anticipating thousands of spectators and we need an an army of friendly, hardworking, helpful folks to assist our visitors as they enjoy the festivities. As a small token or our gratitude, volunteers will receive a complimentary custom T-shirt, free parking, entrance to the festival, a discount on tethered balloon ride (weather permitting), and the appreciation of our entire team!

I am voluntarily volunteering for the Great Smoky Mountain Hot Air Balloon Festival with knowledge of the danger involved and hereby agree to accept any and all risk of injury or death. I hereby certify that I am not aware of any medical condition, physical infirmity, ailment, injury, or limitation of any nature rendering me incapable of completing the activity. I HEREBY AGREE TO BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR MY OWN WELFARE AND ACCEPT ALL RISKS OF ILLNESS, INJURY, TRAUMA, OR DEATH. I HEREBY RELEASE AND DISCHARGE THE BLOUNT PARTNERSHIP ITS STAFF AND BOARD MEMBERS FROM ANY CLAIM, ACTION OR INTENT LEADING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE ACTIVITIES. This release is binding upon my heirs, successors, assigns, and legal representatives, it being my intention to fully assume all of the risks and liabilities associated with this event. I understand that the Blount Partnership reserves the right to exclude from the activity any person it judges to be incapable of meeting the rigors of participating in the activities or who refuses or is unwilling to follow the directives of the event staff. Additionally, I grant the Blount Partnership, its legal representatives, successors, assigns and those acting through it, the absolute and unqualified right and permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use my image, likeness, picture, or audio/visual depiction of me in connection with Blount Partnership for illustration, promoting, marketing or other purposes. The Blount Partnership may rely upon this permission as full authorization to use my image without any future consent.