WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.040 --> 00:00:04.280 Good money, good money, good morning. Welcome, welcome, Welcome. 2 00:00:04.320 --> 00:00:08.359 It's time now for our community connection on K one, the one you trust, 3 00:00:08.359 --> 00:00:11.400 and we have very committing in with this and we've got a very special 4 00:00:11.960 --> 00:00:14.640 event that's coming up. Tell us a little bit about it, Eric, 5 00:00:15.240 --> 00:00:18.920 So I've got the Great Bartlesville Egg Hunt that's going to be taking place. 6 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:23.640 And so these are going to be glass eggs that you can find. So 7 00:00:23.679 --> 00:00:27.719 it's not your average egg hunt. Okay, these are glass eggs made by 8 00:00:27.920 --> 00:00:31.559 blow pipes and brushes. And you are mister blow pipes and brushes. Yes, 9 00:00:31.600 --> 00:00:34.439 that would be me. And this is really pretty cool. Where are 10 00:00:34.479 --> 00:00:38.560 we going to hold this? So we're gonna meet at Unity Square at eight 11 00:00:38.600 --> 00:00:43.320 am on the thirtieth of this month, and that's where everybody all kind of 12 00:00:43.320 --> 00:00:46.920 gather to find out where to find these eggs. Oh, this is gonna 13 00:00:46.920 --> 00:00:49.159 be good. This is gonna be Now. This is your number three and 14 00:00:49.200 --> 00:00:52.799 you partnered up with some great people in order to make this happen. You 15 00:00:52.880 --> 00:00:56.320 got some sponsors, which is pretty cool. Yes, I've got doctor Gopaul 16 00:00:57.039 --> 00:01:03.239 Safari smiles three three First Media and Prickly Pair Media. Man. So, 17 00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:07.959 so what made you start thinking this would be a great idea. Because it 18 00:01:07.040 --> 00:01:10.480 is turned out to be a great idea. Yeah, it's kind of blown 19 00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:15.560 up. So the first year I did it just kind of on a whim. 20 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:18.879 I just thought, hey, this would be fun. I made a 21 00:01:18.920 --> 00:01:22.000 couple of eggs and hit them. And so I decided to do it another 22 00:01:22.040 --> 00:01:25.760 year and be a little more structured and prepared, and so made like a 23 00:01:25.799 --> 00:01:30.480 dozen eggs and put a little post out there, a little advertising, and 24 00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:33.480 I had a bigger turnout than I expected that second year. So I was 25 00:01:33.519 --> 00:01:36.319 like, Okay, I'm gonna have to make this an annual thing. I 26 00:01:36.359 --> 00:01:41.680 think now with the you're expecting a lot of people to show up, so 27 00:01:42.200 --> 00:01:47.480 it should be like make a reservation or you can r s VP through there's 28 00:01:47.519 --> 00:01:51.480 the Great Bartlesville Egg Hunt page. You can rs VP there. You don't 29 00:01:51.519 --> 00:01:55.760 have to, but that's where information about the hunt, some of the clues 30 00:01:55.760 --> 00:01:59.400 will be. So yeah, if you do. I think last I checked, 31 00:01:59.400 --> 00:02:01.959 there is around seventy five people that at RSVP'd, but I know last 32 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:06.439 year there were over one hundred that showed up. So the RSVP is not 33 00:02:06.519 --> 00:02:09.840 exactly you know, a perfect science. Yeah, it's kind of a suggestion 34 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:15.879 in this town. But anyway, the Facebook page has it all, but 35 00:02:16.159 --> 00:02:20.639 they're actually seeing is believing. So do you have some photos of some of 36 00:02:20.680 --> 00:02:23.159 the eggs that we'll be looking for on your Facebook? Yeah? So on 37 00:02:23.199 --> 00:02:27.560 the Blowpipes and Brushes page, I post photos as well as the Bartlesville Egg 38 00:02:27.639 --> 00:02:31.400 Hunt event page. So yeah, I've actually done some live videos where people 39 00:02:31.400 --> 00:02:36.479 can see the process, some videos. I've uploaded pictures of some of the 40 00:02:36.520 --> 00:02:38.439 eggs that are going to be in the hunt, some that may not. 41 00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:40.800 So yeah, there's a lot of different information out there. I try to 42 00:02:40.800 --> 00:02:45.400 post every once in a while and keep people engaged. And we're talking with 43 00:02:46.080 --> 00:02:50.039 Eric here and he's with the Blowpipes and Brushes and it's the Great Bartlesville Egg 44 00:02:50.120 --> 00:02:54.000 Hunt twenty twenty four and this is really going to be a fun time coming 45 00:02:54.039 --> 00:02:59.280 up on March thirtieth eight am at Unity Square. How many eggs are you 46 00:02:59.360 --> 00:03:01.840 hiding this year? So last year I did twelve and this is the first 47 00:03:01.879 --> 00:03:07.240 time I announced it. There's gonna we're gonna do uh at least seventeen this 48 00:03:07.360 --> 00:03:10.680 year LEAs So yeah, so they'll be a little more better odds for people 49 00:03:10.680 --> 00:03:15.639 to find some eggs than just the twelve. So because it's grown, I 50 00:03:15.680 --> 00:03:19.840 want to make it cool a little easier for people to find some wonderful Now, 51 00:03:19.919 --> 00:03:22.719 when I think glass eggs, I'm thinking these things are fragile, almost 52 00:03:22.719 --> 00:03:27.719 as fragile as a regular chicken egg. So if it was blown and hollow, 53 00:03:27.879 --> 00:03:30.680 yes, but these are solid. They're kind of like paper weights. 54 00:03:30.719 --> 00:03:34.840 Oh no, so glass is actually really strong in that form. So no, 55 00:03:34.919 --> 00:03:37.159 you don't really have to worry about these breaking. I mean, they 56 00:03:37.199 --> 00:03:39.159 could fall off a shelf, they'll be fine. If anything, they might 57 00:03:39.159 --> 00:03:42.680 get a little scuff, but they're not going to shatter a break. Oh 58 00:03:42.759 --> 00:03:45.919 that's good. That is good because I can see somebody getting a little excited 59 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:49.319 and then having a whoopsie. Yes, so yeah, these are these are 60 00:03:49.400 --> 00:03:53.240 pretty durable. The Great Bartleswelled Egg Hunting eighty is coming up on March thirtieth 61 00:03:53.319 --> 00:03:58.080 eighty am Unity Square and we're talking with Eric Minton here and he is with 62 00:03:58.159 --> 00:04:03.039 the blowpipes and brush. So how did you get started on this? I 63 00:04:03.080 --> 00:04:06.919 actually went to college and majored in art. Believe it or not. Never 64 00:04:06.960 --> 00:04:10.960 took an art class until I went to college. Kind of fell in love 65 00:04:11.000 --> 00:04:14.439 with it and they just happened to have a glass studio there. Being an 66 00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:16.680 art major, I had better odds of getting into the glass class because that 67 00:04:16.759 --> 00:04:19.879 caps had a really small number because you can't have a lot of people doing 68 00:04:19.879 --> 00:04:25.439 that. And so I took the first class. They had the second class, 69 00:04:25.480 --> 00:04:27.600 and that was really about all they had. And then I did an 70 00:04:27.680 --> 00:04:30.959 independent study on it. And when I came to Oklahoma, I had a 71 00:04:30.959 --> 00:04:34.079 professor that told me to go look, there were any glass studios in Oklahoma 72 00:04:34.079 --> 00:04:36.839 I could work at. So I did work at a glass studio for about 73 00:04:36.879 --> 00:04:42.240 three years and then I've been involved in it for a little bit here and 74 00:04:42.240 --> 00:04:46.399 there, and now I've got my own own setup. Oh man, So 75 00:04:46.480 --> 00:04:49.800 you went to Central College and this is where it happened about yester year. 76 00:04:50.240 --> 00:04:54.519 Yeah, my junior year is probably when I kind of discovered glass. So 77 00:04:54.879 --> 00:05:00.680 class has class. So you were telling me about where you do this. 78 00:05:00.800 --> 00:05:03.920 You're actually your studios right there at your home. Yeah. I can walk 79 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:08.480 right out my back door and I've got a twenty five x thirty shop that 80 00:05:08.519 --> 00:05:13.519 I'm set up with everything I need to work and make glass. Yeah. 81 00:05:14.759 --> 00:05:17.199 Now you know you're going to be guaranteed good weather. This is Oklahoma, 82 00:05:17.519 --> 00:05:20.800 right exactly. So we're going to do this out there on the green green 83 00:05:20.839 --> 00:05:26.040 grass. Yes, that's that's going to be interesting. So there may be 84 00:05:26.120 --> 00:05:29.600 some there there. It's going to be kind of all over Bartlesville. Oh 85 00:05:29.639 --> 00:05:32.079 it is. So we start there, you start there. Now we're getting 86 00:05:32.079 --> 00:05:38.000 someplace. This is this is good. So last year we met at Lee 87 00:05:38.079 --> 00:05:43.519 Lake and then everybody dispersed and we dropped. The clues dropped and they were 88 00:05:43.519 --> 00:05:47.160 all over Bartlesville, the west side, east, north, all over town. 89 00:05:47.639 --> 00:05:50.920 So you do you give them clues. It's kind of like a glass 90 00:05:50.959 --> 00:05:56.120 egg treasure hunt. Yes, wow, yeah, So it could be a 91 00:05:56.199 --> 00:05:58.959 riddle, it could be a clue, it could be coordinates. We had 92 00:05:58.959 --> 00:06:01.439 one last year. It was just so first one to get to those coordinates 93 00:06:01.560 --> 00:06:04.160 was going to be the lucky winner of an egg. Oh my god. 94 00:06:04.279 --> 00:06:08.680 But there'll be a twist this year, so you'll have to wait and find 95 00:06:08.720 --> 00:06:12.360 out. When you know, we meet at Unity Square. I'll kind of 96 00:06:12.680 --> 00:06:15.959 give a little more detail there and then. But yeah, so you need 97 00:06:15.000 --> 00:06:18.000 to bring your sense of adventure, your sense of humor, and a sense 98 00:06:18.040 --> 00:06:21.079 of direction. Perhaps, Yeah, I mean that'll help. And the more 99 00:06:21.160 --> 00:06:25.720 you know Bartlesville locals have a little bit of advantage too, because a lot 100 00:06:25.720 --> 00:06:28.560 of the clues revolve around Bartlesville. All right, So this is going to 101 00:06:28.639 --> 00:06:31.319 be great. Meet up at the square at eight o'clock, get your clues 102 00:06:32.079 --> 00:06:35.079 and then get going. You got it, and then if you find it, 103 00:06:35.439 --> 00:06:39.319 you're a keeper. Yep, you get to keep it. Wow, 104 00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:43.319 seventeen eggs at least at least seventeen and these are solid glass or they're not 105 00:06:43.360 --> 00:06:46.519 going to break in your hand. Nope. And it's not like a like 106 00:06:46.560 --> 00:06:49.800 an ornament you'd have at Christmas time. These are These are pretty pretty durable 107 00:06:49.800 --> 00:06:54.399 things. Yep, they'll be durable. They've all got their own individual designs. 108 00:06:54.519 --> 00:07:00.240 No two are alike, so all different colors, different designs. I 109 00:07:00.279 --> 00:07:03.279 have a few that glow in the dark, so that well there, I 110 00:07:03.879 --> 00:07:10.519 okay, I got to see that. What's your Facebook page again? So 111 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:14.759 the Facebook pages blowpipes and brushes. I do a little painting on the side 112 00:07:14.759 --> 00:07:18.519 too, So the blowpipes obviously glass, but go out there and you can 113 00:07:18.519 --> 00:07:21.600 see anything. I try to keep it all art related and you can see 114 00:07:21.639 --> 00:07:25.920 anything going on. And a lot of the posts that will be on the 115 00:07:25.959 --> 00:07:29.600 event page, I'll also carry over to that blowpipes and brushes page. Now 116 00:07:29.680 --> 00:07:33.639 this sounds like an exciting little adventure. That's the idea. Get the community 117 00:07:33.680 --> 00:07:38.199 involved, let them have some fun, you know, bring Bartlesville out. 118 00:07:39.639 --> 00:07:44.720 Yes, definitely, come on, this is great. I want to thank 119 00:07:44.759 --> 00:07:46.079 you for coming in here and sharing this with you. I appreciate it. 120 00:07:46.600 --> 00:07:50.639 It could be a fun one and we love fun around here. That's the 121 00:07:50.720 --> 00:07:55.079 idea. I just you know, where's the oddest place a person is? 122 00:07:55.279 --> 00:08:00.879 An egg is turned up and the oddest place one of the oddest places I 123 00:08:00.920 --> 00:08:03.720 know. Last year, the last egg was the hardest one to find, 124 00:08:03.160 --> 00:08:11.079 and we actually had it in the tower at the park, the park, 125 00:08:11.079 --> 00:08:16.480 the Center Park, the viewing tower up top and it was actually taped above 126 00:08:16.519 --> 00:08:20.800 the entrance, so numerous people walked right by it because it was up above 127 00:08:20.839 --> 00:08:24.680 them. So yeah, I want to say, people search for about twenty 128 00:08:24.720 --> 00:08:28.879 minutes going buy it back and forth. The first year, I had somebody 129 00:08:28.920 --> 00:08:31.480 just walking a dog and their dogs sniffed it out. They weren't even participating, 130 00:08:31.600 --> 00:08:35.639 but they were the lucky winner who knew dogs good sniffed glass. I 131 00:08:35.840 --> 00:08:37.679 was like watching it and I was like, you gotta be kidding me. 132 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:41.320 You gotta be kidding me, hey man, thank you for dropping by. 133 00:08:41.480 --> 00:08:43.919 You got it. And let's try to make this an annual thing where you 134 00:08:45.000 --> 00:08:48.120 drop by the studio and we'll do this again. You got it. I 135 00:08:48.320 --> 00:08:50.480 love to thank you very much, Eric, Thank you so much, Tonri. 136 00:08:50.600 --> 00:08:56.480 Once again, that is the Great Bartlesville Egg Hunt twenty twenty four and 137 00:08:56.559 --> 00:09:01.120 it is coming up on March third, eight am and Unity Square, you've 138 00:09:01.159 --> 00:09:05.159 been listening to our community connection right here on K one, the one you trust.