Kite Event Calendar

[Muncie] The Hoosier Kitefliers Society is proud to sponsor the Indiana Trick Clinic. When: September 4th and 5th, 2004 This is the Labor Day Weekend. Time: 10:00 am Saturday through sunset on Sunday Where: The Academy of Model Aeronautics in Muncie, Indiana http://www.modelaircraft.org/templates/ama The same site as where the HKS hosts the Ansel Toney Kite Festival. How Much?: FREE. Just like the last one. Master Flyer Mark Kunoff will be instructing the Indiana Trick Clinic. Both Mark and I (Castor or Ikky68) would like to invite everyone to this two (2) day event. There are camping grounds at the AMA with power outlets and access to showers. I encourage everyone attending to come out and camp, I don’t want to be out there by myself. The first day will include training and time to fly your (or OP) kites to your heart’s content. Training will start with basics and then move to advanced. Just let us know what you want to learn and we’ll try to accommodate you. On the next day we will continue training (and flying) and include a mini-competition using Wardley’s Freestyle format. Although we may change it to suit our specific needs. The Indiana Trick Clinic will continue as a semi-annual event. Each year we will host the Spring Clinic and the Summer Clinic. Those interested in freestyle tricks or improving skills for competition are welcome to attend. For this Indiana Trick Clinic (summer session) we are honored to have Lam Hoac as our very special guest pilot. Please RSVP me (ikky68@yahoo.com) so that I can get a head count.

[Beech Mountain] Family Fun Fly, Kids Kite Making, Games, Sport Kite Demonstrations

[Cleveland] Mark your Calendars The Cleveland Kite Festival September 11 and 12, 2004 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days Edgewater State Park, off Rte. 2 west of the Great Lakes Science Center about a mile. LOTS TO DO: Bring your own kites or buy them from shops on the field! Make kites in the OSEK Workshop. Compete in Wind Sprints for kids of all ages, and a special Grandparents Wind Sprint on Sunday! Compete in a Fighter Kite Competition (American Rules)-Novice Class on Saturday, Advanced Class on Sunday. Learn to fly sport kites! Watch demonstrations, join in a Mass Ascension of Red-White-Blue (kite or tail or hang a flag on your flying line) kites on Patriot Day ( Sept. 11). Share the fun, bring the family, bring a picnic, and bring your battery operated fm radio to hear announcement on your own radio as well as from the sound system. (It’s a big park.) And bring Sunny Skies and Fair Breezes! Sponsored by OSEK to support kite workshops, talks, displays and education activities in Northern Ohio . Ohio Society for the Elevation of Kites 10228 Winthrop Rd. Streetsboro, OH, 44241 e-address: osekcleve@adelphia.net

[Kennett Square] A month-long fall celebration on a 350 acre estate. Kite events are a part of GardenFest at Longwood Gardens near Kennett Square, Pa. on the historic former estate of Pierre S. du Pont. deemed a "National Wonder" by National Geographic Traveler. Visitors will enjoy crafts, walks, gardening demonstrations, fountaion displays and all things autumn, as well as kite making and flying. Visitors are invited to bring their own kites and join us for a fall fun fly.

[Milwaukee] LIVE ON THE INTERNET..MOTS 2004...26 GREAT YEARS! THE WORLD will be WATCHING US FLY! "The 26th Annual KFC Frank Mots International Kite Festival will be held on Saturday, September 11th,& Sunday September 12th, 2004, in Veterans Park on Milwaukee’s Lakefront from 10:00 am until 6:00Pm each day. County Executive Scott Walker will kick off the festival at 12 noon with a grand launch of hopefully 700 kites. That’s right...two great days of flying. The event is sponsored by the Kite Society of Wisconsin and Illinois, and Gift of Wings, our newest sponsor, KFC and "The FISH 105.3 radio" and AM 540, the WORD. Featured perfromers include Chicago Fire, Team Pegasus, Jim Wirt,Mike Delfar, Josh and Zak Gordon and Charlie Sotich, Paul Koepke, and Dan Newman, Yves LaForest will fly his giant kites from Montreal Quebec. Sponsored by The Kite Society of Wisconsin and Illinois and Gift of Wings. The grand Launch of around 700 kites will take place directly at noon. The professional kite teams will start performing at 12:30 pm followed by the Kids Mad Dash at 2:00. See Roscoe from the Milwaukee Admirals, and Bango from the Bucks. For more information, call Scott Fisher at 414/425-9993 or Jeff Kataoka at 414/277-9121.Be part of history....26 years of kites on Milwaukee’s Lakefront. KSWI, America’s Kite Flying club!!

[Columbus] A Kitefly for all types of kites and kiteflying in the Columbus Ohio Area. The Monthly fly is from 10 AM to 5 PM on the Second Sunday and Fourth Saturday of every month. These monthly flys are promoted and supervised by the Columbus Kiters.

[Long Beach] A Day of Kite flying to honor the victims of 9/11. There will be music, And 200 kites will be given away. Event schedule is from 12-3:00PM

[Upper Arlington] The Upper Arlington Parks and Recreation Department is putting on its annual Family Kites and Flight Special Event. This is a time for the community to come and learn about kite flying, model airplanes and rockets. Family activities run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. but Thompson Park is open all day to kite flyers.

[Marinette] Kick off event for Tri-City Area United Way featuring a children’s kite workshop and the large kites of Sparling Kite Entertainment and Chromatic Kite Displays.

[Cape town] Just think of flying your kites on Robben island (where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned), Table Mountain, Cape Point, Khayelitsha township and other world-famous landmarks, as well as taking in our cosmopolitan night life and sights. The CT Kitefest is a project of the Cape Mental Health Society, a non-profit organisation catering to the mentally challenged around Cape Town. Last year we were in over 30 publications, radio shows and television inserts. About 23000 people attended the festival. So far, apart from our own accomplished kiters and kitemakers, expect to see Ann harris with her entire family of inflatables, David and Susan Gomberg with a full tour group from US, and some others from around Europe. Come for the full week on our accompanied tour package, culminating in the two days of the festival itself.

[Scarborough] A 2-day international event at Milliken District Park, McCowan & Steeles, Scarborough, Ontario. Free admission. This year, 10 star teams from North American, Asia and Europe will be featured with hundreds of other kite enthusiasts. In addition to breath-taking kite contests and demonstrations of award-winning kites in the Toronto sky, there will also be Rokkaku kite battles, open flying field, children’s kite-making workshops, live multicultural performances, festival bazaar, gourmet market, game booths, lucky draws and prizes.

[Mason, Ohio] Family Fly, Kids Kite Building, Games

[Elmira] Community Soaring Day is an annual event with morning kite flying on Harris Hill, SOARING CAPITAL OF AMERICA. Along with kite flying, many other related activities are planned throughout the day. Food vendors, trolley rides, discounted sailplane ride at the adjacent gliderport are also planned.

[Kennett Square] Fall garden festival at the 350 acre world-famous Longwood Gardens. Kids' kite making and fun fly as well as kite flying demonstrations will be a part of this month-long celebration of the autumn season. Visitors are invited to bring their own kites and join us for a fall fun fly.

[Kennett Square] As a part of a month-long Autumn celebration of gardening and all things botanical, there will be kids kitemaking, kiteflying demonstrations, and fun fly. Visitors to the festival are invited to bring their own kites and join us for the fun fly.

[Dorchester]

[Dorchester] The Cultural Festival will be enjoyed by all. The time are 10:00 am to 4:00 pm both days.

[Janesville] This is a Wisconsin Kiter’s club fly and the general public is also welcome to join us. The flying area is about the size of 4-5 soccer fields side by side.

[Oswego] The Oswegoland Park District hosts 2 annual kite flying events. Families with children of all ages come to enjoy the art of kite flying. Kids bring a kite or make their own then sit to enjoy music while watching the "big kites" fill the sky.

[Cazenovia] Stone Quarry Hill Art Park is incorporated as a 501 (c)(3) educational organization with the dual mission of conserving the land while providing place for emerging and practicing artists in various media to create and present their work through exhibitions, performances or special events. The Stone Quarry Hill Art Park is an enchanting union of nature and art. The 104-acre park of walking trails, open meadows and imaginative outdoor sculpture exhibitions was donated to the community by Dorothy and Bob Riester in 1991. Located on a high hill (gracing visitors with an outstanding view of western Madison County) the art park is just minutes from the historic village of Cazenovia. Yet it feels like another world. The Stone Quarry Hill Art Park is an enchanting union of nature and art. The 104-acre park of walking trails, open meadows and imaginative outdoor sculpture exhibitions was donated to the community by Dorothy and Bob Riester in 1991. Located on a high hill (gracing visitors with an outstanding view of western Madison County) the art park is just minutes from the historic village of Cazenovia. Yet it feels like another world. The Stone Quarry Hill Art Park is an enchanting union of nature and art. The 104-acre park of walking trails, open meadows and imaginative outdoor sculpture exhibitions was donated to the community by Dorothy and Bob Riester in 1991. Located on a high hill (gracing visitors with an outstanding view of western Madison County) the art park is just minutes from the historic village of Cazenovia. Yet it feels like another world. The Stone Quarry Hill Art Park is an enchanting union of nature and art. The 104-acre park of walking trails, open meadows and imaginative outdoor sculpture exhibitions was donated to the community by Dorothy and Bob Riester in 1991. Located on a high hill (gracing visitors with an outstanding view of western Madison County) the art park is just minutes from the historic village of Cazenovia. Yet it feels like another world. Family fun with kite flying at all levels.

[Columbus] A Kitefly for all types of kites and kiteflying in the Columbus Ohio Area. The Monthly fly is from 10 AM to 5 PM on the Second Sunday and Fourth Saturday of every month. These monthly flys are promoted and supervised by the Columbus Kiters.

[Kennett Square] "Kites for Kids" kite making, fun fly, and kite flying demonstrations will be part of this month-long fall celebration on the grounds of the world famous Longwood Gardens. Many family oriented activities will be held on the 350 acre former estate and in the Conservatory Exhibition Hall. Visitors are invited to bring their own kites and join us for a fall fun fly.

[Orting] This event will have many events for the children such as, kids kitemaking, face painting and much more. There will also be sport kite and fighter kite demonstrations.

[Mayville] This is a club fun fly and a kids kite workshop. The general public is welcome to come join us in having a great day !