Don Jacobs Toyota Frank Mots Int’l Kite Festival (Frank Mots Int’l Kite Festival)
This event is not sanctioned by the AKA
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Date & Location:
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09/11/2010 - 09/12/2010
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Veterans Park on Milwaukee’s Lakefront
1300 N Lincoln Memorial Drive
Milwaukee, WI US
(AKA Region 6)
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Activities:
| Buggy Racing | | Kite Art Exhibit | | Fun Fly | | Fun For All Ages | | Kitemaking Competition | | Kids Kitemaking | |
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Description:
Your Kite Adventure begins right NOW........MOTS 2010...32 UNBELIEVABLE YEARS! THE WORLD will be WATCHING US FLY! ....(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqoZF8KVSng)
WELCOME RON GIBIAN FOR HIS Second MOTS APPEARANCE......http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y5uWE50kT0
Start your kite adventure with ''The 32nd Annual Don Jacobs Toyota Frank Mots International Kite Festival to be held on Saturday, September 11th,& Sunday September 12th, 2010, in Veterans Park on Milwaukee's Lakefront from 10:00 am until 6:00Pm Saturday and 10:00 am until 5:00pm on Sunday. We invited County Executive Scott Walker to kick off the festival at 12 noon with the Caribou Coffee grand launch of hopefully 500 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, and our newest sponsors, Don Jacbos Toyota, 102.1 WLUM, B93, and 1290am WMCS. Featured performers include Chicago Fire Kite Team, featuring Eric Wolfe, (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5J5X2dKmr0) the new Revolution Kite Flying Team...IQUAD. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP8emap5ie4) Mots also will feature Josh and Zach Gordon, 02, the kids kites of Charlie Sotich, Dan Newman, Paul Koepke, Mike Delfar, Ann Vondriska, & Donna Schenk as Mrs Kite Lady, and the most powerful line up of giant kites in the Midwest..The Giant Kites of Yves Laforest. Gift of Wings Welcomes the famed kitemaker, Ron Gibian, to his second Mots experience. Yves Laforest and his Canadian Dream Team will feature the ALL NEW SUPER GIANT OCTOPUS kite flying high over Milwaukee. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_qvJ5M8j-Y) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2rjS3Or5pw) The Caribou Coffee Grand Launch of around 500 kites will take place directly at noon. The professional kite teams will start performing at 12:30 pm followed by the Educators Credit Union Kids Mad Dash at around 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 Kat
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For additional information contact:
Scott Fisher and Jeff Kataoka
2266 N Prospect Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53203
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E-mail:
Phone: 414-305-3145
Fax: 414-425-8095 |
Kite Society of WI & IL
http://www.giftofwings.com |
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Directions:
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Milwaukee is: 1-1/2 hour drive from Madison (via I-94), 1-1/2 hour drive from Chicago (via I-90), 5-1/2 hour drive from Minneapolis/St. Paul (via I-94). BE AWARE THAT THE FREEWAY SYSTEM In DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE IS COMPLETED. From the west, straight into Milwaukee and head to I-794 exit Lincoln Memorial drive! Easy!! From the South, exit at "Lakefront" exit, and East to the lake!! From the North, exit "Lakefront and then East to the Lake! Veterans Park is North of the freeway exit on Lincoln Memo
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Comments:
More fun than human beings should be allowed to have! Get your kite, forget about everything else, and come fly with us again!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqoZF8KVSng
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