Berkeley Kite Festival & West Coast Kite Championships (Berkeley Kite Festival & WCKC)
This event is not sanctioned by the AKA
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Date & Location:
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07/24/1999 - 07/25/1999
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Berkeley Marina
Cesar E. Chavez Park
Berkeley, CA US
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Activities:
| Fun Fly | | Sport Kite Competition | | Kitemaking Competition | | Fun For All Ages | | Kids Kitemaking | |
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Description:
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The Berkeley Kite Festival & West Coast Kite Championships is produced by HIGHLINE KITES OF BERKELEY and is co-sponsored by the City of Berkeley. It takes place annually on the last weekend of July at Cesar E. Chavez Park, which is located at the north end of the Berkeley Marina in Berkeley, California. The park’s open rolling hills, and proximity to the Golden Gate’s seemingly ever-present winds, make it a hot bed for all forms of kiting, and the perfect site for a kite festival. This confluence of land, sea, and weather, have combined with the efforts of hundreds of dedicated volunteers from the American Kiteflier’s Association, the Bay Area Sport Kite League, the Northern California Kite Club, and Berkeley’s Waterfornt Regulars to make the Berkeley Kite Festival & West Coast Kite Championships one of the biggest and most successful festivals of it’s type in the North America. As one kite flyer put it,
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LOCAL HOTELS Golden Bear Motel in Berkeley (510) 525-6770 Radisson Hotel in Berkeley (510) 548-7920 Days Inn in Emeryville (510) 547-7888 Holiday Inn in Emeryville (510) 658-9300 DON'T MISS THE DINNER CRUISE ON SAN FRANCISCO BAY! ONLY $35.00 This year’s Sunday awards celebration and banquet will once again be held aboard the Empress Hornblower Yacht. After two great days of flying we will board the 100' three-deck Empress Hornblower for a magical dinner cruise on the San Francisco Bay. En route we can expect to see Sausalito, Angel Island, Alcatraz, the San Francisco Waterfront, the Bay Bridge, and of course, that bridge of bridges, the Golden Gate!
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