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Saturday, May 12th: The Citigroup Forest Park Kite Festival >10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. on the Central Fields in Forest Park >RAIN DATE: Sunday, May 13 > >The Main Stage: MUNY Teens, live music by 1ADAM12, TKO Disc Jockeys, >Leaping Lizzards dance troupe and other top-notch performers provide >family-friendly entertainment from the Main Stage throughout the day. The >grand style celebration kick-off will include parachutists who will drop >from planes above and celebratory fireworks. A picnic area with vendors >selling a variety of mouth-watering festival fare will delight all. >The Kid Zone: It’s learning made fun. Ecology, the environment and park >history come to life through the Forest Park Ecolab-an educational program >of Forest Park Forever that provides unique Park-related activities suitable >for the whole family. Ronald McDonald will amaze the crowd with magic in the >afternoon. An animal park, inflatable games, magicians, balloon artists and >special family entertainment make this spot irresistible to kids of all >ages. >Kite Demonstrations: Perennial crowd pleasers, professional kite flyers from >all across the United States converge in Forest Park to demonstrate their >amazing aerial skills for an appreciative audience. The Gateway Kite Club >of St. Louis helps to procure the best and brightest kite flyers from around >the country. >Free Flight Amateur Kite Field and 2-Line Kite Field: Kids of all ages >delight in exploring their own kite flying abilities. Kite hospital doctors >are on hand to assist guests with broken kites and give pointers on how to >maximize their kite’s flying potential. Highlights include an amateur kite >contest, kite making demonstrations and a candy drop just for kids. >Intermediate kite flyers will be have their own field in which to practice >their creative moves.
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