Kite Event Calendar

[Oregon] Fun Fly

[Milwaukee] COOL FOOL KITE AND WINTER FESTIVAL..New Years Day, 2005..LIVE ON THE INTERNET ON THIS WEB SITE!! 12 noon until 4 pm. in Veterans Park on Milwaukee’s Lakefront. Free Hot Chocolate and snacks while they last. Oh, it’s soooo much fun! This is a "Fun FLy" so bring your kite or pick up a kite at Gift of Wings at the park. See Sarah and Noreen Lephardt, John and Kris Haas, our ice artists, carve blocks of ice into masterpieces before your very eyes. This festival is FREE with plenty of FREE parking. For more info call Jeff at 414/277-9121. This festival is brought to you by Gift of Wings and the Kite Society of Wisconsin and Illinois. DRESS REALLY WARM!!!

[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

[Oregon] Fun Fly

[Nelson, Wellington, Hawkes Bay,] New Zealand is currently one of the most popular tourist destinations for a variety of reasons, such as the Lord of the Rings film locations. As most keen kitefliers link their holidays to kite festivals, we have secured funding for a series of festivals in popular tourist regions in the hope that you will come for a holiday and fly with us.

[Nelson] Nelson has seen a regular summer event for the last twelve years. Great wine and craft area with wonderful beaches and steady sea breezes.

[Keswick, Ontario] Ontario and Québec’s finest group of ice and snow sailors of all ages will be showing you how they spend their winter outdoors

[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

[Nelson, Wellington, Hawkes Bay,] New Zealand is currently one of the most popular tourist destinations for a variety of reasons, such as the Lord of the Rings film locations. As most keen kitefliers link their holidays to kite festivals, we have secured funding for a series of festivals in popular tourist regions in the hope that you will come for a holiday and fly with us.

[Lowell] What: Banner Workshop and Appliqué Techniques
When: January 29 from 9-5 and January 30th from 12pm to 5pm
Cost: $22.00 / per person
Location: Lowell Mason’s Hall

This workshop will give you the choice of building a KONE banner or design and build a creative banner of your own style.

If you're building a creative personal banner, then you are responsible for the individual appliqué on the banner and you should come prepared with a photo, drawing or sketch.

If you're building a KONE banner, Archie will have two different sizes to build: large and small.

This workshop is limited to 15 participants. Each person will leave with their own banner!

Registration must be completed by January 8th, 2005, so that materials can be ordered and received from the supplier. You must purchase a pole separately. We may get together and order poles as a group to save money.

To register, send email to Archie Stewart at IKITE_2@comcast.net

Archie Stewart will lead the banner workshop and Glenn Davison will present an introduction of appliqué techniques.

[Napier] The home of the 1990 and 1995 international festival but with a new venue this year as the trees are too big at the original venue. Napier is notable for art deco architecture and wine trails. Again, good sea breezes.

[Nelson, Wellington, Hawkes Bay,] New Zealand is currently one of the most popular tourist destinations for a variety of reasons, such as the Lord of the Rings film locations. As most keen kitefliers link their holidays to kite festivals, we have secured funding for a series of festivals in popular tourist regions in the hope that you will come for a holiday and fly with us.

[Rotorua] Part of the Rotorua Festival of Arts. One of the most popular tourist destinations in NZ. Lake breezes are usual during February.

[Madison] Named the best kite festival in 2004 by the KTA. International gathering of kite flyers on Lake Mendota. Sport kites, snow kites, Fire & Ice night kite show, workshops, indoor show. www.madfest.org for more info

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