Up Your Wind Kite Festival (click for more info)

Looks like I will be arriving on Wednesday Sept 8th! We will be camping at the campground right adjacent to the beach!

I do NOT believe we will have internet service. Therefore, if you want to chat with me about an order, please call...or better yet....
COME AND FLY with us!

Festival info can be found on the AKA calendar page: http://www.aka.kite.org/cal_dtl.php?event_no=5156

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WHIDBEY ISLAND KITE FESTIVAL (click for more info)

The info below from http://www.whidbeykites.org/

WHIDBEY ISLAND KITE FESTIVAL - A Festival of Colors
September 25-26, 2010, Central Whidbey welcomes the Whidbey Island Kite Festival to the Camp Casey Conference Center, just south of Coupeville.

Set against the majestic backdrop of the Olympic Mountains and Puget Sound, the kite festival features impressive ground and air displays of color and imagination. Activities include kids' kitemaking, beginning sportkite lessons, and sportkite demonstrations.

The highlight of the weekend is the Whidbey Island Sport Kite Championships, one of the premier sportkite competitions in the Pacific Northwest. Individual, pairs, and team events are included. Competition takes place both Saturday and Sunday. The Whidbey Island Sport Kite Championships is an AKA-sanctioned (www.aka.kite.org) event.

The Whidbey Island Kite Festival is presented by the Whidbey Island Kite Festival Association and the Whidbey Island Kite Fliers (www.whidbeykiteclub.com). It's a wonderful, fun-filled outing for the entire family.

There will be two mass ascensions - one Saturday and one Sunday. The first 40 people to sign up and participate in each event will receive a special-issue event pin. A mass ascension is where everyone is invited to fly a kite of the specified style on the field at the same time. The style of kite for Saturday is either delta or cellular and Sunday is flat/bowed or sparless.

There will also be a teddy-bear drop each day at 1:00 for children under 10.

The Central Whidbey Lions Club will have a booth at the field with hot dogs and soda. Also, you may order field-delivered deli lunches in advance by using the registration form.

For more information, call Allen Taylor at (360) 678-9358, call Mel Vance at (360) 675-4768, e-mail Allen.D.Taylor@verizon.net, or visit our website at www.whidbeykites.org.

If you are interested in general visitor information for the area, please contact our local chamber of commerce.

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Connor Doran on AGT August 24th, 2010 (click for more info)

Hello everyone!!

Last Tuesday night we were all awed and moved to tears by Connor’s wonderful performance on America’s Got Talent!

We ALL know he has talent, and anyone who has tried to fly Indoors knows what it takes!

But to keep him going, we ALL need to tune in, watch, and VOTE again to help Connor get the highest vote count to move on to the next round.

It will air Live Tuesday August 24th at 9 pm Eastern time, 9 pm Central Time and again at 9 pm Pacific Time. Please pass this along to your friends and family and spread the word!

Please vote! Here is a link explaining how to vote:

http://www.nbc.com/americas-got-talent/vote/rules.shtml

And Oh My Gosh! His video is featured FIRST on their Home Page! http://www.nbc.com/americas-got-talent/

We all missed Amy and Connor at WSIKF…..there will be other WSIKF’s……

Where they are now is a chance of a lifetime

Thank you everyone for your love, support and encouragement for Connor.

Hugs,

Theresa Norelius

AKA Region 10 Director

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Pierce County Kitefliers Association Annual Fun Fly (click for more info)

This message from Bob Wendt:



Here's a link to the Rev Guild page with great directions and a map how to get there:

http://www.revguild.org/about/field

I was able to go last year and had a great time!
I highly recommend this fun fly! Lots of fun
Theresa

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WSIKF - TKS at The Kite Museum (click for more info)

I'm putting together pre-order requests to take to Long Beach. If you'd like something specific, let me know so I can have it with me.

Ths Kite Shoppe on wheels will be set up at The Kite Museum during the week Aug 16th to Aug 20th, 2010 (hours and days depending on weather and schedule of some Festival events)

TKS cell phone is 360-695-9646 if you can't find me! (probably took a sneak peek down at the Rev field )

Theresa

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WSIKF 2010 (click for more info)

Less than a month away!

http://kitefestival.com/

http://kitefestival.com/kite-festival/

The Kite Shoppe will have some 'kite stuff' for sale at The Kite Museum on Sid Snyder.

and Long Beach info:

http://funbeach.com/blog/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPvST92TVD8

100 Revs - Mega Fly discussion:

http://www.revkites.com/forum/topic/3762-1...sikf-aug-16-22/

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Southern Oregon Kite Festival July 17th & 18th, 2010 (click for more info)

Next up: Southern Oregon Kite Festival

http://sokf.org/

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Camas Indoor Kite Competition - November 6, 7, 8th 2009 (click for more info)

I finally got this added to the AKA calendar

warm-ups start Friday evening and we go all day Saturday and Sunday

http://www.aka.kite.org/cal_dtl.php?event_no=4750

For more information check out the web page Bud has made:

http://www.nwskl.org/camas.htm

Competition Registration forms will soon be available on the NWSKL page:

http://www.nwskl.org/events.htm

Please help us spread the word!!

Thanks!
Theresa

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Lincoln City Summer Festival (click for more info)

The 25th Annual Summer Kite Festival, will be held June 27th & 28th at the D-River State Wayside from 10am to 4pm.

This year's theme is "Pacific Wonderland". A celebration of both professional and leisure kite fliers with some of the most colorful big "show kites" in the world.

more info at: http://www.oregoncoast.org/kite-festival/kites-summer.php

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Lam Hoac Trick Clinic in Lincoln City (click for more info)

Folks,

The clinic will be a 2 day event on June 25th and 26th (the Thursday and Friday before the Lincoln City Kite Festival starts on June 27th. Lam will cover any desired topic - dual line, quad line, tricks, routine planning and advice, music, general kite related questions, you name it. The clinic starts at 10:00 and ends at 4:30 with a break for lunch. Dinner will be on Thursday night after the clinic - details will be given there.

Lam has also agreed to make dinner one evening, so he can also teach us how to cook! There will be a very reasonable cost to cover expenses and the optional dinner. Email me for details if you are interested in attending.

It's a fantastic opportunity to learn from one of the best flyers/teachers/designers/builders in kiting today, have alot of fun with other flyers, and get a great meal in one of the best areas available for flying kites. Don't miss it!

Here is a link I found that lists some hotels.
http://www.oregoncoast.org/pages/lodging-packages.php

Thanks,
Tom Patterson
(email me at tom.patterson@eoscene.com for more information)

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"First Annual Quincy Kites & Chutes Festival" (click for more info)

Just received this:

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WSIKF 2009 (click for more info)

Yes, one Whole Week on the beach!!

iQuad will be there this year! Oh how I missed you guys last year! You left Adrian all alone

We arrive on Sunday, check out of the condo on the following Sunday. This year, we're right at the end of the boardwalk! Oh how I love WorldMark!

For more information: http://kitefestival.com

and at the AKA Calendar:

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Westport Windrider Festival (click for more info)



This one a a must! A lot of fun!

I plan on getting there Thursday.....staying till Monday......3 FULL days on the beach!

One of THE BEST awards banquets ever, on Saturday night. Be prepared to buy a LOT of bag raffle tickets!

As the invited beach vendor.........I'm bringing 'goodies' for sale...so if you have something in mind, please remind me to pack it!

See you there!!

Theresa

from the AKA calendar:

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[s]Ellensburg, WA Kite Festival[/s] Cancelled (click for more info)

Just got word last night that the Festival is not going to hapen afterall. They hope to try again next year.......

Come and join us at the 1st Annual Ellensburg, WA Kite Festival the first weekend in April!

There is an impressive guest list coming together

The Kite Shoppe will have a vendor space set up as well.

Fun Fly, Demos, Indoor Competition, Kids Fly, Kids Kitemaking, Work Shops!

http://ellensburgkitefestival.com/Home_Page.html

I see their web page is still under construction, but keep an eye on it, as they may get some updates on there.

Information can be found at the AKA calendar as well. http://www.aka.kite.org/

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This new festival is gearing up to be a, "Big New Kiting Event". Special guests will be: Nobuhiko Yoshizumi from Japan and Greg Kono from Seattle. There will be Indoor Compitition and Outdoor sport kite flying both dual line and quad line. Also, a large field for Large kites and the World's Largest Kite Pin collection on display.

Theresa

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Next Event for TKS.....Rev Clinic at Long Beach! (click for more info)

to quote John.....




I'll be picking up John in Portland, then we grab Watty from PDX and head to Long Beach Thursday March 5th.

Second Annual Clinic!!

To register, more info here:

http://kitelife.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=3136



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