|
June, 2011
LIVE AT EAA PIONEER AIRPORT..OSHKOSH!!
The Tour De Kites Continues
. Wings on Strings Kite Festival is Sponsored by The EAA, The Kite Society of Wisconsin & Illinois, and Gift of Wings.
This Kite Festival will be held at the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh on Pioneer Airport. No Airplanes allowed
.The times are from 11:00 am until 4:00 pm, on
Saturday, June 18th, with the Grand Launch of 400 kites taking to the skies at 11:30am. The event is FREE, with plenty of FREE parking. Gift of Wings will be on
sight selling all of your favorite kites, windsocks and Garden Spinners. Come fly a kite and check out the great display of airplanes at the EAA AirVenture Museum.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k-ySr7itLY Featured performers include Chicago Fire Kite Team, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp70PeGF6R4 . Mike Delfar, Elizabeth Gordon,
Paul Koepke, Dan Newman, Josh and Zach Gordon, Fire & Ice, EOS, O2, Something Old
Something New, and The Giant MEGA Kites of Yves LaForest. Yves will be debuting
the Mega Octopus Kite http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybXOK8hNFbA and the Giant Manta Ray kite for the first time in Northeastern Wisconsin. Gift of Wings and the EAA
will be making free Charlie Sotich kites for the kids. Candy will fall from the sky, along with hot tasty Johnsonville Brats, as Team O2 and Dan Brinnehl host the Candy
and Brat drops on Saturday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjWOa34aeB8 The Kids Mad Dash will be taking place at 2:00 pm. The first 100 kids that sign up and
participate in the Kids Mad Dash will receive a free kite. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w4tl2FzO04 . Hot Johnsonville Brats and Nathans Hot Dogs, will be sold during
the event. This is a FREE event... Hope to see you there!! For more information, contact Jeff Kataoka at 414/277-9121 or Scott Fisher at 414-305-3145 or www.giftofwings.com
and www.eaa.org.!! The Kite Society of WI & IL...It doesn't get any better than this!!
Have an event you want listed?
Do you like our web page??? Do you have an event that you would
like us to mention? Would you like Gift of Wings to help your organization
put on a Kite Festival? Let us know by e-mailing us at info@giftofwings.com! |
