EVENTS NOT TO MISS!!!!

T-SHIRT CONTEST!

WE NEED NEW ART!!!
Here is your opportunity to show off your talents!! Or your child’s/friend’s/co-worker’s talent! Have everyone you know participate!!!!!

Specifications:
8.5” x 11”

Must use a black sharpie - ONE color & no shading or gradients (These do not come out well when screen printed)

Must have a kite theme  :)

Please have all submissions in by January 10. Online voting will be posted by 2/15/2012 with the winner announced in our February Newsletter.

The artwork with the most votes will be placed on next year’s shirts

WINNER WILL RECEIVE:
TWO t-shirts and one 7’ delta kite

 

 

 

 

 

Upcoming Events

Kiting Event Calendar


Shared on Google Calendar

Date

Event

 

Website

Jan 12-15

Oregon Kitemakers Retreat Rockaway Beach OR

 

www.kitemakersretreat.com

Jan 12-15

Upper Midwest Area Kitemaker Event Des Moines IA

 

www.u-make.org

Feb 4-5

SPI Kite Fest  SPI TX

 

www.bskites.com

Feb 10-13

Maryland Kite Society KiteMakers Retreat Ellicott City MD

 

www.mdkites.org

Feb 18

Color The Wind Clear Lake IA  

 

www.colorthewind.org

Feb 18-19

Shiver Fest, Devils Lake, ND

 

 

March 4

Zilker Park Kite Festival  Austin TX

 

www.zilkerkitefestival.com

March 10-11

Kite Party 9 Huntington Beach CA

 

www.kiteparty.t35.com

March 16-18

Fort Worden Kitemakers Conference Fort Worden WA

 

www.kitemakers.org

Mar 23-25

Kites Over Pere Marquette

 

charon39@sbcglobal.net

Mar 24

MCC-Longview Beginner Kite Class

 

www.mccflightsoffancy.org

 

Ocean Beach Kite Festival, San Diego

 

 

 

Spiro Mounds Kite   Flite Day  Spiro OK

 

spiro@okhistory.org

March 17

Eureka Springs Kite Festival  Eureka Springs AR

 

www.spiro@okhistory.org

Apr 14

Arvada Kite Festival, Colorado

 

http://coloradoouting.com/2011-03-24/colorado-events/colorado-city-and-town-events/metro-denver-events/9th-annual-arvada-kite-festival/

Apr 14-15

Airwaves West Chester OH

 

www.wguc.org/kitefest

Apr 21

MCC-Longview Flights of Fancy  Lee's Summit MO

 

www.mccflightsoffancy.org

Apr 28-29

Chalk Walk  Kansas City MO

 

www.chalkwalk.org

 

Fort Collins Kites in the Park, Colorado

 

 

May 1

Rockford Kites in Flight

 

www.chicagokite.com

May 19

Chicago Mayor Daley's Kids and Kites

 

www.chicagokite.com

May 6

MWWK Club Spring Fly La-Vista NE

 

www.midwestwindskitefliers.org

May 5-6

Decatur

 

www.chicagokite.com

May 12

Spring Hill Kite Fest  Spring Hill KS

 

www.kckiteclub.org

May 12-13

Kites Over Grinnell  Grinnell IA

 

www.kitesovergrinnell.googlepages.com

May 12-13

Tulsa Wind Riders Kite Festival Tulsa OK

 

E-mail: larryleestiles@yahoo.com Phone: (918) 630-9334

June 16-17

Kites Over Route 66  Joplin MO

 

Greg Begey gbegey@hotmail.com

May 19?

Merriam Turkey Creek  Merriam KS

 

www.merriam.org/park/Events/turkey-creek-festival.htm

May 20

Westmont, IL Ty Warner Park

 

www.chicagokite.com

May 21

Northbrook

 

www.chicagokite.com

May 22

Carol Stream

 

www.chicagokite.com

May 26-28

Skydance Sakakawea Kite Festival  Garrison ND

 

www.sky-dance.net

first part of May

Greensburg, KS

 

 

June 1-3

Twisted Lines Topeka KS

 

www.topekakitefliers.com

Jun 2?

EcoFest  Independence MO 

 

www.ci.independence.mo.us/parksandrec

June 5

Naperville Kite Festival  Naperville IL

 

www.chicagokite.com

June 9-10

Jamestown KiteFest Jamestown ND

 

www.wingsonstrings.org

June 22-24

Maria Stein Country Fest  Maria Stein OH

 

www.mscountryfest.com

Jun 23

Shawano Fun Fly

 

E-mail: <ejgrys at gmail.com>

July 4

Riverfest  Kansas City MO  4-11pm

 

www.kcriverfest.com

July 28

Kites and Castles at Lake McCauahay

 

www.kitesandcastles.8k.com

July-Aug

Milwaukee Kite Festival

 

www.chicagokite.com

 

Linn Creek Arts Festival,  Marshalltown, IA

 

www.linncreekartsfestival.com

 

Libertyfest Kite Fest  Edmond OK

 

www.libertyfest.org/LibertyfestKiteFest.php

Aug 10-12

Great Midwest Balloon Fest

 

www.greatmidwestballoonfest.org

Aug 20-26

Washington State International Kite Festival

 

http://www.kitefestival.com

Aug 31-Sept 2

Callaway Kite Flight Callaway NE

 

www.callawaykiteflight.com

Aug 31-Sept 2

Kites Over Lake Michigan (KOLM) Two Rivers WI

 

www.uniqueflyingobjects.com

Sept 9

DeKalb IL

 

www.chicagokite.com

Sept 15-16

Coal Country Kite Fly, Beulah, ND

 

 

Sept 18

ScoutFEST 100

 

www.chicagokite.com

Sept 22-23

Quad Family Kite Festival  Davenport, IA

 

http://www.qckiteclub.com/NEWSITE/festival

Sept 22-23

Geneva Kite Festival

 

www.chicagokite.com

Sept 30-Oct 7

AKA Convention  Enid, OK

 

www.aka.kite.org

Oct 14

Glenview Kite Day

 

www.chicagokite.com

Oct 2

Family Kite Fly Village of Antioch

 

www.chicagokite.com

Oct 14

Columbia Missouri Joint Fly  Columbia MO

 

www.kckiteclub.org

Oct 14

OSOW Omaha Kite Festival La-Vista NE

 

www.midwestwindskitefliers.org

Oct 20?

Family Fall Festival Pumpkin Fest Overland Park KS

 

www.bluevalleyrec.org

Nov

Dead Bird Buggy Bash and Kite Fly  Galveston TX

 

www.deadbirdbuggybash.com 

Dec 26

Montrose Harbor Memorial Fly

 

www.chicagokite.com


WHAT'S NEW....

Thanks to Justin Berry, we now have a KCKiteClub BLOG!! Go here to chat with local kiters and post videos & pics of kiting events!!!

 

About Membership in the KC Kite Club.....

We consider anyone who flies a kite in the area a member of the club if they desire to be. You may already be a member, but did not know it. We have no dues, just promote family kite flying fun and events. If you like kites, fly kites, make kites, or want to know more about kites, we'll help you out. It may be a small club but the KCKC has its share of nationally recognized kite enthusiasts as well as kite festivals that attract people from across the nation.

 

 

 

 

The exclusive purpose of the Kansas City Kite Club organization is to educate the public about the art, techniques, science, technology, history, safe practices of kite flying, and kite making in our community. Additionally the techniques and creativity of kite making are a major central purpose of the educational outreach programs we conduct. Our kiting educational programs and demonstrations are always open to the public.  


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