From: Shadowsinger Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: First Annual Winnipeg Family KiTE Festival Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 06:22:38 -1000 Organization: Blue Sky FreeNet of Manitoba Inc. Message-ID: The **First Annual Winnipeg Family KiTE Festival** is being held: --> Father's Day, Sunday June 16, 1996 --> 10:00 am to 4:00 pm --> Assiniboine Park (East of the Conservatory) Come one come all to the hottest summer event to hit Winnipeg since the first pilgrimage to Grand Beach. With music, flight, crafts, prizes and sunshine, the Winnipeg Family KiTE Festival is a great way to spend Father's Day! There's a lot more going on Sunday than just kite-flying - Bring your friends and family and Come Fly With Us! (*General admission is free, some events may have minimal costs*) Featured Events: The Astra Kite-Making Workshops: Learn how to build and fly your very own sled kite with the help of our volunteers. (*Materials fee: $5.00. Buy four kites and get the fifth free!*) The KiTE Hospital: A place for the wounded, the torn, the ripped the tangled to come and be made airworthy again by the loving hands of our volunteers... free of charge! The Staples Family Fun Activity Area: A $2.00 wristband gets you all the family fun you can handle in our indoor and outdoor spaces: *Indoor: --> Flight-related arts and crafts activities --> Children's entertainment featuring the Kids on the Block *Outdoor: --> Bubbles, earthball, bean-bag tossing, face-painting and more The Musketeer Simulator: Provided by the Western Canada Avaiation Museum, this is a real cockpit simulator that kids can climb inside and explore. Go ahead and play with the buttons. That's why it's here. Our Marvelous Mainstage: Featuring the talent of Jake Chenier, Free Ride, the Rainbow Stage Variety Performers, the Fubuki Japanese Drummers, Joe Kaufert, the PPLCI drum corps and the Winnipeg Rifles Band and more. (Check the event program for times.) The Investor's Group "Spirit of Flight" Draw: Enter your name (no purchase necessary) to win a fabulous kitist's package, consisting of: *An 8' Eole Delta Kite *1000 feet of 125 lb kite-line *A deluxe wooden Windbreaker line winder (Approximate value: $115.00) The Re/Max Hot Air Balloon: Experience flight first hand by soaring above the crowds in a hot-air balloon. (Subject to weather conditions. $3.00 for one person, $5.00 for two) And don't miss the Come Fly with Us Giftshop, where you can capture the memory of your day of flight, family and fun. All of this and so much more as Winnipeg takes to the skies to celebrate the spirit of freedom and independence. The Festival is sponsored by the Independent Living Resource Centre and its many friends. A special thanks goes out to our major sponsors: Astra Credit Union, Staples, 92-CITI FM, KY-58, CKY-TV and the Western Canada Aviation Museum, as well as a cast of supporting Manitoba businesses and our many wonderful volunteers. We'll see you all on Sunday! Come Fly With Us! -------------------------- Please note: If you have any questions or need more information, *please* call the KiTE office at 942-0875 between 8:30 and 5:00. This e-mail address does not belong to the Festival and you may not get a response in time if you submit your queries to it or to the newsgroup. Thank you. --------------------------- <<=========================================================================>> Betty A. Punkert Public Relations/Promotions "Word Artist for Hire" tlw663@winnipeg.freenet.mb.ca <<=========================================================================>> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = From: jburka@Glue.umd.edu (Jeffrey C. Burka) Subject: Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: First Annual Winnipeg Family KiTE Festival Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 03:36:20 -1000 Organization: Project GLUE, University of Maryland, College Park, MD Message-ID: <4q8vok$c9@geog6.umd.edu> In article , Shadowsinger wrote: >The **First Annual Winnipeg Family KiTE Festival** is being held: [...] >call the KiTE office at 942-0875 between 8:30 and 5:00. This e-mail So what exactly is a "KiTE"? >"Word Artist for Hire" Oh. Never mind. Apparently it's ArT. jeff -- |Jeffrey C. Burka | Pithy, insightful quote to be inserted when one | |jburka@glue.umd.edu | occurs to me. *If* one occurs to me. | |http://www.wam.umd.edu/~jeffy/html/home.html | = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =