Date: Wed, 6 Jul 1994 09:31:02 -1000 From: uspehmev@ibmmail.COM Message-Id: Organization: Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University Subject: BASKC, a belated report ----------------------- Mail item text follows --------------- For all of you who weren't there: The Boston Area Sunt Kite Championships was, once again, a cozy little family affair. Although there were as many as fifteen competitors in the Intermediate Division, there were only three Masters, five Experienced, and ten Novices. Most of the competitors seemed to be from the New England area. Saturday started out like last year, with the Intermediate competitors praying for more wind. Several worked themselves into the Dead Zone in the back rear corner and ended up running 360s. Others were more fortunate to be among the last in the order and benefited >From the increasing winds. Jason Benedict even got to run (Lucky Jason ;-) through his Flintstones routine twice due to a wind stoppage. Don Ottomano got to attempt 'The Flight of the Bumblebee' in next to no wind and though it wasn't his intended music, he didn't stop it. I'll have to ask him about that in Newport. Interestly, most of the kites in the top half of the IIB results are fairly new to the circuit: Vision, 3 Airmasters and a Solar Wind. In IIP, Air Master creator Peter Bettancourt edged out kite.rec ers Lee Heatherington and Jason Benedict. Masters precision only had 2 contestants, though it was suggested, I believe by Jeff Rivers, that we should have a competition for the 3rd place between Masters wanna-be's I knew I was in trouble when I saw the other 4 competitors in EIB. After watching his ballet, Alice was sure Bob Glover would win. I was personally knocked out by Chuck Conner's routine and was sure he had won. When the smoke cleared, Bob MacBroom's 'Alfred Hitchcock theme' won with Jeff Rivers in 2nd. Jeff also proved that Ultras can win in Quad ballet by besting Deccas & Revs in Exp. Quad Ballet. We almost went over max wind (20mph), as Sandy Wagner's Decca blew apart in the air but was repaired and he managed a 2nd place. Chuck Conner wasn't quite as lucky in Master's Quad Ballet, as he was bested by the members of the Quadhogs, with Mac edging Dave. In the Novice division, Frank Morales (of Jones Beach;-) won his 2nd straight 1st place, besting Archie Stewart & Jeff Marmins. In the land of Dyna-kites, Bob Glover took 1st in individual train, flying a mix of 6 & 8 foot flexis in winds which would have had most people grass skiing. The Wagners, Lance & Dorothy, flew their Ultras to 1st over John Rose & Sherri Erlich's 'Suddenly Seymour' routine and Mike & Ruth Polifrone of K-Fan in EPB. The Duodrones flew their own Speed Limits to victory over those Black Dogs, Robert MacBroom and Don Ottomano. Just back from maternity leave, with baby watching, Charlie & Maureen Stimpson finished 3rd in MPB. In the team events, the order was the same for precision and ballet, as Uproar used Speed Limits to control the strong winds during precision. Storm Front, recently regrouped, had more trouble with too little wind in ballet and too much in precision. In team quad, the Quadhogs (Robert Macbroom & Dave Simpson) had an easy time of it for 1st. A new team, the Mixed Nuts (I think it was Eric Babileuwicz (sp), Forrest Carey (leaving his scoring tent for a change) and Mike Dawson) flying to a country song called 'A New Way to Fly', edged into 2nd. And then there were the Bag Ladies. Yes, the paper bags were back, but this time they were flying to a live version of 'Foxy Lady' performed by Dennis Smith. Yes, it's performance art, yes, it's innovative; sorry Jason & Lance. ;-) No surprise that DK Breezin won the Team Train Ballet, even with Johnna 8 months pregnant. What was surprising was the team finishing 2nd - Team Caboose. Flying competatively for the 1st time since I've known them, Gary & Maggie Engvall took time from their organizing chores to show us how it's done. Maggie also won the Hank Manseau award for her contribution to kiting in New England. All in all, BASKC was a whole lot of fun. Debbie Borg had each table create sculptures at their table (at the banquet) out of a box of items. Some of them were truly creative. There were quite a number of kites in the auction, and I think that Archie Stewart got most of them. And yes, staying in dorms does tend to make you act like college kids. Looking foward to next year, Mark Virgilio = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Thu, 7 Jul 1994 04:10:47 -1000 From: uspehmev@ibmmail.COM Message-Id: Organization: Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University Subject: RE: BASKC, a Belated Report ----------------------- Mail item text follows --------------- A couple of corrections: The Alfred Hitchcock theme was Mac's quad ballet music (which I've judged a couple of times already and placed 1st at BASKC). I don't remember what his dual line music was except that there was a bad edit cut in it but it certainly didn't affect his routine much. I don't know about other people, but I'm always curious about what music people are using for ballet and this info is generally not published anywhere. I do remember that Jeff Rivers flew quad & train to Ray Charles' "Georgia", but flew his EIB to something else. Chuck Conner's great ballet routine was to a live James Taylor blues song. ('Steamroller', I believe) Possibly the most interesting music, Ray Melikian asked someone to pick some music for his quad ballet, and they surprised him with music created from different animal sounds. (I think the album was called 'Gorilla') Ray did a fairly good job with the mystery ballet. BTW, this was Ray's farewell to the East Coast and Boston area in particular, as he has moved to California. And yes, I know it's rec.kites not kite.rec but I'm a bit dyslexic. Good thing I'm not creating the rec.kites pin. Mark V (uspehmev@ibmmail.com) = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =