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| Volunteers
giving away free event kites... |
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crowd waiting to receive them. Several thousand kites were given out
in a couple of hours. |
Some of the
folks arriving for the kite making competition, which is the heart of the
event. |
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| Paul LaMasters
readies his Tirips. |
You regularly
saw sophisticated kites made from the latest materials next to paper kites
with dowel frames. |
These kids
look like they made their kites as a class project. Everyone is
welcome - from "professional" kite makers to those who have never tried to
build a kite. |
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| I tried to
pick out some that I would select as winning kites from the folks waiting
to be judged. I did pretty good! This Genki did win, though I
don't recall exactly what. You can get that info from the
Smithsonian web page. |
Paul's Tirips
did well. |
Scott Spencer
won in Rokakku class. |
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| Great
decoration and another prize winner. |
Big Rokakku
and another prize winner. |
Meow.
Nice appliqué job. Winner. |
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| Adrienne
Balmer gets her Valleydale Farms Genki ready. Won for Funniest kite. |
It looked
great in the air! |
Adrienne
points out special features to the judges. |
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| Ed Shenk shows
off his Pyro Delta |
Looks like a
plain white kite, but here you can see some of Ed's trademark stitching.
His kites always feature custom looks like this. |
Harold Ames
readies his Iris Edo for flying. |
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| Another kite
that looks great flying. |
Shot of the
intricate bridles on the Edo. |
Framework is
interesting too. |
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| Mearle
Balmer's Tricoflex ready for it's turn in the ring. |
Tricoflex
flying. I really like this shot. |
Another
intricate bridle setup. |
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| Paul wowing
the judges with the flying ability of the Tirips |
Another nice
kite (and winner) waits its turn to fly for the judges |
I never found
the owner to ask about this Rok. Great kite. |
