8th Annual Arvada Kite Festival April 10, 2010

8th Annual Arvada Kite Festival
Taking us wherever the wind blows!

Kites date back as far as 3000 years and have changed history. From China, the kite was reproduced throughout the world. On November 12, 1894, Lawrence Hargrave was lifted from the ground by a train of four of his "cellular kites". (He was trying to invent the aeroplane!) In 1903, Samuel Franklin Cody crossed the English Channel on a vessel towed by kites. From 1860 to 1910 kites experienced a “golden age” being used for all manner of experiments. These days kites are mostly a source of recreation and fun.

On Saturday, April 10 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. the Arvada Festivals Commission and the Foothills Kite Club celebrates National Kite Month at the 8th Annual Kite Festival held at Robby Ferrufino Park, 74th Ave. and Carr Drive. Young and old kite enthusiasts are invited to join the kite competition and winners will carry home trophies.
To prepare for the Kite Festival kite building classes will be offered on:
· March 19 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St. 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
· March 20 and March 27 at the Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., 10:30-11:30 a.m. and 12:30-1:30 p.m.
· March 25 at the YMCA at 6350 Eldridge St., 4 - 5 p.m.
The classes cost $3.50 and are for children 4-11 years of age.
Call Majestic View Nature Center at 720-898-7405 to register.
This is the only Festival in the Metro area celebrating National Kite Month and this year aerial entertainment will be provided by the kite masters from the Foothills Kite Club with demonstration of kite flying in grand style with some of their huge, fantastic kites. Other Kite Club members share their passion for flying with demonstrations of beautiful kites and intricate maneuvers.
Parking available at the park and Warder Elementary School, near 88th and Carr, and there will be shuttle service from there to the Festival. For more information or to volunteer call 720-898-7400 or go on line at. www.arvadafestivals.com
Stay all day for prize drawings and special activities from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. including:
· Posting of the Colors – Boy Scout Troup #167 at 10:00 a.m.
· Jeffco Brass Band for your enjoyment at 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
· Kite contests at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. - Two age groups, 10 years and younger and 11 and older, including adults with four categories in each age group: smallest kites, largest kites, highest kites and most visually appealing kites. Trophies awarded!
· Children can make and decorate a small kite for free
· Foothills Kite Club flying demonstrations
· YMCA fun, fitness games
· Art Fun
· Two jumping castles
· Face painting
· Balloon animals
· Caricaturist and portrait artists
· Police child ID van
· Over 20 food and community vendors
· Kites available for sale at reasonable prices.
8th Annual Arvada Kite Festival
Beautiful kites, special events, activities and prize drawings
Saturday, April 10, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Robby Ferrufino Park, 74th Ave. & Carr Drive
Free and open to the public
For more information, call 720-898-7400.
www.arvadafestivals.com