Saturday, June 18th, 11am-4pm ~ Wings on Strings Kite Festival EAA Pioneer Airport, Oshkosh WI! The Tour De Kites Continues with the Wings on Strings Kite Festival. Sponsored by The EAA, The Kite Society of Wisconsin & Illinois, and Gift of Wings. This Kite Festival will be held at the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh on Pioneer Airport. No Airplanes allowed….The times are 11:00 am until 4:00 pm, with the Grand Launch of 400 kites taking to the skies at 11:30am. The event is FREE, with plenty of FREE parking. Gift of Wings will be on sight selling all of your favorite kites, windsocks and Garden Spinners. Come fly a kite and check out the great display of airplanes. Featured performers include Chicago Fire Kite Team, Mike Delfar, Elizabeth Gordon, Paul Koepke, Dan Newman, Josh and Zach Gordon, Fire & Ice, EOS, O2, Something Old - Something New, and The Giant MEGA Kites of Yves LaForest. Yves will be debuting the Mega Octopus Kite and the Giant Manta Ray kite for the first time in Northeastern Wisconsin. Gift of Wings and the EAA will be making free Charlie Sotich kites for the kids. Candy will fall from the sky, along with hot tasty Johnsonville Brats, as Team O2 and Dan Brinnehl host the Candy and Brat drops. The Kids Mad Dash takes place at 2:00 pm. The first 100 kids that sign up and participate will receive a free kite. Hot Johnsonville Brats and Nathans Hot Dogs, will be sold during the event. This is a FREE event... Hope to see you there!! For more information, contact Jeff Kataoka at 414/277-9121 or Scott Fisher at 414-305-3145 or
www.giftofwings.com and
www.eaa.org.!! The Kite Society of WI & IL...It doesn't get any better than this!!
