| Mark Groshens and Kashtin putting in some time at the Wind Climbers booth. It was great to meet so many people interested in kites! |
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David Aikman and his great looking David Gomberg rokkaku. Here is the description from the Gomberg web site
WATONAI: Watonai is the hero of a famous Joruri or puppet play which was popular in the Edo period.
When Manchuria conquered China in the 17th Century, he led a revolt and later founded a new dynasty in Taiwan.
Although this story concerns foreign history, it is popular in Japan because Watonai was of mixed Japanese and Chinese parentage. |
| Irving Reid gets his favourite delta ready for flight |  |
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It's Team Michele! Michele Welesford and her ground crew get control of the "BIG" Ghost Delta. |
| Gary Mark at the controls as usual. 10-4 good buddy! Appears that Gary is giving one of the ground crew some important last minute advice. |  |
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Ziggy Racek told me he has not flown this kite in over a year. The kite did not seem to forget any tricks. |
| Merv Cooper brought some great line laundry. The kids loved the bear(pictured), the cat and the gecko. Thanks for comming out Merv! |  |
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They thought I was taking pictures of the kids but I finally got them all! Pictured are Arlene Ische, Lucy Jonkman and Kathy Holt |
| One of the most popular workshops in years. The sled kites were all spoken for by 2pm. |  |
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Elinor Heuton is there every year to help promote the gift of this park to Cambridge. In this photo she helps get all those kids organized for the workshop. The workshop was so busy that People had to take numbers for the first time ever. |
| A Closer look at Gary and Micheles Ghost Delta kite. This 11 foot Delta is made by Frank Schwiemann of Germany |  |
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Eric Curtis and Ted Shaw helped add some colour to the day! I don't mean their language either, I mean the kites. |
| Michele's Mountie kite was made by Elain Genser of BC. |  |
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This great looking Scuba Diver was made by Martin Lester. He's british don't you know luv? Gary loves the reaction he gets everytime he flys it! |
| I remember when very few of us had children. Now it seems that we have to leave one or two kite bags at home so we can get all the kids stuff in the vehicle. Of course this is really a good thing! |  |
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Bill Peart readys the launcher while Dennis Ische prepares his mouse for the big jump! |
| Does it look like the Raccoon may be saying a small prayer before his ascent? |  |
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Okay,... nobody move the that bear!! This poor little guy took a few minutes to recover from his hard landing. We all heard a thud as he hit the earth. I guess it's a good thing they are stuffed with stuffing! |
| Dennis and Arlene made up this family of bears known as the "chain gang". Their daughter Lauren gives some much needed bear support.
Thanks to everyone that attended! the support was much appreciated!
- Carlos Simoes |
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