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Events
Niagara
Windriders Meeting and Flying Dates for 2008
Our annual Spring kite building workshop will be held on Sunday, March 30, 2008 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Port Colborne Lions Club Hall, 49 Chippawa Road, Port Colborne, ON.
Our very brief Annual General Meeting will precede the workshop. Our focus is on kites and kite flying, so the business portion of the event is very short.
Our regular monthly Fly Dates are from noon to 4:30 p.m. on the last
Sunday of the month - April through October.
- Sunday, April 27, 2008 - First Fly of the season.
- Sunday, May 25, 2008
- Sunday, June 29, 2008
- Sunday, July 27, 2008
- 16th Annual Canal Days
Kite Festival - Sunday, Aug. 3, 2008
- Sunday, August 31, 2008
- Sunday, September 28, 2008
- Sunday, October 26, 2008 - Annual Hallowe'en Fall Festival Finale Fly. This event is held rain or shine. We have an alternate indoor location in case of inclement weather.
The club flying field is located at
Lakeview
Park at the south end of Elm Street, Port Colborne, ON. The park is located
just east of the Port Colborne General Hospital and next to Sugarloaf Marina
and Boat Harbour.
Special Regional Kiting
Events for 2008
Events from a kite clubs across Southern Ontario and Western New York State are shown in the event schedule below. Contacts are provided in case you need additional information. There are a wide variety of types of kiting events included in this schedule and we encourage you to take part in as many of them as your time permits.
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Kite Festival Calendar
for 2008
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EVENT |
Contact |
Sat & Sun Feb 16-17, 2008 |
Lake Simcoe Winter Winter Sports Festival 6th Annual Gleenwoods Ave, Lake Simcoe Keswick, ON
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Contact: Grant Fitz |
Saturday March 8, 2008 |
Wind Climber & Royal City Fun Fliers
Inflatable Tang Fish Workshop
Session #1
Central Church
Cambridge, Ontario |
Contact: Carlos Simoes |
Sunday March 30, 2008 10am-4pm |
Niagara Windriders Spring Workshop
"Buka Kite"
Port Colborne Lions Club Hall
49 Chippawa Road
Port Colborne, Ontario |
Contact: Bob White |
Saturday April 12, 2008 |
GLKS Buffalo Kite Auction Polish Falcon's Hall Depew, New York Doors open at 4pm Auction starts at 6pm |
Contact Ted Shaw |
Sat or Sun May 12 0r 13 2008 |
KAP Field Trip KAP = Kite Aerial Photography Merrickville, Ontario
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Contact: Carl Bigras |
Saturday April 26, 2008 |
Wind Climber & Royal City Fun Fliers
Inflatable Tang Fish Workshop
Session #2
Central Church
Cambridge, Ontario |
Contact: Carlos Simoes |
Sat & Sun May 3 & 4 2008 |
Four Winds Kite Festival 18th Annual Kortright Conservation Area Klienberg Ontario (Near Canada's Wonderland) |
Contact: Gary Mark |
Saturday May 10 2008 |
Kids World Of Energy Festival
CNE Bandshell Across from Ontario Place Toronto Ontario
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Contact: Gary Mark |
Sunday May 25, 2008 |
Strawberry Fields Kite Festival 16th Annual St Thomas Ontario
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Contact: Eric Curtis |
Sunday May 25, 2008 |
Thunder Bay Kite Festival Thunder Bay ON |
Contact: Wind Climbers Kite Club |
Sunday June 1, 2008 Noon-4 |
Dumfries Kitefest 12th annual Dumfries Park Cambridge ON
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Contact: Wind Climbers Kite Club |
Sat & Sun June 14 & 15 2008 |
Wasaga Beach Father's Day KITEFEST
8th Annual
Beach #1
Organized by the Wasaga Beach
Chamber of Commerce.
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Contact: Trudie McCrea |
Sat June 21 2008 9am-3pm |
Polo for Heart Benefit Fly
Gormley, Ontario |
Contact: Gary Mark |
Saturday June 28, 2008 |
The Kite Museum - Pelee Island
Official grand opening of the museum
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Contact: Kite Museum Info |
Tuesday July 1, 2008 |
Canada Day Bash Waterloo Ontario |
Contact: Wind Climbers Kite Club |
Sunday July 13 2008 |
Spencer Smith Park Kite Festival
Spencer Smith Park
Burlington, Ontario
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Contact: Gary Mark |
Sat - Sun July 19-20 2008 |
14th annual AJAX TKF Fun Fly
Ajax Waterfront Park
Ajax, Ontario
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Contact: Gary Mark |
Saturday August 2, 2008 1pm & Dusk
| Canal Days Night Fly, Port Colborne
Fun fly at 1pm Night Fly at dusk
H.H Knoll Park/Lakeview Park Port Colborne Ontario
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Contact: Bob White |
Sunday August 3, 2008 10:00am-4:30pm |
16th Annual
Canal Days Kite Festival
H.H Knoll Park/Lakeview Park Port Colborne Ontario Barbeque follows event |
Contact: Bob White |
Saturday September 20, 2008 |
Taste of Ajax Celebrate Ajax
Ajax Waterfront Park
Ajax, Ontario
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Contact: Gary Mark |
Thurs to Sun October 2-5, 2008 |
Niagara International Kite Festival
Reservoir State Park, NY USA |
Contact: Meg Albers
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Sunday Oct 5 2008 |
Toronto International Kite Festival 2008 kite themes are "TBA" and "TBA" Downsview Park, Toronto, Ontario |
Contact: Gary Mark |
Saturday
Nov 08, 2008
11am-9pm
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TKF Chile Blast Potluck,
Funfly & Workshop
Funfly:
Simonson's Park,
Don Mills Rd.
north of Steeles Ave.
Workshop, Auction & Potluck Dinner :
Zion Church
Community Hall,
Finch Ave.,
east of Don Mills Rd.
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Contact: Gary Mark
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