| What a great event this year! Year number five. Number 4 for
us. The theme this
year was "Kites of Our Childhood". Local kite fliers, ones from all
around the United States, and from foreign countries came to fly kites,
display kites, make kites, teach about kites and simply have a good time. We
did! The Monona Terrace is such a great venue for Kites On Ice. Global
Celebrations, doing a fantastic organizational job, the sponsors such as
Madison Festivals, Inc., Charter Communications, Wisconsin Innkeepers Association, Wisconsin Women's
Health Foundation, Alliant Energy (to name just five of the many) giving
financial backing, plus the hard work from all the
wonderful local volunteers made 2003 the best yet Kites On Ice. We
thank Kristi and her crew! The theme "Kites of Our Childhood" was
very apparent inside. Old paper kites
plus several of our replica Hi-Fliers were hung in the foyer of the Terrace. As in the past,
children's day was on Friday and
indoor workshops for the public were given on Saturday and Sunday. Indoor
flying demonstrations happened at various times throughout the weekend. All this sounds like it
would be well worth spending either a Saturday or Sunday in Madison. It was
(!) and I have
not even mentioned the kites being flown outside on the frozen lake or the
night fly, complete with a very impressive fireworks display. I will
let my pictures tell the outdoors story, except to say Sunday started out with rain
and I don't think we saw the sun all weekend, so sorry, no pictures with blue skies.
Click on the highlighted words below or the purple buttons to read more of what was on display and
see my pictures.
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