BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:51st Annual Great Delaware Kite Festival BEGIN:VEVENT UID:84452022-04-15 DTSTART:20220415T140000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20220415T190000Z SUMMARY:51st Annual Great Delaware Kite Festival CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The Great Delaware Kite Festival\, co-sponsored by the Lewes Ch amber of\nCommerce and the Delaware Division of Parks and Recreation\, ann ually\ntakes place at Cape Henlopen State Park on Good Friday. This year\, the\nfestival is celebrating its 51st Anniversary.  The Easter Bunny’s \nappearance is a longtime feature of the event that will continue again\n this year. An Easter Egg Hunt was added to the festivities five years\nago and it will continue to kick off the event at 11 a.m. This year\nthe hunt is sponsored by County Bank and includes 5\,000 eggs filled\nwith candy a nd toys. The kite competitions for children and teens are\nscheduled to be gin at 11:30. The highest kite competition follows at\napproximately 1 p.m . and is open to all ages.  The awards ceremony\nfor those competitions i ncludes medallion awards sponsored by Lewes\nChamber members. The popular two-member team Egg Toss competition\ncontinues again this year immediatel y after the highest kite contest.\nThe adult competitions will begin at ap proximately 2 p.m.\,\ninterspersed with professional stunt kite flying dem onstrations. The\nevent concludes with the awards ceremony for the adult c ompetitions.\nNote that the times may vary according to weather conditions and the\nnumber of competitors.\n\nKite competition registrations begin a t 10 a.m. with ample opportunity\nfor kite competitors to practice in the fields adjacent to the\ncompetition area. All of the activities are free i ncluding the Easter\nEgg Hunt and the Egg Toss. The Easter Egg Hunt will b e limited to\nchildren up to the age of 12 and the Egg Toss teams can be\n multigenerational. Pre-registration for the Easter Egg Hunt is not\nnecess ary but participants are encouraged to arrive at the park much\nearlier th an 11 a.m. when it is scheduled to start. Parking for the\nevent is at the park’s Beach Parking lot and time is required to be\ntransported back t o the event location within the park.\n\nThe kite competitions are in thre e age categories: Children-Up to age\n12\; Teens-13-17 and Adults-18 & old er. Within each age category\, kite\nflyers are judged by the type of kite they are flying — home-made or\nstore-bought. The Special Class awards include the Open Individual\nBallet (free flight performance accompanied b y music which the entrant\nprovides)\, Individual Precision (compulsory fi gures including “The\nSquare\,” “The Mount\,” and “Ladder Down ” judged on technical\nexecution)\, Most Senior Flyer\, Youngest Flyer\, Flyer Furthest From\nHome\, Smallest Kite and Largest Kite.  The Highest Kite Award\ncategory is open to all ages.  Entrance fees apply for cars to enter\nCape Henlopen State Park which will be collected at the entrance to\nthe park - $5 per car for Delaware license tags and $10 per car for\n out-of-state tags.  The Jolly Trolley will transport spectators at no\nco st to the competition field from the state park’s beach parking\nlot and handicap parking is available at the Seaside Nature Center\nparking lot.\ n\nFor those who have not made their own kites and want to participate\,\n Kids’ Ketch and Rehoboth Toy & Kite Company will be on-site selling\na w ide variety of kites with space\, adjacent to the competition field\,\nto practice in advance of the competitions which begin at 11:30 a.m.\nAdditio nally\, there are food vendors\, a face painter and community\norganizatio ns set up surrounding the field.\n\nCall 645-8073 or visit www.leweschamb er.com\n[https://www.leweschamber.com/] for more information.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Great Delaware Kite Festival\, co-spons ored by the Lewes Chamber of Commerce and the Delaware Division of Parks a nd Recreation\, annually takes place at Cape Henlopen State Park on Good F riday. This year\, the festival is celebrating its 51st Anniversary. \ ; The Easter Bunny&rsquo\;s appearance is a longtime feature of the event that will continue again this year. An Easter Egg Hunt was added to the fe stivities five years ago and it will continue to kick off the event at 11 a.m. This year the hunt is sponsored by County Bank and includes 5\,000 eg gs filled with candy and toys. The kite competitions for children and teen s are scheduled to begin at 11:30. The highest kite competition follows at approximately 1 p.m. and is open to all ages. \; The awards ceremony for those competitions includes medallion awards sponsored by Lewes Chambe r members. The popular two-member team Egg Toss competition continues agai n this year immediately after the highest kite contest. The adult competit ions will begin at approximately 2 p.m.\, interspersed with professional s tunt kite flying demonstrations. The event concludes with the awards cerem ony for the adult competitions. Note that the times may vary according to weather conditions and the number of competitors.

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Kite competiti on registrations begin at 10 a.m. with ample opportunity for kite competit ors to practice in the fields adjacent to the competition area. All of the activities are free including the Easter Egg Hunt and the Egg Toss. The E aster Egg Hunt will be limited to children up to the age of 12 and the Egg Toss teams can be multigenerational. Pre-registration for the Easter Egg Hunt is not necessary but participants are encouraged to arrive at the par k much earlier than 11 a.m. when it is scheduled to start. Parking for the event is at the park&rsquo\;s Beach Parking lot and time is required to b e transported back to the event location within the park.

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The ki te competitions are in three age categories: Children-Up to age 12\; Teens -13-17 and Adults-18 &\; older. Within each age category\, kite flyers are judged by the type of kite they are flying &mdash\; home-made or store -bought. The Special Class awards include the Open Individual Ballet (free flight performance accompanied by music which the entrant provides)\, Ind ividual Precision (compulsory figures including &ldquo\;The Square\,&rdquo \; &ldquo\;The Mount\,&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;Ladder Down&rdquo\; judged on t echnical execution)\, Most Senior Flyer\, Youngest Flyer\, Flyer Furthest From Home\, Smallest Kite and Largest Kite. \; The Highest Kite Award category is open to all ages. \; Entrance fees apply for cars to enter Cape Henlopen State Park which will be collected at the entrance to the p ark - $5 per car for Delaware license tags and $10 per car for out-of-stat e tags. \; The Jolly Trolley will transport spectators at no cost to t he competition field from the state park&rsquo\;s beach parking lot and ha ndicap parking is available at the Seaside Nature Center parking lot.

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For those who have not made their own kites and want to participate\ , Kids&rsquo\; Ketch and Rehoboth Toy &\; Kite Company will be on-site selling a wide variety of kites with space\, adjacent to the competition f ield\, to practice in advance of the competitions which begin at 11:30 a.m . Additionally\, there are food vendors\, a face painter and community org anizations set up surrounding the field.

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Call 645-8073 or visit& nbsp\;www.leweschamber.com&n bsp\;for more information.

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