Color the Wind Kite Festival 2010

2010 "Color the Wind" Kite Festival
Color the Wind 2010, pg 2
Kites over Lake Michigan 2009
Color the Wind '08/'09
Wings on Strings '09

Thank you for your interest in "Color the Wind"!  Some of the photos on these pages may be slow in loading since I haven't yet been able to reduce them to a size that the system will load quickly.  I hope you enjoy this website as much as Larry and I enjoy hosting the kite festival for you each year!  We're already planning and looking forward to the 10th Annual "Color the Wind" to be held on the 3rd Saturday in February 2011!  See you there!

  

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Photo courtesy of Chris Dodson

Color the Wind 2010 was a smashing success!  The ice was thick and safe, the winds were right and the temperature was relatively comfortable!    Guest kite fliers from 8 states brought some new "toys" out of their bags and put on quite a show!   Gregg Bacon and Bobby Wolfram plowed out "sidewalks" on the ice  many of the crowd of about 7500 took advantage of them to get out under the big kites.  It was a great day!

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photo by Kay Day

Pam and Dale Bowden's "Kitty Cat" fascinated the little ones  They  let "the cat out of the bag" because of a special request from someone in the crowd who remembered it from a prior festival.  Serious kite fliers will do most anything to please their audience!

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Photo by Kay Day

This grouping of 25' tall Crown Bols gave a beautiful background for the rest of the kites and for the show put on by the quad team, 180 GO!

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Photo: Kay Day

Don and Betty Murphy's Caterpillar ground bouncer always attracts the children, many of whom love to crawl underneath to let it bounce and roll on them!

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Photo: David Bunkofski

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Photo by Kay Day

"Buddy", Larry's 40' teddy bear made his premier flight over the ice and snow this year.  As Al Sparling says, "Buddy is a real kiddie magnet!"  Larry's "lackeys", Corey Day from Des Moines, Paul Charest from St. Paul, MN and Butch Venzke from Manly, IA  were in charge of Larry's kites this year and did a great job of keeping them in the air!

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Photo: David Bunkofski

The crowd for Color the Wind was estimated at between 7,000 and 8,000 people!  The Lakeview Room was packed all day with people enjoying the displays and buying their own kites so that they could join the fun out on the ice.  Larry and I want to thank everyone who helped make this a wonderful festival through the contributuion of their time, talent and financial support!

For more winter fun ideas, you may want to check out "Midwest Weekends".  .