BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:56th ANNUAL GREAT DELAWARE KITE FESTIVAL BEGIN:VEVENT UID:192752024-03-29 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240329 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240330 LOCATION:15099 Cape Henlopen Drive\nLewes Delaware 19958 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=15099 Cape Henlopen Drive\n Lewes Delaware 19958;X-APPLE-RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=15099 Cape Henlopen Drive:g eo:38.782142,-75.103253 GEO:38.782142;-75.103253 SUMMARY:56th 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\nDivision of Parks and Recreation\, an nually takes place at Cape\nHenlopen State Park on Good Friday. This year\ ,\nthe festival is celebrating its 56 th Anniversary. The Easter\nBunny’ s appearance is a longtime feature of the event\nthat will continue again this year. An Easter Egg Hunt was added to\nthe festivities ten years ago and it will\ncontinue to kick off the event at 11 a.m. This year the hunt is\nsponsored by County Bank and includes 5\,000\nplastic eggs filled with candy. The kite competitions for children and\nteens are scheduled to beg in at 11:30 a.m.\nbut could be sooner if the egg hunt is completed before then. The\nhighest kite competition follows at\napproximately 1 p.m. and i s open to all ages. The awards ceremony for\nthose competitions includes m edallion\nawards sponsored by Lewes Chamber members. The adult competition s\nfollow the first awards ceremony. The\nevent concludes with the awards ceremony for the adult competitions.\nNote that the times may vary accordi ng\nto weather conditions and the number of competitors.\nKite competition registrations begin at 10 a.m. with ample opportunity\nfor kite competito rs to practice in the\nfields adjacent to the competition area. All of the activities are\nfree including the Easter Egg Hunt. The Easter\nEgg Hunt will be limited to children up to the age of 12.\nPre-registration for the Easter Egg Hunt is not\nnecessary but participants are encouraged to arri ve at the park much\nearlier than 11 a.m.\, when it is scheduled to\nstart . Parking for the event is at the park’s Beach Parking lot and\ntime is required to be transported back to the\nevent location within the park.\nT he kite competitions are in three age categories: Children-Up to age\n12\; Teens-13-17 and Adults-18 & older.\nWithin each age category\, kite flyer s are judged by the type of kite\nthey are flying — home-made or store-\ nbought. The Special Class awards include the Open Individual Ballet\n(fre e flight performance accompanied by\nmusic that the entrant provides)\; In dividual Precision (compulsory\nfigures including “The Square\,” “Th e\nMount\,” and “Ladder Down” judged on technical execution)\; Most\ nSenior Flyer\, Youngest Flyer\, Flyer Furthest\nFrom Home\, Smallest Kite and Largest Kite. The Highest Kite Award\ncategory is open to all ages.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Great Delaware Kite Festival\, co-spons ored by the Lewes Chamber of Commerce and the Delaware
\nDivision of Parks and Recreation\, annually takes place at Cape Henlopen State Park on Good Friday. This year\,
\nthe festival is celebrating its 56 th Ann iversary. The Easter Bunny&rsquo\;s appearance is a longtime feature of th e event
\nthat will continue again this year. An Easter Egg Hunt was added to the festivities ten years ago and it will
\ncontinue to kick off the event at 11 a.m. This year the hunt is sponsored by County Bank a nd includes 5\,000
\nplastic eggs filled with candy. The kite competi tions for children and teens are scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m.
\nb ut could be sooner if the egg hunt is completed before then. The highest k ite competition follows at
\napproximately 1 p.m. and is open to all ages. The awards ceremony for those competitions includes medallion
\ nawards sponsored by Lewes Chamber members. The adult competitions follow the first awards ceremony. The
\nevent concludes with the awards cere mony for the adult competitions. Note that the times may vary according
\nto weather conditions and the number of competitors.
\nKite comp etition registrations begin at 10 a.m. with ample opportunity for kite com petitors to practice in the
\nfields adjacent to the competition area . All of the activities are free including the Easter Egg Hunt. The Easter
\nEgg Hunt will be limited to children up to the age of 12. Pre-regi stration for the Easter Egg Hunt is not
\nnecessary but participants are encouraged to arrive at the park much earlier than 11 a.m.\, when it i s scheduled to
\nstart. Parking for the event is at the park&rsquo\;s Beach Parking lot and time is required to be transported back to the
\nevent location within the park.
\nThe kite competitions are in thr ee age categories: Children-Up to age 12\; Teens-13-17 and Adults-18 &\ ; older.
\nWithin each age category\, kite flyers are judged by the t ype of kite they are flying &mdash\; home-made or store-
\nbought. Th e Special Class awards include the Open Individual Ballet (free flight per formance accompanied by
\nmusic that the entrant provides)\; Individu al Precision (compulsory figures including &ldquo\;The Square\,&rdquo\; &l dquo\;The
\nMount\,&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;Ladder Down&rdquo\; judged on technical execution)\; Most Senior Flyer\, Youngest Flyer\, Flyer Furthes t
\nFrom Home\, Smallest Kite and Largest Kite. The Highest Kite Awar d category is open to all ages.

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