BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:The Great Delaware Kite Festival BEGIN:VEVENT UID:263602025-04-18 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250418 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250419 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:38.782041,-75.103697 GEO:38.782041;-75.103697 SUMMARY:The 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 57th 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 ten 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 plastic eggs\nfilled with candy. The kite competitions for children and teens are\nscheduled to begi n at 11:30 a.m. but could be sooner if the egg hunt\nis completed before t hen. The highest kite competition follows at\napproximately 1 p.m. and is open to all ages.  The awards ceremony\nfor those competitions includes m edallion awards sponsored by Lewes\nChamber members. The adult competition s follow the first awards\nceremony. The event concludes with the awards c eremony for the adult\ncompetitions. Note that the times may vary accordin g to weather\nconditions and the number of competitors.\n\nKite competitio n registrations begin at 10 a.m. with ample opportunity\nfor kite competit ors to practice in the fields adjacent to the\ncompetition area. All of th e activities are free including the Easter\nEgg Hunt. The Easter Egg Hunt will be limited to children up to the\nage of 12. Pre-registration for the Easter Egg Hunt is not necessary\nbut participants are encouraged to arri ve at the park much earlier\nthan 11 a.m.\, when it is scheduled to start. Parking for the event is\nat the park’s Beach Parking lot and time is r equired to be\ntransported back to the event location within the park.\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 57th 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 ten 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 pla stic eggs filled with candy. The kite competitions for children and teens are scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m. but could be sooner if the egg hunt i s completed before then. The highest kite competition follows at approxima tely 1 p.m. and is open to all ages. \; The awards ceremony for those competitions includes medallion awards sponsored by Lewes Chamber members. The adult competitions follow the first awards ceremony. The event conclu des with the awards ceremony for the adult competitions. Note that the tim es may vary according to weather conditions and the number of competitors.

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Kite competition registrations begin at 10 a.m. with ample oppo rtunity for kite competitors to practice in the fields adjacent to the com petition area. All of the activities are free including the Easter Egg Hun t. The Easter Egg Hunt will be limited to children up to the age of 12. Pr e-registration for the Easter Egg Hunt is not necessary but participants a re encouraged to arrive at the park much earlier than 11 a.m.\, when it is scheduled to start. Parking for the event is at the park&rsquo\;s Beach P arking lot and time is required to be transported back to the event locati on within the park.

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