3rd Wirral Kite Festival
Sunday 20th June 2004
Location: The "Dips",
New Brighton, Wirral
Organised by: Phil Womack / Flying
Circus
The Wirral Kite Festival has to rate as one of the luckiest kite festivals
for weather. For most of the morning it poured with rain and then at 11:30
it stopped, just 30 minutes before the official festival start time. Shortly
after that the sun started to shine and for the rest of the day it stayed
dry and sunny.
Guests this year included Malcolm
Goodman, George Webster, Carl
Robertshaw, James Robertshaw, Karl
Longbottom, Andrew Beattie,
Graham Lockwood, Nick James, Mike
Goddard, Dave Holt
and John Dobson.
The Northern
Kite Group (NKG) were in attendance, Derek Kuhn of the Midlands
Kite Fliers ran the childrens kite making workshop and the Flying
Circus team ensured the event ran smoothly.
A busy programme ensured that there was always something
happening to captivate the publics attention, such as teddy bear dropping,
Rokkaku fighting and dual & quad line ballet displays.
Here are a selection of photographs from the event, click
on each image for a larger version.
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| Lynne & Phil Womack |
Graham Lockwood |
James Robertshaw |
Nick James |
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| Martin Lester legs |
Mike Goddard |
Manta Ray |
Evolver |
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| Angels and flowform |
Carp windsocks |
Large parafoil |
Angels in a blue sky |
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| Giant Inflatables |
Martin Lester top half |
Delta Serpent |
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| Evolver |
Gold delta |
NKG |
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| Delta Serpents |
Arena |
Lobster & Bear |
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| Radical Airbrakes for the Fury... |
...and Dot Fury |
Flock of Fury's |
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| George Webster |
Inflatable kites |
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| Flying pig |
Kite lines for drying clothes... |
Admiring the view |
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| Octopus |
GoKites
stall |
Alligator |
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| Busy arena |
Rokkaku fighting |
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| Dave Green, Joe Barnes and Jack Cunningham as Team St
George |
Graham Lockwood |
Links:
Dazzz's
photos
Peter
Bindon's photos
visitwirral.com
The
Wirral Kite Festival 2003
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