Nearly everyone has dreamt of flying high in the sky, following the birds as they ride thermals of air and ocean breezes? Nearly everyone at some time has wanted to build and fly a kite to help follow their dream?
Kite flying has no age parameters: Last Sunday hundreds of boys and girls, as young as two years and men and women in their 70’s and 80’s, followed their dreams at Argyle Beach participating in one of the largest kite flying exhibitions and competitions in the Eastern Caribbean.
Like a life metaphor, some would be flyers stood on the sidelines and watched as many creations flew high, a few tangled with their neighbours and crashed while others never quite got off the ground.
Again this year St. Vincent & the Grenadines great Kite Flying Competition 2008 was very generously sponsored by Karib Cable. Karib Cable President Janke Glass was at Argyle beach on Sunday supporting her hard working staff and greeting Karib friends and customers. She told The Vincentian that helping to keep old traditions alive by sponsoring the Kite Flying Competition was one of their ways of saying “Thank you” for the support they have received from the people of St. Vincent through the years.
“Thank you” Karib Cable and a big “Thank you” to all the kite building and kite flying participants.
It’s not important whether you won or lost, what is important is that you followed your dreams into another year of gravity defying creativity at Kite Flying 2008.
This year Category winners include:
Youngest Flyer – Kyla Gibson, age 2
Oldest Flyer – Kingsley Davies
Best Female Flyer – Lauren Dalzine
Smallest flying kite – Mowat Cruickshank
Largest flying kite – Vic Dalzize
Most patriotic kite – Ed Smith
Most original kite – ed Smith
King of the Park – Conrad Viera
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