The MCC-Longview Flights of Fancy kite festival 2011 soars to new heights

The weather might have started cool, but it did not stop people from coming out to MCC-Longview's front lawn to watch some of the most amazing kite displays in the Midwest.

Preliminary numbers indicate that more than 15,000 people packed the festival grounds for the fifth annual Flights of Fancy kite festival. But kite flying was not the only thing going on on campus as the festival also hosted a kite historian in the Cultural Arts Center showcasing kites from the past.

The Kansas City Kite Club once again also put on an amazing display of mega kites and stunt kites.

One of those kites flying overhead also had a camera attached shooting some amazing photos of the festival from several hundred feet in the air.



Be sure to check out all of Thomas's photos on his photos blog.

Be sure to check out ALL of the festival photos over on the MCC-Longview photos blog.

We want to thank Farmers Insurance, our presenting sponsor for helping us put together another successful festival.

This also could not have been done without the help of Kiewit and Truman Medial Centers.

Lee's Summit City Council renames April Kite Month in honor of the Flights of Fancy kite festival

Lee's Summit City Councilman Allan Gray and Mayor Randy Rhodes read from an official city proclamation naming April Kite Month in Lee's Summit. After the reading, the two city officials presented it to festival manager Jill Ladas.

The ceremony at the regulars session of the city council on Thursday gave Ladas a chance to talk about how the festival started as just a small gathering of kite hobbyists and has now become one of the largest free kite festivals in the Midwest.

The 2011 MCC-Longview Flights of Fancy kite festival

Presented by Farmers Insurance

April 16, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

MCC-Longview

www.mccflightsoffancy.org

The MCC-Longview Flights of Fancy kite festival needs YOU!

The fifth annual MCC-Longview Flights of Fancy kite festival, presented by Farmers Insurance, needs your help. 

To make this amazing all-day festival a huge success we need volunteers like YOU. As we invite close to 15,000 people to the MCC-Longview camps we need ambassadors to help represent MCC, to answer questions, to man the entrances and exits, and much more.

This festival can not be a huge success without your help and support. 

If you would like to volunteer for this event, contact Kimberlee Thomasson at 816.604.2205.

Volunteers will be broken into three shifts (morning, noon and evening shifts) - but feel free to stay the whole day and experience some of the most amazing kite displays in the Midwest.

Flights of Fancy kite festival

10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Saturday, April 16

MCC-Longview

http://www.mccflightsoffancy.org/