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Canada Day Fun Fly
There's quite a bit going on in White Rock for the Canada Day Fun Fly! Hope to see as many of us out there as we can manage.
27th Annual Burnaby Discovery Day Festival
The BCKA will be running a Kids Kite Making Workshop at this festival, pop on down and say hello! 27th Annual Burnaby Discovery Day Festival CELEBRATE ARTS, CULTURE & YOUR COMMUNITY! Sunday, July 10, 2011, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Burnaby’s largest community grass roots...
36th Pacific Rim Kite Festival
It's now mere days away and we have a poster with some information. Hope to see you all there! 36th Pacific Rim Kite Festival
Parksville Festival Lodging updates
Well now there's two known deals at motels close by the Parksville Kite Festival in mid July : Paradise Sea Shell Motel Mention that you are with the Lions Club Fliers when booking and you can have a room with one queen sized for 69.00! Travelodge Parksville This...
East Beach Kite Festival
While I (the webmaster) was away in Grand Haven, MI for a kite festival, the BCKA itself did have a great one at White Rock on the Victoria Day weekend. Below are some pictures from the event :
East Beach Kite Festival
Just a reminder that the East Beach Kite Festival takes place this weekend at White Rock, just South of the pier from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm. This year there are craft vendors and live music…sounds like a great time! Bring your kite and join in the fun.
Father’s Day Kite Fly in Comox
While this isn't a BCKA event, it does involve kites and it's somewhat local! Courtenay Recreation and Whales Tale Toys Presents; Comox Valley 25th Annual Father's Day Kite Fly 12:00 - 2:30pm at The Goose Spit in Comox Shuttle Service Provided to and and from the Park...
Festival Updates
Filed under the category of "there is never enough hours in the day", I've finally managed to update two events that are coming up fairly soon for BCKA members! First up is the return of the White Rock Wind, Water, Waves Festival, however this year it's on a different...
Spring Sewing for Summer Soaring
The organizing of Spring Sewing For Summer Soaring is going well. We have booked three instructors and seminar rooms for May 7 and 8, 2011. The kite-making sessions offered will all be totally different and unique from the other. For two of the sessions the kite will...
John Freeman, RIP
It's with a great sadness that we post with the news that long time BCKA member and master kite builder, John Freeman has passed away. Through the generosity of many of us, John and Marzlie were able to go to the Seaside AKA just recently. He will be missed by all of...
New Year’s Day Fun Fly
As usual, we'll be having a New Year's Day Fun Fly at Garry Point, in Richmond! There's usually some manner of lunhc beforehand, so check back for further information!
Spring Sewing for Summer Soaring, Parksville 2011
At the 2010 AGM one of the things discussed was the feasibility of sponsoring a kite-making workshop for BCKA members. Members who attend these functions in Washington and Oregon come back with a newfound interest in kiting; it would be nice if we could be invigorated...
Annual Christmas Party
Please join the BCKA for its Annual Christmas Dinner at "The Old Spaghetti Factory", Sunday December 5, 2010 at 5:00 pm 14200 Entertainment Boulevard, Richmond, BC If you would like to participate in the gift exchange, please bring a wrapped gift approx. $15 in value...
Snow Queens Fun Fly
For the past few years, Cathy Tung and I (David Hathaway) have loosely (and I do mean loosely) organized a fun fly, that takes place the same weekend as the BCKA Annual Christmas Party (see it's own announcement...). This is held at Garry Point on the 4-5th of...
New Web Site!
After many years of battling with the old web site, I've finally taken the initiative to replace the entire thing 😀 This should prove to be an easier method of dealing with the website, it's certainly much faster to add new things to it, like, say, this...