Special Features

Competitors vote for one another in the Competitors’ Choice Award.

Audience voting for the People's Choice Award.

Kitemaking demonstrations and wind power activities sponsored by local kite clubs and the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center.

Hot Tricks Competition on the demonstration field.

The traditional Rokkaku Challenge, in which Japanese-style kites battle each other for sole command of the sky.

The "Field of Colors" ground display of flags and banners by participating kite clubs.

Special Performance at Opening Ceremony.

Launching of the 150-kite arch train display, which was created to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Smithsonian Institution in 1996.

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