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A windy 51st annual Great Delaware Kite Festival

Kites of all colors and designs filled the sky April 19 over Cape Henlopen State Park during the 51st annual Great Delaware Kite Festival. RON MACARTHUR PHOTOS
April 20, 2019

The 51st annual Great Delaware Kite Festival at Cape Henlopen State Park April 19 may have been among the windiest in the history of the event, with gusts topping 25 mph. The event features stunt flying and competition for children and adults.

In recent years, an egg hunt and egg toss have been added to the schedule. The popular festival is sponsored by the Lewes Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau, and the Delaware Division of Parks and Recreation.

GREAT DELAWARE KITE FESTIVAL AWARD WINNERS 2019

Gene Bookhammer Award for Best All Around - Rich Cairncross, Media, Pa.

CHILDREN & TEEN COMPETITIONS 

Children - Best Store Bought Kite - first, August Kunzelman Silver Spring, Md.; second, Novalee Coleman Bel Air, Md.; third, Brooklyn Bailey, Millsboro.

Children - Best Homemade Kite - first, Meranda Marlowe Georgetown; second, Dylan Kissling, Reading, Pa.

Children - Most Attractive Homemade Kite - Meranda Marlowe Georgetown.

Children - Most Unusual Homemade Kite - Tucker Webster, Rehoboth Beach.

Teen - Best Store Bought Kite - Adam Griffin, Georgetown.

Youngest Flyer (age 5 months) - Zoe Wojnikiewicz, Smyrna.

HIGHEST KITE COMPETITION - ALL AGES

Highest Kite - first, Rich Cairncross, Media, Pa.; second, Ben Huggett, Philadelphia, Pa.; third, Arnold Simon, Pikesville, Md.        

ADULT COMPETITIONS

Adult - Best Store Bought Kite - first, Karen Newton, Middletown; second, John Niemkiewicz, Lewes.

Adult - Most Attractive Homemade Kite, Rich Cairncross, Media.

Adult - Best Flyer Homemade Kite - first, Rich Cairncross, Media; second, Arnold Simon, Pikesville.

Adult - Individual Precision Kite Flying, Mark Blattel, Milton.

Open Individual Ballet Kite Flying - first, Jim Cosca, Fort Washington, Md.; second, Phil Broder, Mechanicsburg, Pa.; third, Dennis Smith, East Brunswick, N.J.

SPECIAL CLASS AWARDS

Most Senior Flyer (age 69) - Arnold Simon, Pikesville.

Flyer Farthest From Home - Astrid Bruening, Wappingburg Falls, N.Y.

Smallest Kite - Bill Goodwin, Ocean View.

Largest Kite - Ben Huggett, Philadelphia, Pa.

 

See more photos in the Friday, April 26 edition.

August Kunzelman of Silver Spring, Md., is one of the first to get his kite aloft.
With a little help from mom Susanne, Leon Brooks is a kite flyer. They came to the festival from Crofton, Md.
They’re off in the Easter egg hunt at Cape Henlopen State Park as part of the annual Kite Festival.
Rich Cairncross of Media, Pa., gives his daughter, Chloe, a lesson in kite flying. Rich won top honors in the high-flying contest, most attractive homemade kite and best flyer of a homemade kite.
Stephanie Berk of Manassas, Va., holds her kite high over her head during children’s competition.
Elyse Van Heest of Lewes works hard to get this colorful shark kite off the ground.
Renie Niemkiewicz of Lewes helps her husband, John, get a unique Wright Brothers airplane kite off the ground.
Although dozens start the egg toss, only a few remain at the end to win prizes.
Six-month-old Zoe Wojnikiewicz of Smyrna holds onto the kite string as she sits in her stroller.
Two-year-old Novalee Coleman of Bel Air, Md., is a fifth-generation kite flyer.
First-time flyer Lucas Wright of Dewey Beach watches his kite.
Emma Lacey of Milton runs as fast as she can to get her kite off the ground.
Katie Curry of Lewes fights the wind as she competes in the children’s competition.
Bruce Leister, 21 months old, of Camden is among the youngest flyers of the day.
Ben Huggett of Philadelphia prepares to fly a large kite. He finished second in the high-flying competition.
Maegan Leina Sheptock of South Riding, Va., is having issues getting her kite off the ground.
A large crowd makes a mad dash for eggs during the Kite Festival.
Chloe Cairncross of Media, Pa., lines up a unique, two-string circle kite.
Dylan Kissling of Media, Pa., won a second-place award for his homemade kite.
Andrew Berk of Manassas, Va., gets his kite up in the air.
Megan Berk of Manassas, Va., watches her kite fly high into the sky.

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