For
Immediate Release
Eleventh
Annual Marina
International Festival of the Winds
Marina State Beach & Glorya Jean Tate Park
Highway
1 and Reservation Road on the Monterey Bay
Mother's
Day Weekend, Saturday, May 8, 10AM - 5:30PM and
Sunday, May 9, 10AM
- 5:00PM
The Marina International
Festival of the Winds plans on celebrating its 11th year over
Mother’s Day Weekend, May 8 and 9, 2010.
The Festival will continue to have free admission and lots of
wind-related activities and fun for the whole family.
The Festival
is a celebration of the wind and features kite flying, hang gliding, skim
boarding, wind-related art and science projects, giant kite demonstrations,
kite-making workshops, food, vendor and informational booths, live music and
entertainment, and a giant inflatable air park.
Events will
be held Saturday from 10 am
to 5:30 pm and Sunday
from 10 am to 5 pm at
both Glorya Jean Tate
Park and Marina
State Beach in
Marina, just off Highway 1 and Reservation Road on
the Monterey Bay. Glorya
Jean Tate Park
will kick off the two day Festival with the Marina High
School Diversity Days Cultural Celebration as part as the opening ceremonies and
will continue with music and entertainment throughout the day. On Sunday,
for Mother's Day, Shinsho Mugen Taiko Japanese Drums will start the day followed
by the dynamic and energetic 8-piece band Nu-Horizon. The Park will also have activities both days at the Kid's Make-n-Take Tent,
including a kite
making workshop from 1 to 3 pm and a Kite Competition at 3 pm on
Saturday. The Marina Volunteer
Firefighter Association will serve up pancakes at their Pancake Breakfast on
Saturday from 8 am until 10:30 am,
and the A.J.
Robinson Health screening van will be available both days at the Park.
Activities
at Marina State Beach will be ongoing both Saturday and Sunday. Due
to beach erosion hang gliding competitions are cancelled for planned both days from 11am to 3pm,
however there will still be limited hang gliding demonstrations. Skim
boarding competitions will be on Saturday beginning at 11:30 am on the beach.
Please see the Event
Schedule on our website www.marinafestival.com
for updates and details.
We welcome anyone interested in helping with the Festival. We are looking for sponsors, vendors and volunteers so consider getting involved in any way you can. Please check the Meetings link for upcoming meetings and join us.
This Festival is a
community-wide free family event. We thank you for your support.