I am hot. Way too hot and I do not like it. So I am going to think about wind. The winds and breezes we felt in April and May. The sun was bright and the temperatures were just right and the breezes were perfect for flying kites and planes and throwing Frisbees.
If there is an organization, group or club looking to do a unique fundraiser please feel free to borrow as many of these ideas as you would like.
Have a spring fling! With games and clinics for Frisbee trick tosses. Pet catches and exhibits.
Don’t people fly kites anymore? Kites that fly high, that are decorated as pretty or scary or with long tales?
Remember blowing bubbles and how they floated away on a breeze? Did you ever make a giant bubble the size of one you could step in? Have you watched a feather float on the wind? Wouldn’t it be fun to sponsor a bubble or a feather blow for little kids?
Do they still have the balsa wood plane kits? How far and how fast can you fly yours?
There could be races on land and water for wind powered rafts.
Does anyone besides me recall the hot air balloons that would float across the Norwich skies on Saturday and Sunday mornings? How about a tethered ride in a balloon? Just up and down would be a treat for many.
Then there are all the vendors who could sell wind products. The things that we think of easily and the ones that require more thought. Glass blowers, wind chimes, whistles, flute and other instrument makers, wind socks, kites, weather vanes and whirling birds and pin wheels.
What about a movie or two about wind and breezes – Gone with the wind, Inherit the Wind, or Wind in the willows and I bet there are a whole host I can’t list.
Maybe there could even be a display of March-ing bands? I never claimed I would tell good jokes or that I was not full of hot air!
And this blog is proof I may only be amusing to myself.
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