Families invited out to Community Kite Festival
22 Mar 2024
Quality of Life, News, Seguin ISD
Seguin, TX, USA / Seguin Today
Cindy Aguirre
Seguin ISD, Seguin Parks Office to host event
(Seguin) — Get ready to fly the highest kite that you can at this year’s Seguin ISD Community Kite Festival.
The school district will again be relying on the wind for its annual tradition this Saturday at Manuel C. Castilla Park. The Kite Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Allison Seidenberger, the director of Seguin ISD’s ACE After School programming, says what began three years ago is now a large scale event bringing all families together.
“In year one, it just started as a brainchild between the Seguin Independent School District and the city of Seguin Parks and Recreation Department and we really wanted to create a positive experience for families to come out and not only bond within their family unit but also within the Seguin community as a whole and so we have been really fortunate that the last two years, we have had really nice weather day of and had anywhere between 500 to 600 individuals participate and enjoy the activities,” said Seidenberger.
Seidenberger says folks can either bring their favorite kite from home or grab one from the event while supplies last.
“We have a number of donated kites from both the city of Seguin and Walmart so first come, first serve but we have about, I think, $800 worth total of kites that have been donated for families to get to utilize in the big open field there at Manuel C. Castilla Park and then we also have a kite making station which is a very (simple) version for some of the smaller ones but lots of fun,” said Seidenberger.
On top of the kite flying, Seidenberger says there will be plenty of other free family fun.
“We have booths and community resources set up. Many of them incorporate or embed games or free giveaways and then we also within the ACE Afterschool Programming team have a number of stations and activities set up and then we have free food such as our Child Nutrition team for the district provides some kind of healthy snack in conjunction with the Student Support Team and the ACE Afterschool Programming team, we provide a hot dog meal, chips and water for free. There are also food trucks that are there if people are interested in that. That’s the only thing probably that would be at cost for our families,” said Seidenberger.
Seidenberger says the Seguin ISD, this year, has even added to its list of events bringing more of its families together.
“Millionionare Productions DJ’s our event and so there will be live music. This year, something new, Vogel Choir is going to perform about 11 o’clock for us so we are excited about that and Ball (Early Childhood Center) Elementary also incorporates their Fun Run so sign-up will be at 10 o’clock for that and at 10:30, they will start a Fun Run that is also part of the event so there’s a number of ways to participate,” said Seidenberger.
Even more, Seidenberger says a special kite demonstration has been added to this year’s schedule.
“This year, we actually have a demo group that is bringing out some quite large, I think, they are 8 feet in length kites that they are going to demo for us. So each year, there is a few more things that get added and that’s exactly how we hope for it to be,” said Seidenberger.
The Community Kite Festival is open to all families. Manuel Castilla Park is located at 2402 N. Guadalupe St. Blankets and chairs are encouraged.
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