From Niagara Frontier Publications:
The 2008 Niagara International Kite Festival will fill the skies Oct. 2-5 at various locations around Niagara Falls, N.Y., and Niagara Falls, Ontario, while swooping up the imaginations of event-goers of all ages. Last year’s festival drew more than 25,000 kite enthusiasts from around the world, and organizers are forecasting even larger attendance this year.
The festival was named one of the six best international festivals of 2008 by the London Sunday Times Travel Magazine and was recently featured on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
From the Milton Canadian Champion:
A new international festival that showcased the sights, sounds, tastes, and experiences from different countries to Niagara Falls locals and tourists was a complete success, said Niagara Parks Commission chairman Jim Williams.
“It was absolutely a success. We had tourists and locals who really enjoyed the festival.”
The parks commission introduced the new Celebrate Cultures festival in early September to the Clifton Hill area for a period of three weeks throughout the month.
Williams said all three cultures — Argentina, Japan and China — were enjoyed by people from all over the area.
Note: I was out along the parkway every day, and I never noticed a thing going on. I admit that I was on the other side of the road, and I didn’t walk all the way down to Table Rock place, but I was regularly along the parkway between Clifton Hill and Murray Hill, and there was never anything that drew my attention over to the other side of the road.
From the Juneau (Alaska) Empire:
We had no trouble finding the Sheridan Fallsview Hotel; it sat on top of a cliff above the Canadian falls.
The Ryens and Tina insisted that we ask for a falls side room. Our falls side room was on the 19th floor and had floor to ceiling windows that at first made me woozy, but I soon adjusted.
The falls were spectacular! The Canadian side is more spectacular than the American side. The Canadian falls rush over a gigantic curved rock outcropping and rainbows constantly highlight the falls. Millions of gallons of water continuously spill over Niagara Falls.
We took the funicular down the cliff to the Canadian falls, admired the falls and the rainbows, took photos and were sprayed with mist at times. Tourists from all over the world travel to see Niagara Falls.
From the Niagara Falls Review:
Ontarians appear to be checking out their own back yards. Trips by Americans have declined this year, but the province saw a five per-cent increase in domestic travel, says Monique Smith, the province’s new tourism minister.
Smith is learning the ropes in tourism after Premier Dalton McGuinty moved her into that portfolio from the provincial revenue ministry last week.
“I’ve been spending a lot of time in briefings and… getting up to speed on the issues of the tourism industry,” Smith said in an interview about her new job.
She plans to visit Niagara at least three times before Christmas.
From the Niagara Falls Review:
Canadian publisher McClelland & Stewart just released this year a novel set primarily in Niagara Falls. The title is “Falling” by Anne Simpson. Simpson’s book “Loop” was the winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize and a finalist for the Governor General’s Award for Poetry…
Many Niagara Falls neighbourhoods and buildings are described including the Lundy’s Lane Historical Museum, where one of the characters is employed.
Niagara This Week has more information on the International Kite Festival:
The annual Niagara International Kite Festival is set to include kites from all over the world.
Meg Robinson-Albers, event co-ordinator for the festival said kite flyers love to fly their kites in unique and intersting places and that’s why the event organizers pull a lot of strings to hold the event.
“We go through a lot of trouble and jump through a lot of hoops and get permits for the two days,” said Robinson-Albers, adding that viewers everywhere from Table Rock to North of the Whirlpool Bridge will be able to see the kites. “Kites are like poetry in motion; you combine art, beauty and science to symbolize peace, friendship and unity.”
The kites will be flying over the Niagara Gorge and various spots along the Niagara River on both sides of the American and Canadian border throughout the weekend of Oct. 2 to 5, during the fifth annual festival.
WGRZ, channel 2 in Buffalo, has had a series on Niagara Falls, New York. In this installment, they talk about some potential development.
WKBW, channel 7 out of Buffalo had a nice segment a week or so ago about the Cave of the Winds. I’ve never been, but apparently you get a pair of sandals to use. When you are done, you can “pay” for them and donate them to needy people.
From the Niagara Falls Review:
Kites from around the world will be flying high over the mighty Niagara gorge next week during the fifth annual Niagara International Kite Festival.
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