(Mar. 27, 2011) The third and fourth weeks of our six-week OLLI course were both educational and entertaining. The topic for the two weeks was Japanese Kites: History and Kite Making and the instructors were Richard and Marti Dermer who most people in Stillwater know as the owners Hideaway Pizza. We know that they know a lot about making good pizza, but as Paul Harvey said for many years “now for the rest of the story”. They know a lot about kites as well! They have an amazing collection of kites from around the world including a number of beautiful Japanese kites they displayed during their two classes. Since the early 1980s they have attended kite festivals across the U.S. as well as South America, Europe, New Zealand, India, China and Japan to learn about, build, fly and collect kites. Richard served three terms as president of the American Kitefliers Association in the 1990s. The second week Richard and Marti were joined by Catherine Gabrel who is also very involved in kiting. She has a web site called Kites in the Sky through which she sells kite kits. The URL is Kitesinthesky.net. Catherine provided a kit for each person in the class and provided step by step instructions as we built our kites. Each person had the option of using a kit with a predesigned paper for their kite or using a white washi paper and making their own design. All the kites turned out very nice. Catherine, Marti and Richard, thank you for an interesting and fun class.
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