Austin Founder Lions Club

Zilker Kite Festival - 85th anniversary - Dorsey Twidwell

  • 21 Feb 2013
  • 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Wells Fargo Bldg, 400 W 15th St, 3rd floor

Registration

  • There is no fee charged for a guest visiting for the first time. Please present yourself as a guest at the registration table and we will gladly introduce you to the club.
  • Guests are charged a lunch fee of $15 for each visit after their first visit.
Zilker Kite Festival
85th anniversary

introduction by Lion Tommy Cowan

Zilker Kite Festival


Dorsey TwidwellSpeakers Bio: Dorsey and Bunnie Twidwell are native Austinites. Both attended the University of Texas and then settled down in their hometown. 

They met in 1989 and one of their first dates was a Kite Making workshop at Northwest Recreation Center. In 1998, they joined the Exchange Club of Austin, the local 501C3 service organization that created the “Kite Tournament” back in 1929 and continues to produce it today. 

Bunnie and Dorsey have been the co-chairpersons of the Exchange Club committee that organizes the Kite Festival for the last 15 years. 

This year’s Festival will be the 85th consecutive Festival put on by the club. The Exchange Club has always considered the Kite “Tournament/Contest/Festival” as our gift to Austin every Spring. 
The Kite Festival is the major fund raiser for the Exchange Club, whose primary mission is the prevention of Child Abuse. For the past two years, the Pebble Project of Communities in Schools has been the primary recipient of the funds raised at Festival.



Featured Lunch Menu: Lemon Chicken with fresh green bean and carrots and rice pilaf; mixed field green salad with assorted rolls and a featured daily dessert. Vegetarian meal or Grilled Chicken Caesar salad are available alternatives as well.


Please register by noon on Wednesday.

We order meals based on your reservations and must pay for them even if you do not show up. Please keep this in mind if your plans shift and cancel your reservation so we can adjust the headcount.


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