Penny Lingenfelter

Hey, I've got wings. lol I've got Red Bull in my fridge... and I love a Red bBll at my festivals...and there are no woman on that list.... lol.... Hey, a girls got to try. John, Lam and the others. You guys have a safe journey.. someone get some video too. You heard them people, John is kite poor... Subscribe to the Magazine. It's a great product. BB Penny

Great, thanks for the update. Sounds like a great deal for the gym. How's your sign language? BB Penny

lol I'll keep a look out for you! You go boy. BB Penny

Is Portland, OR still having an indoor? Tks. Penny

I've been practicing the last couple of days with a little longer lines on the Rev. No more jumping rope with the Rev. I tried it several ways and it's not happening. with longer lines and a fly out. I"ve been working on a few things. Mostly just trying to laearn the music. I don't know if I ever paid any attention to the lyrics of "Penny Lane" but it's "very strange" lol. I'm beginning to second guess if my 60's clothes will be flamboyant enough. I don't want everyone else in the show to look dippy hippy and me end up looking.. ewwwww... conservative. I"ll see what I can add. this morning's fly had me laughing out loud. How many times can you spin with your kite without getting dizzy? I think I'm at about 7 or 8 twirls. Still practicing standing in one spot and flying. Any one up for a game of "Anything you can do, I can do better"? Better get to work. BB Penny

Oh Anthony, How beautiful.. and what a wonderful looking kite. Enjoy them both. BB Penny

Hey John, On my computer at work the posts show a subject line to choose which post to read. It has it's perks, but makes it much more difficult to catch up on multiple post. Is there a way to view the post complete pages? I see it the old way on the computer at home. Sorry, this is in quad, but I was frustrated at not having enough time to check out the posts. BB Penny

Congrats John, What a great opportunity. Ok.. keep me in mind.. spit my name out. I want a little travel too. BB Penny ~staying in town this week.

Hey T... Yes.. anew version of vented. I put it away till I get some tape and I"m practicing with it's twin. I went clothes shopping this weekend to find 60's clothes for the Lincoln City Indoor Kite Festival. lol I must say, it's going to touch my daily life. I ended up picking up bright reds, oranges, and other bright colors that I can wear in the show and to work in the spring. lol I better warn them at work. BB Penny

Hey Ben, You collect Rev's or you collect quads? BB Penny

Theresa, No fair! Lam played his music for you and you didn't tell us what it was. Glad he's got Bri's # though. Thanks for the update. BB Penny~ Who now knows that a split up the center of an indoor kite doesn't keep it from flying. lol

Very kewl looking. Lots of work! BB Penny

I'll be sending mine, so you all need not bother... ehhhmmmm ant. BB Penny

IO think I already know what's wrong with me. I'm staying away ~ no need to have it confirmed. lol BB Penny

I've got somewhere close to 2o routines ready to go. I usually perform in costume, so the music is a diverse, but good for all audiences. Leopard Print for Movie Soundtrack from Tarzan. Dinosaur music from Dino Beat(kids) Cat/Hat from Seussical the Musical (kids) Kite Fairy from the Nutcracker Clown/Elf music from Ben and June soundtrack Toy Soldier from Nutcracker Pirate Music from Touccan Pirates Leprechaun Music from the soundtrack of "The Walking Man" God Bless the USA. Who else? Lee Green Fire from the Elements Show Purple Dress for "When you Believe" Great for Church Demo's. Genie from the Nutcracker (Classics offer a lot) Girls just want to have Fun from Cindy Lauper Getting Closer from No Doubt and I know I've forgot some. I've got music for Lttle mermaid, more patriotic, muse and more. Still, like to fly to it all, but during fun time, new age. Not Yanni,.. he's to busy.. Techno. rock and somehow this song got on my practice file.. "Even God Must Get the Blues" Sometimes it gets played at a festival accidently. Not upbeat, but it touches me. I'm an optimist.. but in today's world... even God must get the blues. BB Penny ~ Bringing smiles with kites.

We've got our music for the Lincoln City Indoor Kite Festival. It is a Beatles Extravaganza~ Show--Here Comes the Sun. My solo is "Penny Lane" I have a 3 ring circus fly with a couple of the guys... Scott Davis and Alan Cunningham, I believe and we get to fly to "Mr. Kite". Very festive! Hey Alan, what music did you get? When/where will we see Arlington Pics? Theresa, I emailed you Brian Champie's email to give to Lam, before you emailed me Lam's to give to Brian.. I emailed in Kitelife. I'm thinking you didn't get it, since you made contact to my hotmail account. Just thought about it, and wondered if that is not where I should email to/from. Now, the gym this morning. Can you believe they had basketball players in there before 6 AM today? I can't begrudge them since they need the practice as much as I do. I already had short lines so I just went in the raquetball court to practice. Loved it! Well, after I did some major repair work on my indoor kite I love it. This is the indoor kite that I've beat around for several years. It's had 100's of kids flying it, lots of tricks and attempted tricks. lol and who puts a rip down the center of it? Lam.. Yup Lam.. I want to tease him about it, but I not only encouraged him, I might have badgered him to try the multiple jumps I knew it had to be capable of. Sorry, Lolly, but it was a good cause. ( and until Lolly gets her hands on it to take it away from me, I'll use it as practice) Ouch... putting it together today I found the holes where the bundgee goes throught worn out. I jury rigged it and kept on going. it was a great fly! Then I had to rush so I wouldn't be late for work. Now I have to wait till tomorrow! Have a great day! BB Penny

Congratulations Ant! Way to go! At least I finally KNOW someone who won. lol We'll wait to see pictures. Ben.. hope it was a great day for you too. BB Penny

Glenn thank you so much for the DVD's! Great editing. It is the first time I got to see the kids actions. Did you notice on Sunday that I missed my kick cue... just by a second, but it's because I was looking to spot the kids before I picked up the Rev. In that split second I saw Alex pretty close and was afraid for him... so looking away even for a sec is not really an option. Allen, please, please tell Connor and any of the other kids you see how cute they were! Connor was PERFECT. He was so animated! I loved the energy that Alex and Rachel put into it and all the others. Bud will probably be the best Sam I AM in history! lol I'm jazzed being able to see it and the mystery ballet will be a good learning tool for me. I never heard that song before. (3 is the magic number) Now Fort Worden Kitemakers Convention is this weekend. It's been a few years since I've been up there. I might just make it this weekend and say hello to a few kiters I don't see often. I call it networking. Lincoln City Summer Festival is a go, so perhaps I'll see you there this summer. BB Penny

Happy Birthday Ben.. Enjoy and don't overdo! BB Penny

The Lincoln City Indoor Kite Festival is coming up in March. We fliers received an email from the Parks informing us of the show's themes. 70's~ "Here Comes the Sun" No street clothes allowed and the Parks plan on playing the part all weekend. lol I'm there! They will send us our music soon, but it will be up to us to find our tie-dyedand smiley face shirts. We'll be looking for as many gimmicks as possible to make it fun. Email me if you have any ideas. Here is a copy of my confirmed schedule so far. Local events are not invites, I just try to make it to as many of them as much as I can, so plan on seeing me on the WA coast, too. Of course the odd parade and family event is not on here either. And Herb Andrews is getting kiters together at Stillicoom (sp) park on the weekends, too. I'll make it over there eventually. February 10th and 11th Up the River Indoor Kite Festival -Arlington, OR March 30th –April 1st Lincoln City’s Indoor Kite Festival- Lincoln City, OR April 27-29th Moro Beach, CA Outdoor Kite Festival - Moro Beach, CA May 26-28 San Ramon Wind and Art Festival - San Ramon, CA July 20-21 Southern Oregon Kite Festival – Brookings, OR BB Penny

hmmm Do you suppose people think the email will get them in the drawing? lol I hope not! Or do I hope so? lol BB Penny 1 day to go~

Tomorrow is Ben's B-day! Still soooo far away. Happy B-day Ben.. Good luck to the winner.. BB Penny

Penny can you e-mail me your mailing address so I can send you the video. Got all os Sunday and most of Saturday. File is to big to e-mail. Glenn grd750(at)verizon(dot)net I messaged you Glenn. Thank you so much! Have a great weekend.. BB Penny ~Flying at th ebeach this weekend with a main goal... take a nap on the beach... ahhh the important things in life.

The Indoor Up Your Wind Kite festival in Arlington, OR was the BEST! I didn't go down to compete this year. Alan said I could do a demo and there is some free time that I can give lessons. So Steve and I left early Sat. AM. for our 5 hour drive. We arrived in time to see most of the competitions. I'm glad I didn’t have to be a judge. Wow, it's a tough call. I put out UFO's and Rev's on short lines, and longer lines. My short-short lines gave me something I didn't even expect! 3 new Rev. Tricks! At least they are very new to me. The first one I call "Alex" because young Alex did it first. You guys may have already been doing it with your Rev's. I know they can do it with Dual lines, but duals are not flat and hence have air under them. That and the guys are taller with longer arms, so they can do this with longer lines. The "Alex" is just a pop launch off of the ground. The Rev. is laying flat, face up, leading edge away from you. Pull your arms forward and up and the kite launches. WA LA! Way kewl and easy.. We took it one more step and made an "Alexandria" The kite still face down, leading edge away, but you step over the kite so the kite is now behind you. Jump, pull and WA LA! the kite comes from behind-under you to launch over your head in a split second. Fun! That's not the best new trick though. Put a few wraps in your handles ahead of time for this one. Both handles revolving towards the middle. I like #3 wraps in my lines. You can fly the kite like this and then place it or start with it in position. No name yet.... Rev jump rope doesn't quite do it justice. Any ideas out there? The kite is face down in front of you, leading edge towards you. Pull, mostly on the bottom of the handles and totally jump rope it 3 times to get the wraps out. Yup, under and over you, jump, under/over, under over. Step back at the end to give it a place to catch air and fly it out. lol If you do it to fast, or you don't pull it up and step back it will hit you in the front crotch on its final swing. I've discovered while jumping it that setting the lines in the middle of the vertical spars but pulling the lines towards the outer edge and using large swooping motions with my arms keeps it smooth and steady without catching on a spar. How exciting!!! I've been trying for years to figure out how to jump a Rev and fly it out. The dual lines could do it. The basketball players thought I was crazy trying to jump this kite, tangling and getting no closer. All it takes is short enough lines to jump it. Those short lines not only gave me sweet lemonade, they also gave me new moves and opportunities. That and they work great for our little skit. I had 4 -6 kids on the floor with me... more if you count Monkey Boy and Tood Rudolph form IQuad. haha They were my Grinch and Max, Grinch's Dog. Several kids played the roll of Thing 1 and Thing 2, Cindy Loo Who and other whoville towns people. the kids were so cute! they flew UFO's, Diamond kites, and Rythmic Ribbons. Monkey and Todd were stilling the show hitting, tangling, chaising each other. The skit is still evolving and promises to be amusing and different at every show. We had kids come back for the 3rd year. They are all getting older and wiser and love to fly the UFO's and indoor Rev's. We've got some kids under 13 doing very well on an indoor. Rachel, an 18 yr. old who showed a love for flying at WSIKF came with her family from Bothel, Wa (Seattle area) to play with us. Don't be surprised if you still see her around in 10 years. She's kinda looking like she's been bitten.. there are Rev bug bites all over her. I'm hoping she does wonderful in the sport and enjoys it as much as I do. I love the fact that the people keep returning to the event. I think the first year there were about 15 people in the audience. The next year more and this year about 1/2 a gym. When they leave, they reassured me they were looking forward to returning next year. Allen said in regards to the crowd. "Only about 8-10 of them were from Arlington, the rest were from out of town." Pretty kewl, huh? To the Arlington participants. Stephanie, thanks for the pictures. I hadn't seen them yet, but I'm sure they are great. Be nice to that grumpy sister of yours and Tiffany feel better. Troy, Rachel, Alex, great fun having you there. And Sue thanks for letting them play and the hard work you all are doing in the concessions. Glory.. Hope your heads feeling better. Next year.. Tennis shoes and you're in the skit. Sylas. You’re just so cute! You look just like one of my grandsons. Kelcie and Connor! I remember when you were as little as Glory. Thanks for jumping in and helping in the skit. You looked great back there. Anika, Tawny, and all the other kids who flew a kite and didn't want to quit-- I look forward to seeing you all again next year. To the Kitefliers and families; WOW! LOVED watching you all fly. You are such a great group of dedicated fliers. Thanks for sharing, visiting and continuing to push the envelope. Thank you for your patience with me and the kids on the floor. It was great playing with you all. IQuad you gave a sweet demo. Scotty, way to whip it real good. Lam~ Thanks for the multi jumps. (not sure when I would have found the multi jump on that move with out Lam’s assistance) Paul DeBakker~ Always a pleasure to see you young man. We’ll miss you at Lincoln City. Wayne, Jerry, Bud, Amy, Allen, considered yourselves hugged. Congratulations to the winners and participants. Kelly, Collen, Rick , Kyle Geezer. and all of the worker bees at the event. Thank you for your hard work. Kyle, I hope your back gets better. We’re thinking about you. You all keep looking up! Thank you Allen Cunningham~ Great job! There are a few pics on www.myspace/penny_lingenfelter not sure if there is a .com in there. If anyone has any good pictures they would like to email me to put on my space, that would be great. Steve is not a photographer and I always seem to be busy. HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!