SKY
SYMPHONY was formed in January 2000, since that time the team
has performed for many audiences up
and down the country.
Our
displays at major kite festivals, gala days, carnival days,
country and county shows give examples of
our very wide audience appeal. Recently we
have appeared on BBC Television on two occasions -
a trailer for
'Look North' and an appearance on 'Inside Out', in a
programme completely devoted to our fast growing sport.
The
team has a squad of five members that can interchange with each
other at any given time. With team
members living all across the Midlands, it sometimes becomes necessary to perm any 4 from
5 depending on location of venue.
We
aim with our synchronized, choreographed displays to entertain
and sometimes 'amaze' our audience. With 8
different sets of kites we can display in most wind strengths,
from 1 mph to 26 mph., but below 'dead calm' even our most
valiant efforts to launch the kites would be to no avail.
Our
team is well respected in precision team flying and due to one
particular set of kites (pictured) we have the
nickname 'Kite Flying's Red Arrows'. We now also have a new set
of specially commissioned T2’s (see right), which have a stunning livery
designed by the team.
The
display we give is sheer entertainment including trick flying, pairs
flying, quad line flying, flying kites with no hands and multi kite
flying (by one man!). This is then followed by
a finale with
the Team
flying as a trio,
4 and sometimes 5 kites in the air moving to
the synchronized chosen piece of music suitable for 'today's
wind'.
Our
programs can be varied in length from 20 to 35 minutes to suit
the organisers event.
Our
displays carry a full commentary, with facts and figures about
the team, whilst our polished performance is
being carried out, to the chosen piece of music.
If your event
continues into the evening we can even fly an illuminated routine in the
night sky!
We are striving
that our programme is as entertaining and crowd pleasing as we can.
We are always developing new manoeuvres to add to our routines.