Spirits soar at DeKalb Kite Fest
DeKALB – Marsha Black-Chen was surprised to see a flying octopus.
The giant squidlike kite was one of many to dance in the wind of the DeKalb sky Sunday as hundreds of people came to Northern Illinois University to participate in the seventh annual Kite Fest.
Black-Chen, who attended the fest with her 10-year-old son for the second time, said the event reminded her of the annual kite festivals in her native Jamaica. She said she never gets tired of seeing the designs and colors of kites in the sky.
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