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Professional kitefliers, amateurs and kids are welcome to make and fly kites at the event. Participants must register Saturday.

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Kites soaring over the mall during the 2013 Blossom Kit Festival. Spectators Saturday will be treated to aerial shows and demonstrations.

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George Washington's Peach Brandy, distilled with 18th-century techniques, will go on sale next week. Only 400 bottles will be available. (Mount Vernon)

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In this recent photo, a rainbow forms in front of Koosah Falls on the McKenzie River in the Willamette National Forest in Oregon. Waterfalls big and small run along the mossy greenery of the McKenzie River Trail. (AP Photo/The Bulletin, Mark Morical)

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FILE - This July 15, 2013 file photo shows a woman looks at a display on baseball legend Roger Maris Museum in the West Acres Mall in Fargo, N.D. There are many destinations of interest to baseball fans around the country outside ballparks from museums and statues to historic homes. (AP Photo/Mikhail Iliev, File)

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ADVANCED FOR USE FOR THE WEEKEND OF MARCH 29, 2014, AND THEREAFTER- In this March 18, 2014 photo, Ernie Tanner plays the slide guitar at the nostalgic County Line Bluegrass Barn on Hornes Church Road in Wilson, N.C. The former dairy barn has become a local tradition for a regular gathering of local musicians, traveled visitors and welcomed guests. (AP Photo/The Wilson Times, Gray Whitley)

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ADVANCED FOR USE FOR THE WEEKEND OF MARCH 29, 2014, AND THEREAFTER- In this March 18, 2014 photo, Canithe Wood plays the fiddle with friends gathered at the County Line Bluegrass Barn on Hornes Church Road in Wilson, N.C. The former dairy barn has become a weekly meeting place for musicians, friends and welcomed guests. (AP Photo/The Wilson Times, Gray Whitley)

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Tourists and locals walk on Virginia Street on Thursday, March 27, 2014, in downtown Reno, Nev., where local tourism officials say visitors spent more money and stayed longer last year than they did two years ago. The Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority said a new survey shows gamblers still drive the Reno-Tahoe market but outdoor recreation and sightseeing in the Sierra are bringing more families and others to the region. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)

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Pedestrians and traffic on Virginia Street on Thursday, March 27, 2014, in downtown Reno, Nev., where local tourism officials say visitors spent more money and stayed longer last year than they did two years ago. The Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority said a new survey shows gamblers still drive the Reno-Tahoe market but outdoor recreation and sightseeing in the Sierra are bringing more families and others to the region. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)