By Kyle Coppola
Tavares Hosts Rocktoberfest Monster Splash Seaplane Fly-In
Join the City of Tavares on October 18, for their 7th annual ROCKTOBERFEST and Monster Splash Seaplane Fly-In. Admission is free and festivities are held at the beautiful, lakeside Wooton Park. Live rock music, seaplane competitions, food trucks, merchandise vendors and downtown businesses will be ready to serve you.
Festivities will begin with the Monster Splash Seaplane Fly-In; whether you’re a pilot, aviation enthusiast, or simply curious about amphibious aircraft, you don’t want to miss this. Seaplanes fly in from all over to participate in our flying competitions, like the crowd’s favorite “Pumpkin Drop” contest. While the pilots compete, we will give pumpkin decorating kits and candy to the first 100 kids at the Pilot Registration Tent. The seaplane flying contests are scheduled to begin at 11:00 am, and the Pilot/Spectator Meet & Greet will be from 1:00 pm- 3:00 pm, where you can get photos with the pilots and their planes.
Following the contests, they will kick off the power-packed rock show!
SCHEDULE:
Saturday | October 18
- Morning: Seaplanes will be arriving
- 11:00 am: Seaplane flying contests
- Multiple heats depending on # of entrants.
- Award Ceremony immediately following contests
- 11:00 am: Food & Merch vendors open for business
- 12 pm – 10 pm: Live rock music
- Lineup TBA
- Seating is limited, please bring a chair or blanket.
- Parking Garage: 200 N. Sinclair Ave, Tavares, FL
Kyle Coppola was born in Newton, Massachusetts and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communications from Curry College in 2016. After traveling to Florida on a family vacation, he decided he could not get enough of the warm weather and made the move from snowy Massachusetts to central Florida 8 years ago.
For the last decade Kyle has gained valuable experience in social media content creation, marketing and sales, writing, video production, sports announcing and even broadcasting for local radio stations, such as FM 102.9 in The Villages and FM 91.5 in Massachusetts. Every year he volunteers at The Villages Charter High School as a play-by-play sports announcer for the football games as well as a public address announcer for the basketball games, including the annual Battle at The Villages Tournament.
Outside the office Kyle is a husband and father to two beautiful girls along with their cat. In his spare time he likes to spend time with his family, travel, play golf and swim. He is also a huge sports junkie and even bigger motorsports fan and loves to attend racing events when he can.
