2nd San Diego Dragon Boat Festival


The SD Alliance for Asian Pacific Islander Americans and the SD Dragon Boat Team are co-sponsoring San Diego's 2nd annual Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday, October 21, 2006, from 9 am to 5 pm at Playa Pacifica (north of the Hilton) in Mission Bay Park.

On water, dragon boat teams coached by the international-award-winning Dragon Boat Team race to the beat of drums ? an unparalleled team-building experience!

On land, the Alliance holds its 5th Heritage Festival. The Alliance works to serve San Diego County's Asian Pacific Islander communities, now more than 300,000 strong and the County's 2nd largest minority group. The Heritage Festival is where we celebrate the diversity and cultural richness of our Asian Pacific Islander communities. We showcase performances from the traditional (Japanese koto, and Balinese, Cambodian and Taiwanese dances) to the contemporary (break-dancing and new music). We feature Asian artists, crafts, cuisines, and information about our Asian Pacific Islander communities.

The San Diego Dragon Boat Festival celebrates San Diego's diversity and cultural richness, dragon boat racing and team-building, and San Diego by the Bay as the perfect setting for a festival that brings everyone together.

The festival is free and open to the public. Fees for 16-paddler dragon boat teams are $640 ($40/person). High school and college student teams are half-price ($320/16-paddlers, IDs required).

Frequently Asked Questions

Dragon Boat Festival Flyer

Sponsorship Opportunities

Registration/Roster/Waiver Form

Maps and Directions


Race with the Dragons!

1st place
DJO Dragons

2nd place
Taiwan Center

3rd place
UCSD Fire Dragons

Honorable Mention
SingMa Dragons

DBF Teams
Civil Serpents
DJO Dragons
Get Schooled (SDUSD)
Musing Dragons
Pan Pac
SingMa Dragons
Taiwan Center
Team LG
UCSD Fire Dragons
Wrecking Crew (SDUSD)

DBF Volunteers
UCSD APSA (Asian Pacific Student Alliance)
UCSD Surf Dragons
UCSD TASA (Taiwanese American Student Ass'n)
UCSD UTA (United Taiwanese Ass'n)

Program

Call to Assembly
SD Lucky Lion Dancers

Emcee, Festival Opening Ceremony
LEE ANN KIM, KGTV Channel 10 News Anchor/Reporter

National Anthem
PASACAT Filipino Arts

GUESTS of HONOR
District 53 Congresswoman
SUSAN DAVIS

District 1 County Supervisor
GREG COX

District 6 City Councilmember
DONNA FRYE

Ceremonies to BLESS DRAGON BOATS & DOT DRAGON EYES
Venerable Man-Yuan of
Fo Guang Shan's Hsi Fang Temple

Emcee, Festival Performing Arts
JOSEPH BALAN, Math Teacher/ Cheerleading Coach/ Actor/ Model/ Dancer

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Pho Bangers
Bhava Balinese Dance
Cambodian Dancers of SD
Reiko Obata's East West Trio
Formosa Dance Troupe
Terry Matsuoka

Call to Awards and Closing Ceremony
Hung Vuong Lion Dancers

VISUAL ARTISTS
Fujiko Isomura
Tomo Uyesugi

Vendors

Crafts/Shops:
Adorned Jewelry
Cana's Collection
Flyin Hawaiian
Island Tat Clothing and Design

Food:
B 'n' B Kettle Corn
Conching's Cafe
Niederfrank's Ice Cream
Pick Up Stix
Teif's Pacific Island Grill

In the News

News 8 Video, October 21, 2006

http://www.kfmb.com/story.php?id=67489

Chris Moran, "Rowers turn out for dragon boat fest," SD Union Tribune, October 22, 2006

http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20061022/news_1m22dragons.html

Dominic Lee, Chinese World Journal , October 23, 2006

http://www.worldjournal.com/wj-la-news.php?nt_seq_id=1434253

Dajiyuan Shibao [The Epoch Times], October 28 - November 3, 2006

Asia: The Journal of Culture & Commerce, "Dragon boats: A blend of fun and festival", November 3, 2006, page 14.


San Diego Taiwanese Cultural Association newsletter , December 2006, pp. 3-5.

http://www.taiwancenter.com/sdtca/articles/12-06/1.html

Linda Tu, "Museum Dragon Boat Team Races with the Dragons", SD Chinese Historical Society & Museum Newsletter, Winter 2007.

http://www.sdchm.org/pdf/Newsletter/newsletter_2007_1.pdf

Festival Sponsors

The 2nd annual San Diego Dragon Boat Festival is funded in part by a grant to the Alliance from the County of San Diego Community Enhancement Program.

DBF Sponsors

AT&T
Simon Wong Engineering
Genghis Khan Furniture

Organizing Committee

Linda Tu, Co-chair
Les Hopper, Co-chair
Sandra Chong
Joe Chou
Jeet Dhindsa
Joe Long
Len Navarro
Monica Sengstacken
Kam Sengthong
Duke Tran
Charles Tu
Robert Yae
True Xiong