Dragon Boat Festival

Dragon Boat Festival 2012- Show Time!
June 2
by John Kennedy

Fall Line’s Dragon Boat team is complete, and assuming we’re not completely exhausted from practicing, we will compete in the Independence Dragon Boat Festival (www.independencedragonboat.com) on the Schuylkill River on June 2.

The starting line is just below the Strawberry Mansion Bridge and the teams are set up on Kelly Drive. The races kick off at 8:00 AM and run through 5 PM.
Each team competes in 3 races: a timing race, a semi-final race, and the medal round.

We’d love to have some support, so bring friends and family and your chairs to spend the day with us on the banks of the river and cheer on the FLSC team. Parking is at a premium, though. Kelly Drive will be blocked off to those without a parking permit (which will cost $20 on race day.) The alternative is to head up Fountain Green (if you’re coming from the Art Museum) and park in the athletic fields. It’s about a half-mile walk to the river from there. Or dust off your bikes and ride out the bike path (good practice for the following week’s Margate bike ride).

We’ll have food and beverages at our site (which is not yet known, look for a future blast), but if you wish to partake, we’ll ask for a $5 contribution.
See you on the river on June 2nd.