Dragon Boat Festival

This past weekend the Dragon Boat Festival celebrated its 10th anniversary on beautiful Ramsey Lake. The opening ceremonies took place Friday night with the Chinese Heritage group performing the pre-race ritual dance and the races began on the Saturday. They were calling for rain on Saturday (race day), but that didn't stop hundreds of people from attending this years events and with close to 60 teams participating. The Dragon Boat Races was once again a big hit. The rain ended up holding off and the weather was just perfect! The Dragon Boat Festival is always a popular one. Not only do people come out to enjoy the races but the great entertainment , good food, crafts and wonderful games and activities for the children. The entertainment was fabulous, they had Chinese performers doing different dances, playing music and other amazing arts. Jenna and I were able to capture some amazing pictures and video footage of the races and the entertainment. While walking around Bell Park we were able to see all the different teams and it was nice to see how they designed their own unique team uniforms. Team spirit was alive and well at the participants village. Everyone looked awesome and it looked like they were having a really good time. We were able to catch a couple of the races and it was great to see how well some of the teams could paddle. It sure doesn't look easy. It turned out to be yet another amazing Dragon Boat Festival. If you weren't able to make it out to this one, hopefully we will see you out next year! :)