In addition, Brittney did segments on air, with Evan Wong, Festival Chair, Henkel team management Po Loc and Renea Simonson, coach of the Arizona Breast Cancer team A Breast in the West, and Mayo Clinic “voice” Marion Kelly”.

• Race Schedule
• Festival Registration Forms
• Race Rules
• Race Waiver
• Sponsorship Packet

If there are any questions on teams, please contact Lana Walther at Teams@azdba.com

This space in the program is for you to add a message to fellow team members or competitors for ONLY $20. Please download the Ad Form, fill it out and send it back.

The forms need to be sent to Diana Singleton by March 15th at mamasingleton@gmail.com.

Checks (made payable to AZDBA) can be sent to:
AZDBA c/o Program Ads
P.O. Box 1745
Tempe, AZ 85280

Saturday, December 3rd, 10:00am to 2:00pm

If you or someone you know are interested in trying out dragon boating or outrigger paddling come on out to Temp Town Lake Saturday, December 3rd between 10AM and 2PM and get in a boat.

This is a great opportunity to come out and try out both sports and have a great time!

Here is a great document with more details.

As we discussed on Maintenance day the boats will need 6 or 7 coats of the Varnish. Don & Jeff will be varnishing the boats this week (schedule below) and can use assistance.  They will be out every day this week unless is is raining at the time they are scheduled to be working.  Please consider helping out.  Practices are cancelled until the boats are finished getting all the needed coats of varnish.

Please bring small glass jars if you have any to hold varnish.

Boat Maintenance Schedule

Sunday, Nov 20 @ 10 am for approx 2 hrs
* note access may be limited due to the Ironman

Monday – Wednesday, Nov 21-23, @ 4-5:30 pm

Thursday – Sunday,
Nov 24-27 @ 10 am (approx 2 hrs)

Paddles Up: All paddler’s are to raise their paddles above the water and assume the paddling position. They will hold this position until the next command is issued.

Take it away: This is the “Go” command, so start paddling already

Let it Ride: All Paddlers are to stop paddling and rest their paddles on their lap.

Draw water on the “Right/Left”: If the command is to Draw water on the “Left” the Paddler is to reach out on the left side of the boat as far as they can with their paddle blade parallel with the boat and pull the paddle towards them. This is how we pull the boat either right or left in the water.

Back paddle: The paddler’s stroke in reverse, to move the boat backwards.

Hold Water: The Paddlers thrust their blades into the water pointing straight down into the water holding the blade
vertically. This command is called to stop the boat quickly.

Flare the Boat: The paddler’s are to hold the paddle horizontal above the water blade flat and resting on top of the water to stabilize the boat. This command is called when we are letting others move position on the boat or it can also be called when a wave comes our way.

Race start commands: Below are the commands you will hear at the start of a Dragon Boat Race;

We have Alignment: All the boat on the start line are lined up evenly
Paddlers are you Ready? The teams last chance to notify the start official if there is a problem in the boat
Attention Please: The boat needs to get in their start position ready to start
Horn Blow: This is our “GO” command!