The 1st annual dragon boat race
and festival
at beautiful Lake Lure, North Carolina
MAY 10, 2008.
Lake Lure’s “Lure of the Dragons” race and festival
combines fun festivities with team building and exciting competition!
With drums pounding out stroke cadence, twenty-eight corporate and community
teams will paddle 250 meters down the Rocky Broad River in 30-foot long
dragon boats, all dressed out in dragon heads, tails and scales, competing
for first place, all in the name of charity!
When: Saturday, May 10, 2008,
8:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Approximate start and end times.
Where: Morse
Park, Lake Lure, N.C. (next to town hall)
All Day Activities:
Asian-American and Southern Culture Festival
Food, Crafts, Music, Dance, Demonstrations, Games
Inflatable play park for the kids
Playground for the kids
Picnic area
PARKING and RESTAURANTS
Lot’s of free parking right at the race venue. Several family-style
restaurants within easy short walking distance from the venue. Many
more just one mile away in the quaint tourist village of Chimney Rock.
Or, enjoy one or more of our food vendors right onsite.