What you can expect on Race Day!

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)

Schedule of Events:

8:00 AM Captain's Meeting

8:30 AM Opening Ceremony

Please click here for race schedule

Please click here for race results

Please click here for a race movie

Please click here for race pictures

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.

 

 

 

 

 
Presenting Sponsors:
 
 
Hickory Nut Gorge Chamber
 
Luxury Real Estate