19th Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival-Atlanta

19th Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival Atlanta Saturday, Sept 13, 2014 Lake Lanier

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Georgia Asian Times

19th Annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival of Atlanta Saturday, September 13, 2014, Lake Lanier

Special Thanks and Appreciation To All Volunteers, Participating Teams, & Our Sponsors.

And a very special welcome to Mr. Steve Barclay, Director, Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office (NY)

Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office New York 115 East 54th Street New York, NY 10022 Tel (212) 752-3320 Fax (212) 752-3395 www.hketony.gov.hk

UPS is a proud sponsor of the 19th Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival -Atlanta

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Festival Greetings September 13, 2014 Dear Friends and Participants of the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival – Atlanta, Another year has passed and we now find ourselves enjoying our 19th Annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival. You continue to maintain a very impressive field of teams from around the entire Southeast United States. The fact that you get so many teams to come in from out of state speaks to the allure and spirit of our Festival.

The growth and enthusiasm for this event is a true reflection of the spirit that pervades this Festival. It has long been known as a family oriented event that welcomes everyone. I still maintain that it is the “best hands-on, cultural diversity event” in the entire Atlanta area.

I would also like to personally welcome our new Director of the Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office (NY), Mr. Steve Barclay. Without the support we have received from HKETO (NY) every year since the very beginning 19 years ago this Festival would not be possible.

Welcome to Atlanta Steve Barclay and on behalf of everyone here thank you so much for your support!

I wish you all the best today as paddlers and spectators for both the racing and our unique, outstanding Opening Ceremony with its celebration of Asian culture.

Cheers

Gene Eugene J. Hanratty, III Chairman & Festival Director Atlanta Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival

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TEAM CHEERS

Jackson EMC is a group of electrical linemen who are on call 24-7. We are proud of our job, our customer service and the electric distribution that serves this venue and the Gainesville District. Accident prevention is of great importance at Jackson EMC so we wish everyone a safe race. Our team brings ENERGY & POWER to this event! Thank you for your support and let’s keep the lights “ON”.

Newell Rubbermaid is a global marketer of consumer and commercial products with a strong portfolio of leading brands, including Rubbermaid®, Sharpie®, Graco®, Calphalon®, Irwin®, Lenox®, Levolor®, Paper Mate®, Dymo®, Waterman®, Parker®, Goody®, Rubbermaid Commercial Products® and Aprica®. With sales in more than 100 countries, our products help consumers flourish where they live, learn, work and play – all over the world.

The Home Depot Orange Dragons TeamBlaze is a group of athletes, parents and staff supporting BlazeSports America, an organization providing adaptive sport to youth and adults with physical disabilities. This is the team’s first year competing and we are looking to bring the spirit and drive from Blaze, the 1996 Paralympic mascot to the TeamBlaze Boat! We are all about trying something new, having fun and accomplishing new challenges!

Go TeamBlaze!

More Rowing. More Doing.

GA Veterinary Rehab and Exterior Concepts - We are an eclectic group of kick-butt paddlers. We hail from many types of sports, every type of paddle sport and all types of professional careers. We have one goal in mind; to be the best in whatever we are involved in at that moment!! Once we have accomplished that goal, we take our after-paddle beverage time very seriously.

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TEAM CHEERS

AT&T’s teams AT&T Digital Life, AT&T No Texting While Paddling, Women of AT&T, and AT&T Aspires; are organized by AT&T’s Asian Pacific Islanders for Professional Community Advancement (APCA). APCA is a 501( c)(3) non-profit, educational organization focused on representation of Asian Pacific and Islanders employed by AT&T Inc and its wholly owned subsidiaries.

Laotian American Society (LAS) is a non-profit organization focused on promoting cultural awareness and fostering communication within the Asian American Community in the state of Georgia, being the resource to all people of ethnic origins native to Laos or has ties to the Lao culture and heritage, by organizing and sponsoring education, health, social and economic activities. - YES YES L.A.S.!

SACA Golden Dragon is a multicultural team from Tampa, Florida that has pulled strength and determination from its diversity. The crew dynamic is founded on teamwork, coordination, and POWER! SACA Golden Dragon paddles with a fierceness unmatched in other crews. This team is ready to ride fearlessly to triumph at the Atlanta Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival!

PepsiCo. Performance with Purpose. For the cause. For the thrill. PepsiCo’s people are making a difference.

EY is a global firm providing assurance, tax, advisory, transactions and specialty business services. At EY, we are committed to building a better working world —– one with increased trust and confidence in business, sustainable growth, development of talent in all its forms, and greater collaboration. Proud to represent the bright yellow beam of EY, we are here to celebrate the collaboration, culture and spirit of the Dragon Boat tradition.

NAAAP Atlanta has a very simple cheer. “Go NAAAP!”

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Festival Schedule

Saturday September 13, 2014 Time Event 6:00 AM

6:45 AM 7:00 AM

7:00 AM

Registration open at base of Finish Line Tower Team Captain’s Meeting Blessing of the Dragon Boats by Buddhist Monks Steersman Meeting by Finish Line Tower

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RACE SCHEDULE 2014 Atlanta Dragon Boat Festival, Saturday, September 13, 2014

Start List: 250 Meter Heats (Rounds 1 & 2) & 500 Meter Race Marshalling Race Time Race Length Lane

Team Name

Team Captain

Division

250 Meter Races (Round 1) 7:25 AM 7:45 AM

1

250 m

1 3 5 7

Hisense USA GaTech HKSA UPS Express Accenture

Gretchen Golden

Manufacturing

Clinton Cheang

Collegiate

Allen Lo

International

Dara Thach

Recreational

7:45 AM – 12:00 PM Dragon Boat Races

(New heat every 8 mins)

7:33 AM 7:53 AM

2

250 m

2 4 6 8

Julien Li Recreational NAAAP Atlanta Kristian Contreras Collegiate Asian Women Seng Thammavongsa Southeast Asia Wat Lao Sattha Dhamma Christopher Pitts Collegiate Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

12:00 PM – 1:15 PM

7:41 AM 8:01 AM

3

250 m

1 3 5 7

PEPSICO II AT&T Aspires SACA–Golden Dragon II GaTech Sprint CKC

Vincent Payne

Manufacturing

Norman Chu

International

Kitt Noythanongsay

Open—Men

Jeffrey Beauvais

Collegiate

2 4 6 8

AT&T No Texting While Paddling SunTrust Bank LCKC Baby Dragons Techtop

Kevin Boothe

Recreational

1 3 5 7

ZAGA NACA–MAC Charlotte Fury Laotian American Society

Jin Jin

Recreational

Ricardo Hubler

International

John Chen

Open—Mixed

Jason Sommano

Southeast Asia

2 4 6 8

Team Hapag–Lloyd Grizzlies Clemson University -

Todd Roy

International

Clay Runck

Collegiate

Nicholas Lor

Collegiate

-

-

1 3 5 7

Newell Professional Dragon Boat Atlanta WL State Farm Flying Dragons Winners

Kin Ly

Manufacturing

Linda Evans

BCS

Sandy Lau

Financial

Mary Hill

Collegiate

2 4 6 8

Night Dragons ZF Gainesville Team Wesley Phoenix EY

Christopher JespersenCollegiate

1 3 5 7

Women of AT&T Emory CSSU Wun Fun Cru Kennesaw State University

Julie Han

Open—Women

Yanhui Liang

Collegiate

Linda Harris

Recreational

Myung Jin Soung

Collegiate

2 4 6 8

Shut Up & Paddle Khmer Angkor Wat DHL Global Mail Orange Dragons

Jennifer Dillon

Recreational

Sopheap Lam

Southeast Asia

Bee Intakanok

Recreational

Carrie Hsu

International

1 3 5 7

GaTech CSA Panda Express Cambodia Phnom Penh PEPSICO TASA Tortoises

Dustin Yang

Collegiate

Sopheap Lam

International

Vincent Payne

Manufacturing

Alice Huang

Collegiate

2 4 6 8

AT&T Digital Life SACA–Golden Dragon I World Language Academy Jackson EMC

Richard Stokes

International

Kitt Noythanongsay

Open—Mixed

Meishan Spradlin

Recreational

Opening Ceremonies

12:00 – 12:01 Firecrackers

12:02 – 12:06 Lion Dance

12:06 – 12:07 Introduction of Festival Patron and Sponsor Mr. Steve Barclay

Director, Hong Kong Econ

& Trade Office (NY)

12:07 – 12:12 Remarks by Mr. Barclay

12:12 – 12:19 Dotting the Eye of the Dragon

12:19 - 12:24 Breast Cancer Survivor Ceremony CULTURAL PRESENTATION:

- Mountaineer Bamboo Dance - Flower Dance “Fon Dok Mai” by Laotian American Society - Bollywood Dance - “Garba” - Cambodian dance “Roban Neary Chea Chour” - Beautiful Water - ribbon dance - Classical Cambodian dance

1:10 PM – 1:15 PM Raffle Drawing 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM

Dragon Boat Race Finals Raffle Drawaing

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM Awards Ceremony

4:15 PM – 4:45 PM 2000 Meter Dragon Boat Race 4:45 PM - 5:10 PM

Awards Ceremony

7:49 AM 8:09 AM

7:57 AM 8:17 AM

8:05 AM 8:25 AM

8:13 AM 8:33 AM

8:21 AM 8:41 AM

8:29 AM 8:49 AM

8:37 AM 8:57 AM

8:45 AM 9:05 AM

8:53 AM 9:13 AM

4

5

6

7

8

9

250 m

250 m

250 m

250 m

250 m

250 m

10 250 m

11 250 m

12 250 m

Young Tan

Financial

Kalen Scholz

Recreational

Li Zheng

Manufacturing

David Haack

Manufacturing

Anthony Chung

Recreational

Olivia Clark

Financial

Phil Strickland

Open—Men

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RACE SCHEDULE

2014 Atlanta Dragon Boat Festival, Saturday, September 13, 2014 9:01 AM 9:21 AM

9:09 AM 9:29 AM

9:17 AM 9:37 AM

13 250 m

14 250 m

15 250 m

1 3 5 7

Avery Lewis Mercer ASIA Yuanwen Wang Association of Chinese Professionals UGA Chapter Jessie Romito Team Blaze Sam Sith Mekong Dragons

Collegiate

2 4 6 8

ASCEND Greater Atlanta Ga Vet Rehab & Ext Concepts Newell Consumer -

Elizabeth Nunes

Financial

Evelyn Orenbuch

Open—Mixed

1 3 5 7

Collegiate Recreational Southeast Asia

Kin Ly

Manufacturing

-

-

UPS Expedited Charlotte Surge LCKC Super Dragons -

Allen Lo

International

John Chen

Recreational

Jim O’Dell

Open—Mixed

-

-

2 4 6 8

UPS Expedited ZAGA AT&T No Texting While Paddling Newell Professional

Allen Lo

International

Jin Jin

Recreational

1 3 5 7

Night Dragons ZF Gainesville PEPSICO II NACA–MAC

Christopher JespersenCollegiate

2 4 6 8

250 Meter Races (Round 2) 9:25 AM 9:45 AM

9:33 AM 9:53 AM

16 250 m

17 250 m

9:41 AM 10:01 AM 18 250 m

9:49 AM 10:09 AM 19 250 m

9:57 AM 10:17 AM 20 250 m

10:05 AM 10:25 AM 21 250 m

10:13 AM 10:33 AM 22 250 m

10:21 AM 10:41 AM 23 250 m

10:29 AM 10:49 AM 24 250 m

10:37 AM 10:57 AM 25 250 m

Kevin Boothe

Recreational

Kin Ly

Manufacturing

David Haack

Manufacturing

Vincent Payne

Manufacturing

Ricardo Hubler

International

Mercer ASIA Hisense USA Dragon Boat Atlanta Women of AT&T

Avery Lewis

Collegiate

1 3 5 7

Gretchen Golden

Manufacturing

Linda Evans

BCS

Julie Han

Open—Women

GaTech HKSA Team Hapag–Lloyd Shut Up & Paddle AT&T Digital Life

Clinton Cheang

Collegiate

Todd Roy

International

Jennifer Dillon

Recreational

Richard Stokes

International

2 4 6 8

UPS Express Accenture NAAAP Atlanta WL State Farm Flying Dragons

Allen Lo

International

Dara Thach

Recreational

Julien Li

Recreational

Sandy Lau

Financial

1 3 5 7

Khmer Angkor Wat GaTech CSA Panda Express SACA–Golden Dragon I Charlotte Surge

Sopheap Lam

Southeast Asia

Dustin Yang

Collegiate

Kitt Noythanongsay

Open—Mixed

John Chen

Recreational

2 4 6 8

Anthony Chung Team Wesley Phoenix Yanhui Liang Emory CSSU Sopheap Lam Cambodia Phnom Penh Yuanwen Wang Association of Chinese Professionals UGA Chapter

Recreational

1 3 5 7

Grizzlies PEPSICO World Language Academy ASCEND Greater Atlanta

Clay Runck

Collegiate

Vincent Payne

Manufacturing

Meishan Spradlin

Recreational

Elizabeth Nunes

Financial

2 4 6 8

AT&T Aspires Clemson University Winners EY

Norman Chu

International

Nicholas Lor

Collegiate

Mary Hill

Collegiate

Olivia Clark

Financial

1 3

SunTrust Bank Jackson EMC

Young Tan

Financial

Phil Strickland

Open—Men

Collegiate International Collegiate

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RACE SCHEDULE 2014 Atlanta Dragon Boat Festival, Saturday, September 13, 2014

10:45 AM 11:05 AM 26 250 m

10:53 AM 11:13 AM 27 250 m

11:01 AM 11:21 AM 28 250 m

11:09 AM 11:29 AM 29 250 m

11:17 AM 11:37 AM 30 250 m

500 Meter Race 11:25 AM 11:45 AM 31

500

5 7

Team Blaze Ga Vet Rehab & Ext Concepts

Jessie Romito

Recreational

Evelyn Orenbuch

Open—Mixed

2 4 6 8

Charlotte Fury Wun Fun Cru DHL Global Mail Newell Consumer

John Chen

Open—Mixed

Linda Harris

Recreational

Bee Intakanok

Recreational

Kin Ly

Manufacturing

1 3 5 7

Asian Women SACA–Golden Dragon II GaTech Sprint CKC Mekong Dragons

Kristian Contreras

Collegiate

2 4 6 8

Wat Lao Sattha Dhamma Laotian American Society Kennesaw State University -

Seng Thammavongsa Southeast Asia

1 3 5 7

Christopher Pitts Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Li Zheng Techtop Alice Huang TASA Tortoises

-

2 4 6 8

LCKC Baby Dragons Orange Dragons LCKC Super Dragons -

Kalen Scholz

Recreational

Carrie Hsu

International

Jim O’Dell

Open—Mixed

-

-

Julie Han

Collegiate

Kitt Noythanongsay

Recreational

Jim O’Dell

International

Evelyn Orenbuch

Open—Mixed

John Chen

-

Phil Strickland

0

Kitt Noythanongsay

0

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Women of AT&T SACA–Golden Dragon I LCKC Super Dragons Ga Vet Rehab & Ext Concepts Charlotte Fury Jackson EMC SACA–Golden Dragon II Opening Ceremonies & Lunch: 12:00 PM

Kitt Noythanongsay

Open—Men

Jeffrey Beauvais

Collegiate

Sam Sith

Southeast Asia

Jason Sommano

Southeast Asia

Myung Jin Soung

Collegiate

-

Collegiate Manufacturing Collegiate

250 Meter Finals and 2,000 Meter Race Start Lists will be distributed on Saturday. They are determined by your time in the heats (for 250 Meter Finals) and your time in the 500 Meter Races (for the 2,000 Meter Races).

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Legend of Dragon Boat No one knows exactly when dragon boat racing started. The most popular saga of its origins dates back to a great Chinese patriot-poet named Qu Yuan who lived from 340-278 B.C. Qu Yuan was a minister who advocated peace and social reforms in his home state of Chu. The King refused to listen to Qu Yuan’s advice and instead banished him from the state. In exile, Qu Yuan wrote poetry, expressing his concern for his country and people. In 278 B.C., when Qu Yuan heard that his home had been invaded, he drowned himself in the Mi-Lo River. The people of Chu rushed to the river to rescue him. Too late to save Qu Yuan, they splashed furiously and threw zung-ze – steamed rice wrapped in reed leaf – into the river as a sacrifice to his spirit and to keep the fish from Qu Yuan’s body.

Dragon boat racing began as a tradition to commemorate Qu Yuan’s death. In China, the races are held on the fifth day of the fifth moon on the lunar calendar. In other countries, they are held on that day or other times – spring, summer, fall or winter - pending favorable weather.

TEAM CHEERS

The TASA Tortoises are made up of members of the Taiwanese American Student Association of both Emory and Georgia Tech. This TASA team placed 3rd in the collegiate division last year and placed 1st both of the two previous years. Although many will dismiss the name as indicative of a weak team, the TASA Tortoises know that fast and steady will win the race!

UPS is a proud sponsor of the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Atlanta Festival and is participating for the fifth consecutive year. Named after services we offer, Teams UPS Express and Expedited are here to compete this year. UPS delivers more than 15 million packages a day to more than 6.1 million customers in more than 220 countries and territories around the world.

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