Message from Kentucky Festival Chairman

Hello Dragon Boat Racing Fans,

THIS IS IT!!! The big email with everything you need to know for RACE DAY!!!

Below is a listing of the contents of this email. I apologize in advance for the length of this email but it contains A LOT of important information.

Current Practice Booking Schedule
Waivers and Team Check-in
What to Bring / FAQ
Race Day Agenda
Race Format
Awards
Vendors, Silent Auction, Raffle, Split-the-Pot
Directions to AJ Jolly Park
Final Team List by Division
Attachment List

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CURRENT PRACTICE BOOKING SCHEDULE

Two Practice dates remain for the following teams.

*Date*		*Time*	*Team*
9/5/2024	Thursday	6:00 PM	Areola Grande
9/5/2024	Thursday	6:00 PM	The Boobie bunch
9/5/2024	Thursday	6:45 PM	The Rock n’ Rowers
9/5/2024	Thursday	6:45 PM	Watch our Wake
*9/6/2024 Practice Times are reserved for Out-of-Town Teams*
9/6/2024	Friday	4:30 PM	Tellico Heat
9/6/2024	Friday	4:30 PM	Tellico Sisters in Sync
9/6/2024	Friday	5:15 PM	Tellico Heat Ladies
9/6/2024	Friday	6:00 PM	502 Dragon Envy
9/6/2024	Friday	6:45 PM	DCD
9/6/2024	Friday	7:00 PM	DCD

WAIVERS AND TEAM CHECK-IN

If there is anyone left on your team that has not signed a waiver (either online or paper), this will need to be completed BEFORE they will be allowed to race. Teams will get their wristbands when ALL WAIVERS have been turned into the Check-In (Registration) Tent and verified.

The Check-in (Registration) Tent will be located at the front of the venue across the road from the parking lot. Please stop by here before setting up your tent space and Greeters will be able to direct you to your rented tent or area to setup your own tent.

WHAT TO BRING / FAQ

Please remember that Alcohol is NOT allowed at this event and neither are grills or open flames.
This is a family friendly event but please make sure there is a guardian with your children at all times. We do not provide childcare at this event.
Below is a listing of things that should be brought to this event:

o Water Bottle – We will have 3 water filling stations setup in the festival area

o Sunscreen

o Water shoes or shoes that you can get wet – We load from the beach so your feet and bottom half of your legs (possibly up to knees)will get wet

o Folding Chairs

o Team Spirit!!!

The link to our FAQ page may provide additional Event information: https://www.p4ca.org/faqs

RACE DAY AGENDA

FRIDAY EVENING

o 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM – Access to venue available to setup / decorate your tent

SATURDAY (Race Day)

o Pre-Racing

6:45 AM – Team Check-in Opens (Registration Tent)
7:15 AM – Captain’s Meeting (Marshalling Area)
7:30 AM – Steersperson Meeting (Marshalling Area)
7:30 AM – Drummer’s Meeting (Marshalling Area)
7:45 AM – Team Warm-Up
8:00 AM – Opening Ceremony
8:10 AM – American and Canadian National Anthems

o Qualifying Heats

8:30 – 10:00 – Heat 1 (Races 1-10) – Please make sure to have your team picture taken prior to marshalling to your 1^st race.
10:30 – 12:00 – Heat 2 (Races 11-20)

o Lunch / Rose Ceremony / “Best of” Awards

12:00 – 1:00

o Divisional Finals and Medals

1:10 – 2:40

o Hype Challenge

2:50

****IMPORTANT**** Please pay attention to the Announcer regarding Race Times. There is a lot happening on race day and we make every effort to stay on time. If there is a chance that we can get ahead of schedule, we will move forward to try to get everyone finished on time or earlier.

RACE FORMAT

Each Team will race 3 x 250 Meter Races
There will be 3 boats per race with the exception of Races 5, 10, 18, 20, 28 and 29 which will have 2 boats per race.
As we did last year, we will take your FASTEST TIME from Heats 1 & 2 to determine placement in the Divisional Finals (3^rd Race).

AWARDS

The following awards will be given out on race day.

Best Decorated Tent
Best Team Name
Best T-Shirt Design
Medals for the top 3 finishers in each division (BCS/ACS, Mixed Club, Women’s, Community)

VENDORS, SILENT AUCTION, BASKET RAFFLE, SPLIT-THE-POT

Don’t forget to bring your money… We will have several Food and Merchandise Vendors at this year’s festival as well as Split-the-Pot, Silent Auction and Raffle Baskets.

*Food & Drink Vendors*
*Vendor Name*	*Providing…*
BOL	Acai Bowls
Dreamy Whip	Soft Serve Ice Cream
Kabobske	Mediterranean cuisine
Kona Ice	Shaved Ice
Mimi’s Little Kitchen	Breakfast Sandwich, Hamburger, Ribeye Phillies Sandwich, Specialty Grill Cheese, French Fries
Pendleton County Beef Cattle Association	Ribeye’s, chips and a drink to make a meal
Sugarmill Sweets	Baked goods and drinks

***Starting at 9 AM, 2 of the Food Vendors will serve Coffee

*Merchandise & Service Vendors*
*Vendor Name*	*Providing…*
Kentucky Thorough-Breasts	‘Official’ Kentucky Dragon Boat Festival T-Shirts $5 Mystery Bags Handmade Wooden “Paddles Up” Medal Display Boards Dragon Jewelry
Nerdy KnickKnacks	3D printed dragons, fidgets, and figures.
Next Episode Design	Handmade silver jewelry
St Elizabeth’s Women’s Wellness Boutique	Things from the St Elizabeth’s Women’s Wellness Boutique

*A Certified Massage Therapist will provide chair massages from 10:00AM – 12:00PM. The fee is $10 for 15 minutes. All proceeds go directly to the Kentucky Thorough-Breasts Team.

*Educational Vendors*
*Educational Vendor Name*	*Providing…*
Hologic	Education about the Breast Cancer Index
Ion Center for Violence Prevention	Education Material
Raptors, Inc	Birds of prey educational presentation
Synergy Holistic Health Center	Healthcare Provider (Holistic Health)
UC Cancer Center	Cancer Education

DIRECTIONS TO AJ JOLLY PARK

From the north:

From I-275 (either direction) or I-471
Take US 27 South (Alexandria) for 11 miles. A Tyson processing plant will be on your left
Make the next left at Cooper Bain or Racetrack Road. Pass the soccer fields and go over a small bridge
Follow the signs for “Festival Parking”.

From the south:

Take US 27 North
Make a right at Racetrack Road. Pass the soccer fields and go over a small bridge
Follow the signs for “Festival Parking”

FINAL TEAM LIST BY DIVISION

We have 28 Teams registered for the 2024 Kentucky Dragon Boat Festival, Paddling for the Pink.

(***The Class on a few teams has changed as we received more information from their Team Captains.)

Team Name	Class
Derby City Dragons – Lightning	BCS/ACS
Derby City Dragons – Thunderbolt	BCS/ACS
Indy SurviveOars – Force	BCS/ACS
Indy SurviveOars – Fury	BCS/ACS
Prairie Dragon Paddlers	BCS/ACS
502 Dragon Envy	Community
Abreasted Development	Community
Areola Grande	Community
Breast Friends	Community
Cincinnati Tri-State Oncology Nursing Society	Community
Emergency Department Rack Rescuers	Community
Hakina Ma-Tatas	Community
IV League (Formerly Chemosabes)	Community
MotorBoaters	Community
Oakland Crusaders	Community
Reo Speedragons	Community
Rock ‘n’ Rowers	Community
Second Base Squeeze – Team 1	Community
Second Base Squeeze – Team 2	Community
The Boobie Bunch	Community
The Loan Rangers	Community
Treasured Chests	Community
Watch our Wake	Community
Raging Dragons of Chatham Kent	Mixed Club
Tellico Heat	Mixed Club
Phoenix Power Paddlers	Women’s
Tellico Pink Heat Ladies	Women’s
Tellico Sisters in Sync	Women’s

ATTACHMENT LIST

Finally, what you’ve been waiting for, the race schedule. Below is a listing of each of the attachments on this email:

2024 – Race Team Names for the poster – This is the Race Schedule with times for each Race and their Marshalling times. There will be 10 races in each heat.
2024 Festival Venue Map – v2 – This is the Map of the Venue
2024 Kentucky Dragon Boat Festival — Captains Email 6 — Final email – This a copy of this email in PDF format.

These documents plus the previous Captain’s Emails can all be found on the Kentucky Dragon Boat Festival Google Drive.

A BIG THANK YOU!!!! To all the Teams, Participants, Vendors and Spectators!!!! Without all of you, we wouldn’t have a festival!!!! Let’s go out and have some fun, raise some money and make some memories!!!

See you at the Festival!!!

Paddling 4 Cancer Awareness, inc.

Kentucky Thorough-Breasts, Breast Cancer Survivor Dragon Boat Racing Team