WHAT- THE ANNUAL HKDBF NY COACHES CLINIC

WHEN -HELD BE THIS WKND: JUNE 25th & 26th, SAT & SUN from 10-1pm-

WHERE – AT: MEADOW LAKE, FLUSHING MEADOWS CORONA PARK, QUEENS, NY

LEARN HOW TO WIN !- PREP FOR FESTIVAL- COACH’S CLINIC THIS WKND!

IN PREPARATION FOR THE 30th HONG KONG DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL IN NY- 2 OF THE MOST WINNING INTERNATIONAL DRAGON BOAT TEAM COACHES FROM CANADA WILL BE HERE TO TRAIN TEAMS ON STEERING & PADDLING. CHASE BOATS ARE AVAILABLE. MEDIA IS INVITED TO COVER

(Best time for coverage is Sat/Sun 10am-1pm)

COACHES BRIEF BIO-Konrad Doerrbecker, and David Hunt

Konrad D’becker – New Dragon Racing Club (NDRC) Premier 2011-2012, IDBF Club Crew World Championships 2012 –Hong Kong – Gold – 500m Premier Mixed * Silver – 500m Premier Open * Bronze – 2000m Premier Mixed Canadian National Team Premiere Open coach, 2000-2005, Nations Cup coaching staff 2001, 2003, 2004. 1st coach to win dragon boat club crew world championships with 4 different teams and IDBF world

David Hunt- Konrad’s assistant coach, and asst coach of Great Lakes Paddlers Dragon Boat Club and Quinte Rouge Paddling Club

TEAM PRACTICES FOR THE 30th HONG KONG DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK RUN EVERY WEEKEND ON MEADOW LAKE, FLUSHING MEADOWS CORONA PARK. (SAT/SUN 10-2) CHASE BOATS ARE AVAILABLE.

THE TRADITIONAL DRAGON BOAT AWAKENING CEREMONY IS JULY 13th, 11am in Times Sq, at Father Duffy Park

THERE IS STILL TIME FOR NEW TEAMS TO REGISTER. WE ARE ALSO SEEKING VOLUNTEERS, STAFF& SPONSORS TO JOIN US.

(MEDIA ALWAYS WELCOME TO JOIN US AT PRACTICE)

The “Year of the Tiger ” 30th Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in NY is scheduled for Sat /Sun July 30th & Sun the 31st, 9-5pm @ Meadow Lake- Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, NY. The event is free, open to the public and is held rain or shine.

An International Sporting and Cultural Event. With 100 +Teams comprising over 1,000 athletes competing from around the world the annual HKDBF NY is the largest Festival of its kind in the US and the largest Multicultural Festival in NYC.

FULL INFO & SCHEDULE @ WWW.HKDBF-NY.ORG

This year’s Sponsors include; the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, NY, Con Edison, New York Comunity Bank, Shanghai Commercial Bank, Flushing Bank, Resorts World, iTalkBB, nystateofhealth, Long Island Jewish Forest Hills*Northwell Health, CitiBus -Vallo Transportation, Ltd., Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens Chamber of Commerce, Office of the Queensborough President, NYC &Co, Discover Queens.

Media &Creative Partners: PIX11, Sing Tao Daily News, MultiCultural Radio Broadcasting, Inc.(AM1480, AM1380,Sino Television, Niu TV) The Queens Courier, GoodNews Broadcast.com, Fusia Communications, Inc., Inak Design, Additional support provided by The Queens Chronicle, Yelp, The Island, ChinaAmerica Radio,HKTB

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Special hotel rates are available at several local hotels.
For full schedule and information visit our website www.hkdbf-ny.org or call 718-767-1776
HKDBF NY-2011 is a non-profit, tax-exempt, cultural organization.

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Special hotel rates are available at several local hotels.
For full schedule and information visit our website www.hkdbf-ny.org or call 718-767-1776
HKDBF NY-2011 is a non-profit, tax-exempt, cultural organization.

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THE 22nd ANNUAL HONG KONG DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL in NEW YORK

THE OLDEST, LARGEST, MOST TRADITIONAL DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL IN THE US – LAUNCHES ON MEADOW LAKE THIS SATURDAY AUGUST 4 & SUNDAY, AUGUST 5, 2012 – WITH CASH & PRIZES at STAKE! WITH 180+ TEAMS, INVOLVING MORE THAN 2,500 PARTICIPANTS COMPETING FROM ACROSS the U.S. & CANADA + SPECIAL PERFORMING GUESTS- AN AWARD WINNING LION DANCE TEAM from CHINA

AUG 2nd , 2012 NY, NY – In Celebration of the “Year of the Water Dragon” the organizing committee of the 22nd Annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York (HKDBF-NY) announced that this year’s competition is to be held on Saturday, August 4th & Sunday, August 5th, 2012. It will feature cash & prizes for competitors in this year’s US Dragon Boat Open Championship.

Other festival events consist of several new special Cup races, the Hong Kong SAR Family Invitational and the Hong Kong Business Family Invitational honoring the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Municipal Cup featuring teams from several of our elected officials and government agencies and the Health Invitational along with special youth, women and sponsor races, plus a Media challenge and a Charity race featuring $7,500 to be donated to the charities designated by the competing teams. The Charity Race participants include HSBC USA, DCH and Shanghai Commercial Bank Ltd. Each of them will contribute $2500 to put in the charity fund. This year’s Corporate Invitational looks to be a good one, with many Corporate Teams joining us to race for their company. The Festival will be held at Meadow Lake, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, New York rain or shine. Admission is free.

HKDBF-NY, a multicultural celebration and sporting event, is the largest multicultural Festival in New York and the largest festival of its kind in the U.S. HKDBF NY keeps up the age old tradition of Dragon Boat Racing in colorful, custom made teak boats, which are virtual works of art gliding on water. Custom made by a small coterie of craftsmen in Hong Kong, weighing one ton each, colorfully painted with a Dragon head at the front and Dragon tail at the rear, the boats are piloted by up to 20 crewmen, including 18 paddlers, a drummer and steers person. For twenty-one successful years HKDBF-NY has attracted a diverse, multi-cultural audience of more than 60,000 attendees throughout North America. With more than 180+ well-trained teams, involving more than 2,500 participants competing from across the U.S. and Canada, this year’s festival is expected to be notable in its scale and fierce competition.

With cash & prizes at stake for the US Dragon Boat Open Championships, the festival takes place over two days on the site of the 1964 World’s Fair, featuring events for the entire family. The opening day parade at noon on Saturday, August 4th will be followed by the New York City Championship Races. The U.S. Dragon Boat Open Championship will be held on Sunday, August 5th with the teams vigorously competing for their share of the cash & prizes.

Racing starts at 9:00 a.m. and events last throughout the day until approximately 5:00 p.m. each day, rain or shine. Other festival events consist of the corporate youth, women’s invitational, and sponsors challenge, a photo contest as well as presentations on the VERIZON STAGE of traditional Chinese arts, martial arts demonstrations, the traditional Dragon dance, musical and other diverse performances and demonstrations of folk arts and crafts.

This year we have a very special appearance from the Award winning Lion Dancers from Zhanjian, Guangdong, China. This team is the recipient of China’s last Lion Dancers competition. sponsored by the Chinese Association of Lion Dancers and Dragon Dancing Teams (a division of China’s national Sport Association). They will perform the colorful and exciting Southern style of Lion Dancing.

An ethnic food court and booths staffed by sponsors of the event many of whom will be giving away promotional items, and many community-based organizations participating help make for a unique, action packed, multi-cultural, New York weekend.

The tradition of Dragon Boat Racing is an annual Chinese rite commemorating the idealistic poet and reformer Qu Yuan who drowned himself in the third century B.C. to protest against his emperor’s policies. The locals raced in their boats in an attempt to rescue the poet. To prevent fish and water dragons from eating his body, the locals beat their drums and splashed their paddles. This was the beginning of Dragon Boat Racing.

Admission to the HKDBF-NY is Free, Events take place Rain or Shine. Directions to the Festival by car – take the Long Island Expressway to Van Wyck Expressway to exit 11 south, then stay on service road to the Park. Parking is severely limited. Please take the MTA or car pool. Directions to the Festival by bus/subway –Again this year we’ve worked with the MTA to insure easy and safe transportation to the Festival site. Festival goers can use their MetroCard to take the #7 Train to the CitiField stop and transfer from there to special MTA shuttle buses that will take them directly to the Festival site, or they can walk from the CitiField stop (about 15 minutes) or take the colorful park trolley to the festival site. Parking on-site is limited, you can park at CitiField and take the special MTA shuttle with your MetroCard or use correct change.

This years Sponsors include; Title Sponsor the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, NY: Corporate Supporter HSBC Bank USA; other major sponsors include; Verizon, Time Warner Cable, Con Edison, J.P. Morgan Chase, New York Community Bank, Resort World Casino New York City, National Grid, State Farm, Wells Fargo, Shanghai Commercial Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, New York Hospital Queens, Sheraton La Guardia East Hotel, Flushing Savings Bank, Vallo Transportation, Ltd., Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens Chamber of Commerce, Office of the Queensborough President, Helen Marshall, NYC &Co, and Discover Queens.

Media &Creative Partners: WNBC TV 4, The New York Times, Sing Tao Daily News, The Queens Courier, GoodNews Broadcast.com, RNN, MultiCultural Radio Broadcasting, Inc.(AM1480, Sino Television, Sinocast, M-Weekly Magazine), Fusia Communications, Inc., Inak Design, Time Warner Cable. Additional support provided by the Times Ledger Newspaper Group, Foxwoods and the NY Daily News.

Downloadable photos are available at www.hkdbf-ny.org .

Special hotel rates are available at several local hotels.

For full schedule and information visit our website www.hkdbf-ny.org or call 718-767-1776

HKDBF NY-2011 is a non-profit, tax-exempt, cultural organization.

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Special hotel rates are available at several local hotels.
For full schedule and information visit our website www.hkdbf-ny.org or call 718-767-1776
HKDBF NY-2011 is a non-profit, tax-exempt, cultural organization.

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Sponsorship Is Part of Time Warner Cable’s ‘Enjoy Queens Better’ Campaign

New York City, July 12, 2012 – Building upon its long-standing support of the annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival (HKDBF) in Queens, Time Warner Cable today announced that it will be the official media sponsor of this year’s festival taking place August 4-5 at Flushing Meadows Corona Park.  As part of the sponsorship, Time Warner Cable will decorate the park’s centrally located footbridge and offer fun and exciting activities to help celebrate the Year of the Dragon.

HKDBF is a multicultural celebration and sporting event that is one of the largest multicultural festivals in New York City, as well as the largest annual festival of its kind in the United States. Time Warner Cable’s sponsorship is part of its ‘Enjoy Queens Better’ campaign, which celebrates the borough’s rich culture and how improvements in the company’s TV, Internet and Home Phone services help local residents enjoy more of the things they love.

“Time Warner Cable is thrilled to participate in this year’s Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival as an official sponsor and continue the celebrations of the Year of the Dragon,” said Alessandra Otero-Reiss, Vice President of Multicultural Marketing for Time Warner Cable’s East Region. “It’s important for us to support and participate in cultural events that are significant to the Chinese community. This sponsorship demonstrates our continued commitment to the Chinese community and the borough of Queens.”

In addition to celebrating the Year of the Dragon, visitors can stop by to learn about career opportunities with Time Warner Cable. The company is actively hiring local residents who speak Cantonese or Mandarin, and has immediate positions available in customer service and technical operations, among other areas.

HKDBF keeps up the age old tradition of Dragon Boat racing in colorful, custom-made teak boats, which are virtual works of art gliding on water. Attendees can cheer on the dragon boaters in the competition, be entertained by the many live performances, soak in the festive atmosphere and celebrate the Chinese culture. For more information about the HKDBF, visit http://www.hkdbf-ny.org.

Time Warner Cable’s New York City footprint serves over 1.3 million customers in four New York City boroughs (Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island and western Brooklyn), Mt. Vernon, Hudson Valley (Orange, Sullivan, Ulster Counties and parts of Dutchess, Greene and Delaware Counties), and Bergen and Hudson Counties in New Jersey.

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