DRAGONS, MULTI-CULTURAL PERFORMERS,TRADITIONAL ARTS & CRAFTS, INTERNATIONAL FOODS

WHERE- MEADOW LAKE, FLUSHING MEADOWS CORONA PARK, QUEENS, NY– FREE & FUN FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY –

WHEN-THIS SAT 7/30 & SUN 7/31/2022- Racing & Other Activities from 9am-5pm . Rain or shine- www.hkdbf-ny.org

HOW TO GET TO THE FESTIVAL- Take the #7 Train to the CitiField stop and transfer from there to the special MTA shuttle buses to & from the Festival site. Use MetroCard or correct change. Parking on site is very limited.

THE OLDEST, LARGEST, MOST TRADITIONAL DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL IN THE US!

The Festival wants to highlight three major issues this year as we come roaring back for the Year of the Tiger!
1. Our participation in the reopening our economy, as we are planning for a full scale festival.
2. Promotion of Covid vaccination/booster, Post Covid mental/ physical wellness.
3. Bringing attention to the Prevention of Asian hate crimes.

July 25th, 2022- NY, NY – In Celebration of the “Year of the TIGER,” the Board of Directors of the 30th Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York (HKDBF-NY) announce that this Free Multicultural Festival and Sporting Event will be held Saturday, July 30 & Sunday, July 31st, 2022.

HKDBF NY 2022 features events for the entire family, the Opening Ceremony takes place at noon on Saturday with the traditional Dragon Dance and Team Parade. Racing both days from 9am-5pm. Some of the attractions taking place during the festival include several special races. Including the Hong Kong SAR 25th Anniversary Challenge, the Sponsors Challenge, a Media Invitational and the Seniors Invitational. This year’s Corporate Invitational looks to be a good one, with a number of Corporate Teams joining us to race for their companies. The US Dragon Boat Open Championship Race is on Sunday. There are also special Educational and Health Care Invitationals and the always exciting and rewarding Charity race, featuring funds raised by the participating teams to be donated to the charities designated by the winning teams. Over the years the Charity Race has contributed in excess of $300,000 to various NYC charities.

The program on the Main Stage showcases the best Regional multicultural artists and traditional music/dance from across the globe. We are thrilled to have NY based young rapper Cameron Sean joining us both days to perform his very relevant rap, “Stop the Hate!” The ever popular Shaolin Martial Artists return for performances on both days. We have several other very Special Musical Guests this year, the amazing violinist Daisy Jopling, the Gigs & The Professor Orchestra, Musical Performance by Terry King’s Drifters featuring Charlie Thomas Jr and Benidito King of the world renowned Drifters. The two sons of the Drifters Charlie Thomas and Ben E. King, who’s hits were Stand By Me and Spanish Harlem. The Chinese Theatre Works Co. performs both days with 2 different shows and Master Storyteller Jonathan Kruk returns spinning “Dragon Tales.” In addition, we have demonstrations of traditional Asian folk arts and crafts, booths staffed by sponsors and many community-based organizations.

HKDBF-NY, an international, multi-cultural celebration and sporting event, 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-nine successful years HKDBF-NY has attracted a diverse, multi-cultural audience of more than 20,000 attendees throughout North America. This year with 100+ teams participating involving more than 1,000 competitors from across the U.S. and Canada, this year’s festival is expected to be notable for it’s 2 day return, scale and fierce competition.

The tradition of Dragon Boat Racing is an annual Chinese rite commemorating the idealistic poet and performer 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 – Festival attendees Please take the MTA or shuttle bus with your MetroCard or use correct change. Again this year we’ve worked with the MTA to insure easy and safe transportation to the Festival site. Festival attendees 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.
This year’s Sponsors include; the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, NY., Shanghai Commercial Bank, Con Edison, New York Community Bank, Flushing Bank, Resorts World, JPMorgan Chase, Fios by Verizon, ITALKBB, new york state of health, Vallo Transportation, Ltd., Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens Chamber of Commerce, Office of the Queensborough President, Donovan Richards, Jr., NYC &Co, Discover Queens

Media &Creative Partners: PIX 11 Sing Tao Daily News, The Queens Courier, MultiCultural Radio Broadcasting, Inc.(AM1480, AM1380, Sino Television, Niu TV) GoodNewsBroadcast.com, Fusia Communications, Inc., Inak Design, Additional support provided by the Hong Kong Tourism Board, AARP, Attending Home Care, the Queens Chronicle, The Island, YELP, TinnieAdvertising and ChinaAmerica Radio.

HKDBFNY IS A NON PROFIT 501(c-3)org.
downloadable photos are available at www.hkdbf-ny.org (web designed and maintained by Fusia Communications)

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BREAKING NEWS ON THE RACE FRONT FOR SAT- A Special Match Race between the Mayor’s Office “City Hall Dragons” and  a Team from the  Queen’s Borough President’s Office is now scheduled for 11:30am.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE- DAASSOCIATESPR-914-299-0837 –DAAssociatesPR@gmail.com  www.hkdbf-ny.org

A COLORFUL HONG KONG TRADITION RETURNS TO NEW YORK- THE 2021 ANNUAL HONG KONG DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL in NEW YORK ONE DAY ONLY –THIS SAT AUG 7th. PRESENTED BY HSBC

DRAGONS, MULTI-CULTURAL PERFORMERS, INVADE MEADOW LAKE, FLUSHING MEADOWS CORONA PARK, QUEENS, NY–  FREE, SAFE  FUN FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY –  THIS SAT 8/07 2021 9am-4pm .  Free, rain or shine- www.hkdbf-ny.org  THE OLDEST, LARGEST, MOST TRADITIONAL DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL IN THE US!

AUG 5, 2021- NY, NY –  In Celebration of the “Year of the  Ox” the Board of Directors of the  2021  Annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York (HKDBF-NY) a Free Multicultural Festival and Sporting Event,  announce that they will be holding a scaled down, one day event Saturday, August 7th, 2021.

Henry Wan Chairman of the board states “We feel it is very important for HKDBFNY to have an event this year focusing on 3 major issues; vaccination/public health safety; HKDBFNY’s contribution to the reopening of the NYC economy; and bringing a focus to the anti-Asian + other hate crime issue. We look forward to hosting a fully vaccinated audience this year.”

All  current Covid protocols will be followed. Only fully vaccinated attendees/racers or those with proof of negative covid test within 72 hours of the event will be admitted.  A  Vaccine Team from new york state of health will be on hand providing covid shots to those who wish them. Northwell Health will also be in attendance with health information related to covid recovery +.

Festival events will consist of several Special/Invitational  races. A Special Match Race between the Mayor’s Office “City Hall Dragons” and  a Team from the  Queen’s Borough President’s Office is now scheduled for 11:30. The  land side activities for the one day Festival will be held  in the enclosed Model Airplane Field and racing  as usual will be on Meadow Lake, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, New York rain or shine. Admission is free.

Due to covid HKDBF-NY, the international, multi-cultural celebration and sporting event, the largest multicultural Festival in New York and the largest festival of its kind in the U.S was not held in 2020.  HKDBF-NY  plans to keep up the age old tradition of Dragon Boat Racing this year and looks forward to a large 30th Anniversary Festival in 2022. Each, colorfully painted  boat with Dragon head at the front and Dragon tail at the rear are piloted by up to 20 crewmen, including 18 paddlers, a drummer and steers person. This year we will be observing all covid protocols so racing teams size will be reduced.

For twenty-nine successful years HKDBF-NY has attracted a diverse, multi-cultural audience of more than 40,000 attendees throughout North America.  The festival will  takes place just one day this year on the site of the 1964 World’s Fair, featuring events for the entire family. The opening ceremony will take place at noon on Saturday, Aug.7th. Racing starts at 9:00 a.m. and events last throughout the day until approximately 4:00 p.m. rain or shine.

This year we will have presentations on the  Main Stage of traditional Chinese arts, from the Chinese Music Ensemble of New York, Dance China NY from the New York Chinese Cultural Center, martial arts demonstrations by the ever popular Shaolin Monks and a steel drum performance from the CASYM Steel Orchestra.   Master storyteller Jonathan Kruk  also joins us again.   This year  in lieu of our traditional International food court we have invited several food trucks. Booths staffed by sponsors of the event,  and a number of community-based organizations  will participate to help make for a unique, action packed, multi-cultural, New York event.

The tradition of Dragon Boat Racing is an annual Chinese rite commemorating the idealistic poet and performer 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 – Festival attendees

Please take the MTA or shuttle bus with your MetroCard or use correct change.  Again this year we’ve worked with the MTA to insure easy and safe transportation to the Festival site. Festival attendees 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.

Downloadable photos are available at  www.hkdbf-ny.org  . (web designed and maintained by Fusia Communications)

This year’s Sponsors include

Presenting Sponsor HSBC Bank USA.,N.A.; Con Edison, New York Community Bank, Shanghai Commercial Bank,  Flushing  Bank, new york state of health, Resorts World, Verizon, Empire State Bank, Be The Match, Cathay Bank, Long Island Jewish Forest Hills*Northwell Health,  Citibus Corp,  Flushing Meadows Corona Park,  Queens Chamber of Commerce, Office of the  Queensborough  President,   NYC & Co,  MTA, Discover Queens.

Media &Creative Partners:  PIX11, Sing Tao Daily News, The Queens Courier, AMNY, GoodNews Broadcast.com, MultiCultural Radio Broadcasting, Inc.(AM1480, Sino Television, Sinocast, M-Weekly Magazine), Fusia Communications, Inc., Inak Design. Additional support provided by the Queens Chronicle, ChinaAmericaRadio, YELP, and The Island.

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Today, the U.S. Army Reserve is home to over 60 percent of the total force’s critical care nurses, orthopedic surgeons, emergency physicians and obstetricians. The Army Reserve provides the active Army with 306 medical units.

Many Army Reserve medical Soldiers have skill sets that are honed by their respective civilian jobs, from specialized physicians to surgeons, offering every capability needed in order to deploy and complete medical missions. The Army Reserve also works with top medical facilities in the country to remain on the cutting edge of research and education and provide unmatched capabilities and responsiveness.

The Army Reserve assists the active Army and the community in times of need. Army Reserve medical units support stateside missions, which provide real world opportunities for Soldiers to administer medical, dental and optometry care in underserved American communities.

Maj. Gen. Joe D. Robinson, Commanding General, 3rd Medical Command (Deployment Support), discusses the role of the Army Reserve medical capabilities in recent history at home and outside of the Continental United States.

Interview is courtesy: U.S. Army Reserve

https://www.usar.army.mil/

#us #army #reserve #medicine # joe #robinson #medical #nation #support #salt #lake #utah #atlanta #critical #care #nurses #surgeons #soldiers #major #general

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Registration is Now Open for the 13th Annual Montauk Swim Challenge!

This year’s Montauk Swim Challenge will be held as a virtual online event via the Elite Feats athletic event platform. Participants will seek personal sponsors for their swim, swim their chosen distance (1/2 mile, 1 mile, 5K), and log their results online. Swimmers will choose their own safe location to complete their swim (pool, ocean, bay, lake).

We invite the entire community to participate—this is an especially fun summer activity for kids and families!

Proceeds from the Montauk Ocean Swim Challenge will benefit construction of the future Aquatic and Cultural Arts Centers at the Montauk Playhouse Community Center.

Registration fee: $40. After registering, participants will receive an email with confirmation/race instructions as well as an email from GroupRev with instructions to set up an online sponsorship and fundraising page. Complete race results will be posted online at elitefeats.com (The last day to register and post result times online is July 31.)
Participants will receive a commemorative 2021 Montauk Swim Challenge Hat!

BE A SPONSOR!

For corporate sponsorship, click here.
Corporate Sponsorship can be customized to meet your objectives.
NEW: This year we are also offering the opportunity for individuals to sponsor the event, starting at just $25.
This is a great way to connect with our community and show your support for our mission!
For individual sponsorship, click here.

2021 SWIM CHALLENGE SPONSORS:

Duryea’s
Perry B. Duryea III
Sound Aircraft Services
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Travelers Corporation LTD
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Gosman’s Fish Market

ABOUT THE MONTAUK PLAYHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER FOUNDATION
The mission of the Montauk Playhouse Community Center Foundation is to raise funds for the restoration and development of the historic Montauk Playhouse, creating a vital community center for the arts, education, recreation and human services for Montauk and the East End. The Playhouse Foundation’s mission represents the very best of what Montauk is today, and will be tomorrow. Creating a unique gathering space with recreational, educational and cultural opportunities is critical to helping us retain and enrich the character of our community and to ensure our future. Visit montaukplayhouse.org to learn more and to donate.

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#Swim #Challenge #13th #Annual #Registration #Open #Montauk #pool #ocean #bay #lake

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Marta Gonzalez, former Prima Ballerina with Alzheimer’s listens to Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky and remembers and feels the  choreography again – simply beautiful

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Designed to supplement Disneyland in Anaheim, California, which had opened in 1955, the complex was developed by Walt Disney in the 1960s. “The Florida Project”, as it was known, was intended to present a distinct vision with its own diverse set of attractions. Walt Disney’s original plans also called for the inclusion of an “Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow” (EPCOT), a planned community intended to serve as a test bed for new city-living innovations. Walt Disney died on December 15, 1966, during the initial planning of the complex. After his death, the company wrestled with the idea of whether to bring the Disneyworld project to fruition. However, Walt’s older brother, Roy, came out of retirement to make sure Walt’s biggest dream was realized. Construction started in 1967, with the company instead building a resort similar to Disneyland, abandoning the experimental concepts for a planned community. Magic Kingdom was the first theme park to open in the complex, in 1971, followed by Epcot (1982), Disney’s Hollywood Studios (1989), and Disney’s Animal Kingdom (1998). It was Roy who insisted the name of the entire complex be changed from Disneyworld to Walt Disney World, ensuring that people would remember that the project was Walt’s dream.

In 2018, Walt Disney World was the most visited vacation resort in the world, with an average annual attendance of more than 58 million.[4] The resort is the flagship destination of Disney’s worldwide corporate enterprise and has become a popular staple in American culture. In 2020, Walt Disney World was chosen to host the NBA Bubble for play of the 2019–20 season of the NBA to resume at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.

For more info, go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_World or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disneyland

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About the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in NY 2013 The annual, free 2013 Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York, taking place THIS Saturday, August 10 and Sunday, August 11, features the New York Dragon Boat Championships and the U.S. Dragon Boat Open Championship Races, at Meadows Lake, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, home of the 1964 World’s Fair.

The Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York is the largest multi-cultural festival in the New York metropolitan area and the biggest festival of its kind in the U.S. In Celebration of the “Year of the Snake,” the 23rd Annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York (HKDBF-NY) will feature cash & prizes for competitors in this year’s US Dragon Boat Open Championship.

Other festival events consist of Several special/Invitational Cup races including The 30th Anniversary HKETO NY FAMILY INVITATIONAL, the HKETO Business Invitational, The Health Care Invitational, The Educational Invitational and the Municipal Cup/Invitational featuring various teams from our elected officials. 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, an international, multicultural celebration and sporting event, 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-two successful years HKDBF-NY has attracted a diverse, multi-cultural audience of more than 50,000 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, Aug. 10th will be followed by the New York City Championship Races. The U.S. Dragon Boat Open Championship will be held on Sunday, August 11th 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 media invitational, corporate youth, charity race, women’s invitational, and sponsors challenge, a photo contest as well as presentations on the Stage of traditional Chinese arts, martial arts demonstrations, the traditional Dragon dance, musical and other diverse performances and demonstrations of folk arts and crafts. 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. Downloadable photos are available at www.hkdbf-ny.org Special hotel rates are available at several local hotels to encourage out of town team participation.

FOR SCHEDULE & INFORMATION VISIT WWW.HKDBF-NY.ORG OR CALL 1-718-767-1776.

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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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