Dragon Boat Races and River Festival - August 25th, 2007
BEST TEAM-BUILDING EXERCISE: DRAGON BOAT RACING
Teamwork is key to winning Nashville's newest tradition, the dragon boat race. Twenty rowers, sitting in a long canoe-like vessel, must paddle in absolute harmony or victory is unattainable. A drummer sitting at the head of the boat sets the pace-think Spartacus with less dying.
Dragon boating started in China 2,500 years ago. The prows of the boats are decorated with a large, fearsome dragon head while a scaly, dragon tail curls from the stern. The race was held here for the first time in August on the Cumberland.
The Scene fielded a team-Dragon Ass-and through practice, paddling and heckling the other teams, employees who at first didn't even know each others' names became pals. We may not have won first place, but it beat the hell out of trust falls and ropes courses at a corporate picnic.
-P.J. TOBIA
Our Sponsor's Comments...
Bridgestone Americas
"I just wanted to thank you for giving us an opportunity to participate in the Dragon Boat River Festival. My team had such a great time! Everything ran so smoothly. I cannot believe we were done early! My teammates and I had a late lunch/celebration after the award ceremony and everyone was talking about next year’s race! We want that big beautiful trophy for our trophy case downstairs!
Thanks for a wonderful Saturday!"
Linda T. Lance
Bridgestone Americas Holding Inc.
Julia’s Body Shop
"Just wanted to let you know what a great job you did. We had a blast! It appeared that everyone did. That was a lot of work. Well Done!
Great competition out there today. We loved it!!!
Count us in for next year. That will give us some time to figure out exactly how to paddle :-)
We have all the energy and spirit necessary, but our techniques sucks. That's OK. We'll get better. We all want to do more of this dragon racing business. TOO MUCH FUN!!!
Enjoy your day tomorrow. You deserve the rest.
Hope to see you both again soon."
Eat Well and Stay Mobile
Julia
Plum Good Foods
"1...2...3...4...5...
It may be stuck in my mind forever. I, and my team, had a blast. Thanks to all of the volunteers that made this event happen. I was impressed by the schedule that the event organizers and volunteers kept. The races were conducted as scheduled. My hats off to all that were involved behind the scenes.
Thank you Henry, for giving the sponsors and corporate teams a chance to speak and market their goods and services. An event like this
would not survive without the involvement of local businesses. Giving the businesses some press goes a long way towards having them involved in future events.
At the end of the day, win or lose, my team, was proud to be a part of this inaugural event.. I wish many profitable, happy years for CRC,TEC, and TSRA. Great Job Today!!! Looking forward to next year."
Trent Ganstine
Plum Good Foods
Aladdin TempRite
"Great job with the Dragon Boat Festival!
Thanks so much for your incredible work on this event and congratulations on its success. As treasurer of TSRA, we are extremely pleased to have been associated with CRC in this endeavor. Your leadership made it easy for us to participate and support your effort. As sponsor of a dragon boat, our crew enjoyed themselves tremendously. The day's activities were well organized, on schedule and fun! As a community member, thank you for making such a positive addition to the quality of life in the Nashville area.Looking forward to next year!"
Jim Clapper, President
Aladdin TempRite
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