Pictou County Dragon Boat Festival
Anticipation Growing Strong!

New Glasgow – Details for the 3rd Annual Pictou County Dragon Boat Festival (PCDBF), Race on the River were released on Wednesday evening at Glasgow Square. Glasgow Square’s Green Room provided the prefect setting for this growing festival! For the PCDBF slated for August 20th to 21st, 2004, this will mark the third year for the event, with presenting sponsor SOBEYS, Ready to Serve

Over 40 teams, totaling approximately one thousand participants will meet on New Glasgow’s East River at 8AM sharp on Saturday to race for charity! Teams will gather to participate in their division, raising money for four charities: Women Alike Breast Cancer Support Group is the Festival’s primary benefactor; with secondary benefactors: N.S. Special Olympics, N.S. Amateur Sport and their newest charity, Pictou County Prostate Cancer Support Group. To date, just under $200,000 has been raised through the pledge program, with all proceeds going directly to these charities. Once again this year the top pledge raisers will become eligible to win many attractive prizes, with the top pledge raiser winning, courtesy of Century Saw & Marine, a 13’ Spirit Kayak with paddles, lifejacket and all the trimmings.

After the McDonald’s Youth Races at 6:30PM, Chairperson Roger Swarbrick and Honorary Chairperson of this year’s festival will open the Race on the River with the traditional “dotting of the eye”! This will be followed by live stage entertainment at 8PM featuring Pictou’s very own John “Spyder” MacDonald and Clear Sailing! The “Celebration of Light and Life” at 9:30PM will end the evening with a moving finale in celebration of life, hope, community and the spirit of the dragon.

The organizing committee is delighted to be entering year three of this growing festival and urge all to join in the celebration of community spirit when the dragon awakens on Friday, August 20th 2004. “Paddles up ~ and away!”

Contact:
Shawna Coleman
Marketing/Communications
Race on the River, Pictou County Dragon Boat Festival
(902) 396.3054
(902) 928.8959 cellular
shawnacoleman@lycos.com

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