Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival
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The Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival is the largest festival of its kind in North America. It is a three-day event filled with free family entertainment taking place June 22-24, 2012 at Mooney’s Bay Park. Admission is FREE and features non-stop racing, a concert series, the Tim Hortons Children’s Area, cultural performances, local delicacies and fun shopping! It is a great family destination and easy getaway for visitors from Ontario, Quebec and the United States. In partnership with the Ottawa Dragon Boat Foundation, paddlers raise funds through the Pledge Challenge for local charities.
To join the Pledge Challenge, visit www.dragonboatfoundation.net. For event schedules, visit www.dragonboat.net. Like us www.facebook.com/ottawadragonboat and follow us www.twitter.com/ottdragonboat.
Event Highlights:
- Non-stop racing
- Concert series
- Beer garden
- Tim Hortons Children’s Area
- Cultural performances
- Local concessionaires
- Vendors
- Demonstrations
General information: 613.238.7711
General information email: info@dragonboat.net
Volunteer information email: www.dragonboat.net/volunteers
Location: Mooney’s Bay Park
On the Web:
Website: www.dragonboat.net/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=501153579961
Twitter: www.twitter.com/ottdragoboat
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ottdragonboatfoundation/
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Paddles Up for the 2012 Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival
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OTTAWA, October 25, 2011 – Registration for the 2012 Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival, the largest festival of its kind in North America, opens Tuesday, November 1 at 12:00 a.m. Registration can be done easily online at www.dragonboat.net and the first team to register receives a prize that will be presented during the festival.
Register early to guarantee the best rate. The early bird rate is available to the first 75 teams to register AND pay by January 31, 2012. With the success of the 2011 THODBF, organizers expect that many of the 194 registered teams will be returning. Team sites are chosen in order of payment and it is recommended to make payment early to ensure the best location.
The Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival is taking place at Mooney’s Bay Park on June 22 to 24, 2012. Admission to the three day event is free and includes family entertainment such as non-stop racing, live music, the Tim Hortons Children’s Area, exhibitors and vendors. To register and for information on how to start a team, visit www.dragonboat.net.
About the Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival
The Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival is the largest festival of its kind in North America and is one of Ottawa’s must-attend summer events. This 3-day festival is hosted at Mooney’s Bay Park from June 22-24, 2012. Approximately 73,000 spectators take in non-stop racing, cultural activities, live music, a variety of vendors/exhibits and family-oriented entertainment. For more information, visit www.dragonboat.net, www.facebook.com/ottawadragonboat, www.twitter.com/ottdragonboat.
John Brooman, President of Ottawa Festivals, joins Ottawa Tourism Board of Directors
Congratulations to John Brooman who was elected to the Ottawa Tourism Board of Directors during their AGM on June 28th.
John is a native of Ottawa, Ontario, and a Carleton University alumnus. With his formative years spent travelling and competing in international sailing events, he has devoted the last 20 years to heading up large-scale event promotion and production all over North America.
John spent 8 years living in Vancouver, BC, where he worked on the International AIDS Conference, the Around Alone, Warren Miller Entertainment and Pacific Promotions. He went on to San Francisco, CA managing special events in Silicon Valley and then opened his own company – which he sold in 2003. John also worked in the Middle East and Asia throughout the late 1990’s.
John, who has spent the last 8 years as Executive Director of the Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival and the Ottawa Dragon Boat Foundation, is serving his first term as President of Ottawa Festivals d’Ottawa. Under John’s leadership, Ottawa Festivals manages a number of programs and services developed to strengthen and sustain the festival, special event and fair industry in Canada’s Capital Region. John brings a passion for the City of Ottawa and keeps a keen eye on opportunities for growth and international attention for his home town.
The Insider’s Guide to the Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival
How to Enjoy Three Days of Free Family Entertainment
[Source: press release]
OTTAWA, June 14, 2011 – The Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival (THODBF), the largest dragon boat festival in North America is celebrating its 18th year from June 17 – 19 at Mooney’s Bay Park. Here’s an insider’s guide to take advantage of three days of free family entertainment and get the most out of the Festival.
Be prepared to rock on Friday, June 17 as the festival kicks-off with free concerts featuring The Dunn Boys at 5:00 p.m. on the Liquid Lounge Stage in the beer garden, followed by the Stanfields opening on the Royal Oak Pubs Main Tent Stage and headlined by the Trews at 8:00 p.m. Continue to rock throughout the weekend with the rest of the free concert series:
Liquid Lounge Stage
Saturday, June 18
11:00 am – Amos The Transparent
1:00 pm – Ash Koley
2:15 pm – San Sebastian
4:00 pm – Jim Bryson
Sunday, June 19
12:00 pm – Chris MacLean
1:30 pm – Silver Creek
3:15 pm – MonkeyJunk
Royal Oak Pubs Main Tent Stage
Saturday, June 18
6:00 pm – Steven Page
Sunday, June 19
11:00 pm – Lafleche Dumais
THE STAGE IS SET! TIM HORTONS OTTAWA DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL Announces 2011 Free Entertainment Line-up
Source: Kashmera on Flickr
Paddles hit the water for the 18th annual Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival (THODBF) on June 17-19, 2011 at Mooney’s Bay Park.
North America’s largest dragon boat festival features non-stop dragon boat racing, endless family activities and a spectacular free entertainment series with Canada’s top musical talent.
The Trews, who won Fan’s Choice Video of the Year and DVD of the Year at the 2011 East Coast Music Awards, will help welcome attendees to THODBF on Friday June 17.
Dragon Boat festival expands programming
BMX stunt riders will be a new addition to the Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival, which runs June 17-19 at Mooney’s Bay Park.
In addition to boating, the festival generally features a number of musical acts, which this year will include the Trews and Steven Page, the latter of which used to be part of The Barenaked Ladies.
The festival, which is North America’s largest, is in its 18th year of operation. It typically attracts 65,000 to 70,000 volunteers over the three days.
The news comes as the festival season begins in Ottawa. Bluesfest kicked off its events on Tuesday when it announced the lineup of musical acts, which includes A Perfect Circle and Huey Lewis.
Full article at Dragon Boat festival expands programming.
The stage is set! Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival Announces 2011 Free Entertainment Line-up
Paddles hit the water for the 18th annual Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival (THODBF) on June 17-19, 2011 at Mooney’s Bay Park. North America’s largest dragon boat festival features non-stop dragon boat racing, endless family activities and a spectacular free entertainment series with Canada’s top musical talent.
The Trews, who won Fan’s Choice Video of the Year and DVD of the Year at the 2011 East Coast Music Awards, will help welcome attendees to THODBF on Friday June 17. They’ll entertain the crowd with familiar favorites Not Ready To Go, Highway of Heroes, and their new hit single Hope & Ruin. Joining the Trews are The Stanfields, the Nova Scotia roots-rockers who won the Rising Star of the Year Award at the 2011 East Coast Music Awards. These bands will set the tone for a phenomenal weekend of free entertainment and paddling.
Steven Page’s distinctive voice is among the most instantly recognizable in Canadian music. Steven will be appearing in support of Page One, his first solo release since leaving the highly successful band, Barenaked Ladies. Keeping the dragon boat crowd entertained on the beer garden stage will be Ottawa native and local favorite, Jim Bryson. Having recently completed the Falcon Lake Incident tour with the Weakerthans, he will be making his first appearance at the festival. Also appearing on Saturday will be breakout indie pop rock group San Sebastian, who took MuchMusic’s disBAND by storm and Ottawa’s Amos The Transparent, bringing their popular indie folk to the stage.
On Father’s Day, Sunday June 19, attendees can treat dad to a showcase of local Ottawa artists. Fathers can relax to the beautiful songs of Chris MacLean, nominated for the 2010 Canadian Folk Music Award for English Songwriter of the Year. Returning to THODBF is MonkeyJunk, which recently won three Canadian blues awards at the Maple Blues Awards.
Also not to be missed over the weekend are Ash Koley, with their upbeat pop hit Don’t Let Your Feet Touch The Ground. The Dunn Boys and their east coast flavoured Celtic rock, Silver Creek, who bring their own brand of southern rock and unique parade style band Mike Essoudry’s Mash Potato Mashers, which will round out the expanded weekend line-up.
New this year is the Craz-E-Crew Stunt Team of BMX riders who will be soaring through the air thrilling spectators. Cultural performances will showcase Ottawa’s diversity with the traditional lion dancers, lead performer Fana Soro of the dynamic West African ensemble Masabo, a bag piper and Japanese drummers Oto-Wa Taiko. The Tim Hortons Children’s Area will feature interactive and educational activities including magician Chris Pilsworth, Little Ray’s Reptiles, Lil’ John, Radical Science and more. For a full list of free entertainment, visit www.dragonboat.net.
The Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival entertainment series is made possible by the continued support of Canadian Heritage’s Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage, Celebrate Ontario and the City of Ottawa Partnership Program.
About the Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival
The Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival is the largest festival of its kind in North America and is one of Ottawa’s must-attend summer events. This 3-day festival is hosted at Mooney’s Bay Park from June 17-19 and features non-stop dragon boat racing, with a total of 190 team and 5000 paddlers. Over 70,000 spectators take in cultural activities, live music, a variety of vendors/exhibits and family-oriented entertainment. For more information, visit www.dragonboat.net, www.facebook.com/ottawadragonboat, www.twitter.com/ottdragonboat.
Water music for dragons
Source: Ottawa Citizen
Nova Scotia rockers The Trews, former Barenaked Ladies’ frontman Steven Page and Canadian pop group Ash Koley are among the artists anchoring the free concert series at the Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival. Billed as North America’s largest dragon-boat festival, it takes place June 17-19 at Mooney’s Bay Park. Also on the bill are some of Ottawa’s finest musicians, including blues trio MonkeyJunk, singersongwriters Jim Bryson and Chris MacLean, indiefolk band Amos the Transparent, the fun-loving brass outfit Mike Essoundry’s Mash Potato Mashers and roots-rockers Silver Creek.
For more information, go to www.dragonboat.net
For the full article visit The Ottawa Citizen
No summertime blues for tourism
SCOTT TAYLOR, Ottawa Sun
The weather is always the wild card when it comes to tourism but if Mother Nature co-operates even a little bit, this could be a summer for the ages in the nation’s capital.
Spokeswoman Jantine Van Kregten said the new Convention Centre is already filling up dates for this year and many years beyond.
An unabashed booster, Van Kregten says the worm has turned in the City that Fun Forgot. “I think fun never left us behind. I think you needed to know where to look for it in the past, now it’s right in your face.”
Some of the events this summer include:
• The Canadian Tulip Festival May 6 to 23
• Ottawa Race Weekend – Ottawa Marathon May 28 and 29
• Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival June 17
• Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest July 5 to 17
Full story: No summertime blues for tourism
Ottawa Dragon Boat Foundation raised $344,000 from 2010 Pledge Challenge
The Ottawa Citizen
Photo Courtesy of Kashmera on Flickr, unded under Creative Commons
The water’s a lot colder now, and the dragon boats are put away for the winter, but the good the Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival does continues to warm the hearts of local charities.
The mission of the Ottawa Dragon Boat Foundation is to help build, strengthen and enhance community life in Ottawa by raising, managing and distributing funds to charitable organizations.
The Ottawa Dragon Boat Foundation was established in 2003. To date more than $2.5 million has been raised through the Ottawa Dragon Boat Pledge Challenge and those funds have benefited more than 28 Ottawa area charities.
Full story via Ottawa Citizen website: Ottawa Dragon Boat Foundation raised $344,000 from 2010 Pledge Challenge
