WELCOME

Everyone at the Las Vegas Dragon Boat Club would like to thank you for taking part in this community event at Lake Las Vegas! Your participation as a paddler, volunteer or spectator means you are actively taking part to raise awareness and help fund St Rose Hospital’s R.E.D Rose program to detect breast cancer in its earliest stages.

This year Holly Lyman, Director of the Women’sCare Center at Dignity Health – St Rose Hospital, stepped down as the Rose Regatta Organizer and Race Director, but the legacy she left behind has changed the lives of many. Because of Holly, many local women and men now embrace dragon boating as a sport and healthy lifestyle here in Las Vegas. We have club members that travel as far as Hong Kong, Australia, and Hungary to compete in World Cup Dragon Boat Championships. The Pink Paddlers, our local Breast Cancer Floating support group attended an international competition in Florence, Italy last July.

It seems what started as a crazy fundraiser back in 2009, has grown into a full-blown community. The 2018 Rose Regatta would not have been possible without the passion and cooperative efforts of the very community Holly Lyman and Dignity Health has built over the years. All members of the Las Vegas Dragon Boat Club thank and honor everything they have done for this sport and for instilling a deep sense of community, camaraderie and healthy competition within the Las Vegas community!

Now, let’s go RACE!!

2018 ROSE REGATTA TEAM LIST

MIXED CLUB
Bridge City Blitz
Dragon Fuel
Dragon Slayers CO
Las Vegas SUP Kayak Club
Let It Ride
Makin Waves
Paddle Warriors
Paddling Pigs
Phantom Dragons/Pink Dragons
Rouge Paddling -Grey
Rouge Paddling -Orange
Team Taiwan
UC Irvine Generations

JR DRAGONS
Jr Dragons
LLV Rowing Club
Nevada State High School Renegades

2018 ROSE REGATTA DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL COORDINATORS

EVERYONE BEHIND THE SCENES

ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE

7:50 – NATIONAL ANTHEM – JEANNINE MASON

8:00 – FIRST RACE

8:15 – YOGA STRETCH – JEN

8:35 – TEAM RALLY – JEANNINE MASON

8:55 – DOTTING OF THE EYE CEREMONY – GWEN JENKINS

9:10 – KORABO TAIKO DRUMS – JEN KONG

9:30 – TAI CHI PRESENTATION – GWEN JENKINS

10:00 – ZUMBA – PAIGE MISLING

10:30 – CUPID SHUFFLE & TEAM SPIRIT DANCE OFF – JEANNINE MASON

10:45 – ZUMBINI – MANDIEY VAZQUEZ

11:00 – TRAPEZE LAS VEGAS – DANICA, CARI AND EMMA 

11:15 – 911 HEAT, ST. ROSE CAMPUS HEAT, BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR HEAT –KERRY CHOW

11:30 – FLOWERS ON THE WATER CEREMONY – JEANNINE MASON

11:40 – VOCALIST KARA McKEE

12:00 – ST. ROSE CAMPUS TEAM, BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR TEAM MEDAL CEREMONY

12:15 – KAMINARI TAIKO DRUMS – JEN CABALLERO

12:30 – SAM RIDDLE – BAND PERFORMANCE

1:30 – ‘MINUTE TO WIN IT’ – ANDY THOGERSON

1:45 – YACHT ROCKERS – BAND PERFORMANCE

2:30 – TEAM RALLY – ANDY THOGERSON

2:45 – HIGH ROCKTANE – BAND PERFORMANCE

4:45 – DIVISION FINALS/CLOSING CEREMONIES

Medals will be handed out at the end of each Division’s Final Heat – teams will be asked to go directly to the grassy stage area after their Division’s Final Heat.

WHO DOES ROSE REGATTA BENEFIT?

The Rose Regatta and Las Vegas Dragon Boat Club’s collective power will raise funds for Dignity Health – St. Rose Dominican’s breast health services. Key to these services are ongoing support and education offered at the WomensCare/Outreach Centers and the R.E.D. Rose program. 

FLOWERS ON THE WATER CEREMONY

The Flowers on the Water Ceremony is a memorial ceremony that honors both women and men who are newly diagnosed, those currently living with breast cancer and those who have lost their lives to the disease. This ceremony has become a regular ritual at dragon boat races throughout the world.

This year, we will be highlighting those survivors who battle Stage IV, metastatic breast cancer. They are called Metavivors. The Rose Regatta strives to raise funds for R.E.D. Rose in an effort to catch breast cancer in its earliest Stage and avoid a Stage IV metastatic diagnosis. Fighting metastatic breast cancer means a lifetime of chemotherapeutic treatment and a never ending battle to say on top of the disease. We honor all Metavivors in their brave fight, as they find the strength to face this disease with dignity and optimism on a daily basis.  

During the Flowers on the Water Ceremony, survivors will be given roses to be tossed into the water in honor of the battle they all face. A special “Flowers on the Water” area will be designated where festival attendees can reflect as a celebration of survival and to remember those lost to this disease.

HOPE

“To hope is to give yourself to the future- and that commitment to the future is what makes the present inhabitable”

Rebecca Solnit

DOTTING OF THE EYE CEREMONY

This Ancient Chinese Ceremony is believed to protect the people from evil spirits and disease for the rest of the year. The eyes of the dragon will literally be “dotted” as a symbol to awaken the spirit of the dragon. The ink used to dot the dragon’s eyes is red and is mixed with a scant amount of water from the lake and even less than a scant amount of the earth.

THE HISTORY OF DRAGON BOAT RACING

Initiated in ancient China, dragon boat racing has become of the world’s fastest growing water sports. Dragon boats are 40-50 foot long water racing canoes decorated with elaborate Chinese designs. A dragon boat is propelled through the water by a crew of 20 paddlers plus a drummer and a steers person. Dragon boat races take place in “heats” on straight water courses ranging from 250-1,000 meters. Today’s race will take place on a 250 meter long course.

MEET THE TEAMS