Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:41:53 -0600 http://www.livingroot.org/ Living Root Dragon Boat, Inc. :: en-us http://www.livingroot.org/images/http://www.livingroot.org/images/LRDB_v3.jpg http://www.livingroot.org/ sandyparker2@gmail.com http://www.livingroot.org/Article158.html All, Living Root Dragon Boat returned to the Charles River on Sunday March 30, 2008 with its two Simon River Sports dragon boats. Special thanks to Charles River Canoe & Kayak, AccesSportAmerica and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital for helping us facilitate our winter storage and boat moving. Thank you to Lily Cheung, Natalia Chilcote, Michael Chong, Sachin Garg, Ariana Herlinger, Ellen Huang, Karla Kasdan, Marek Kloczewiak, Keith Lane, Chen-I Lin, Eric Lo, Nila Munawar, David Parker, Sandy Parker, Anupam Sharma, Padraic Sherry, Evan Smith, Rob Vallande, and Al Villa for their assistance with moving and paddling the boats. Special thanks to David Parker, Sandy Parker and Evan Smith for coordinating the move. Athletic men and women are invited to race with Living Root Dragon Boat in 2008. Training is already underway at our winter indoor pool training facility! Registration is now open to race with our team at the Boston Dragon Boat Festival on June 7-8, 2008. Opportunities to race in Boston, Ottawa, US Nationals/Long Beach, Pawtucket, Hartford and San Francisco are available! No prior experience necessary. Athleticism, good overall fitness, and/or prior triathlon, swimming, basketball, cycling, marathon, volleyball, rugby, field hockey, lacrosse, football, soccer, running, crew, rowing, sculling, paddling, canoeing, white water rafting, outrigger, kayaking, water polo, or yoga experience a plus. Sign up today to attend a free trial practice! To register or find more information, contact Bob Lee at Bob.Lee@livingroot.org or 617-413-8360. Kind regards, Bob Lee President Last updated March 31, 2008 Photos from the event can be found at: http://livingroot.org/PhotoGallery/thumbnails.php?album=142 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:41:53 -0600 http://www.livingroot.org/Article157.html All, Living Root Dragon Boat is proud to announce that it has received a renewed sponsorship from the Saving Teens In Crisis Collaborative (STICC). Saving Teens In Crisis Collaborative (STICC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Sudbury, Massachusetts, USA. STICC was formed in April of 2004 to assist disadvantaged troubled teens and families struggling with substance abuse and other emotional issues. "Staffed entirely by volunteers, STICC works with health organizations, educational consultants, wilderness programs, boarding schools, rehabilitation centers and educational lawyers to steer these families to the resources that they need, but did not know about and could not afford. By leveraging the expertise and generosity of dedicated professionals and caring institutions, STICC guides children and their families towards a brighter future. Saving Teens In Crisis Collaborative (STICC) was founded to provide that framework, as well as the necessary financial assistance, by means of a comprehensive, multi-phase plan that incorporates both financial and emotional support throughout an 18-24 month process of evaluation, intervention and education. The STICC methodology is different because it provides a long-term holistic approach which incorporates all of the professional disciplines—the medical professionals, educational consultants, wilderness programs, boarding schools, and rehabilitation centers—to evaluate, place, and fund a child into an appropriate sequence of programs and schools." Visit www.savingteens.org today! We greatly thank Catherine Reuben, Patricia Abreu and John Reuben for their generous support of Living Root Dragon Boat and making this sponsorship possible. Living Root Dragon Boat is continuing its campaign to raise $10,000 to sponsor its teams to race in Boston, Ottawa, US Nationals/Long Beach, Pawtucket, Hartford and San Francisco in 2008. To contribute to this fundraising effort, contact Bob Lee at Bob.Lee@livingroot.org for more information! Kind regards, Bob Lee President Last updated March 24, 2008 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:30:15 -0600 http://www.livingroot.org/Article156.html All, Living Root Dragon Boat appears in the Sunday March 2, 2008 issue of The Boston Herald. Read about our club, Mindy Russell, Meghan Mahoney of Urban Youth Sports, and more! Click Here To Read The Full Article! Kind regards, Bob Lee President Last updated March 2, 2008 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:18:54 -0700 http://www.livingroot.org/Article154.html All Living Root Dragon Boat is proud to announce it has received a new sponsorship from Dogzz Are Cool, a boutique dog lodging service in Somerville, Massachusetts. We greatly thank Laurinda Bedingfield for helping make this sponsorship possible. Living Root Dragon Boat is continuing its campaign to raise $10,000 to sponsor its teams to race in Boston, Ottawa, US Nationals/Long Beach, Pawtucket and Hartford in 2008. To contribute to this fundraising effort, contact Bob Lee at Bob.Lee@livingroot.org for more information! Kind regards, Bob Lee President CLICK HERE TO SEE OUR SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS CLICK HERE TO SEE ADDITIONAL SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION Last updated February 19, 2008 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:56:25 -0700 http://www.livingroot.org/Article146.html All, Living Root Dragon Boat participated at the Head of the Charles rowing regatta this past October 19-21, 2007 on the Boston side of the Charles River. An estimated 174,000 spectators watched the racing during the weekend which included more than 8,200 rowers from 17 countries and 39 states. More details about the regatta are available at: www.hocr.org. Special thanks to Sandy Parker and David Parker for setting up, coordinating and staffing our tent at the event. Special thanks to Margo Mungovan for her last minute, custom decal work. Thank you also to Dan Ackroyd, Victor Atehortua, Brian Caldwell, Ellen Huang, Karla Kasdan, Kat Kennedy, Enid Kumin, Vicky Lee, Chen-I Lin, David Liu, Eric Lo, Nila Munawar, Amy Ruck, and Al Villa for assisting at this event. Photos from the event are available at: http://livingroot.org/PhotoGallery/thumbnails.php?album=112 Living Root Dragon Boat seeks athletic men and women to train and race with us in preparation for our 2008 racing season. We are now in winter pool training! Opportunities to race in Boston, Montreal, New York City, Pawtucket, Hartford and San Francisco are available. To schedule a free trial practice or to race, contact me at Bob.Lee@livingroot.org or 617-413-8360. Kind regards, Bob Lee President Last updated October 24, 2007 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:23:05 -0600 http://www.livingroot.org/Article144.html All, Living Root Dragon Boat competed for the first time at the San Francisco International Dragon Boat Festival in San Francisco, California on September 22-23, 2007. With our 22 men and women, we captured 3rd Place in the Recreational A Consolation Finals with a time of 2:28.78 (Best Weekend Time: 2:18.11)(33 out of 54 mixed teams). The San Francisco race continues to be one of the best United States dragon boat races based on the high level of competition and quality of organization. Special thanks to David Liu for helping set up our dinner on Saturday night, Eric Lo and his friends for providing a cooler and chairs, to our hosts at the race site, Kitty Wong and Team Evolution, Hans Wu, Linda Cheu, Andrew Yan, Leslie Loui and the other race organizers and volunteers at the California Dragon Boat Association, Lisa Moy, Hem Pokharel's friends and Karen Hom for their video and photography. Special thanks to all of our friends and relatives that came out to support us at the race. Photos and video from the weekend are available at: http://livingroot.org/PhotoGallery/index.php?cat=0&page=8 Complete race results are available at: CLICK HERE FOR LIVING ROOT DRAGON BOAT RACE RESULTS Living Root Dragon Boat seeks athletic men and women to train and race with us in preparation for our 2008 racing season. We begin winter pool training on October 18, 2007. Opportunities to race in Boston, Montreal, New York City, Pawtucket, Hartford and San Francisco are available. To schedule a free trial practice or to race, contact me at Bob.Lee@livingroot.org or 617-413-8360. We're already heating up the 2008 racing season! Kind regards, Bob Lee President Last updated October 1, 2007 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:25:43 -0600 http://www.livingroot.org/Article143.html All, Living Root Dragon Boat competed at the Riverfront Dragon Boat Race in Hartford, Connecticut on September 15, 2007. With our 55 men and women and 3 teams, we captured 2nd Place in the A Division with Team 1 (2 out of 41 teams), 4th Place in the A Division Consolation Finals with Team 2 (8 out of 41 teams), and 3rd Place in the B Division Consolation Finals with Team 3 (15 out of 41 teams). In contrast, at our first race in Hartford in 2005, we captured 2nd Place in the C Division and in 2006, we captured 1st Place in the B Division and 1st Place in the E Division. To have 2 teams crack the A Division and be only 2 seconds away from capturing the whole Hartford race is a solid accomplishment and conclusion to our local races this year. Special thanks to our carpool drivers, Evan Smith for the use of his pickup truck, cooking equipment and cooking skills, Hem Pokharel for helping arrange carpooling, and Lily Cheung for helping organize the team dinner. Special thanks also to Kali Drake, Nancy Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. Stoica, Greg, and all of our other friends and supporters for helping with photography, our campsite, and showing their support. Very special thanks to Janice Martin, Brian Kravitz, Joe Arnold, Cathie Sepe, Jennifer Rezendes, and Rob Vallande for racing with us. Special thanks to our main sponsor, Robinson & Cole LLP, for helping us race at this event. Robinson & Cole LLP is a Hartford law firm which has sponsored the Hartford dragon boat race and dragon boat racing since the first Hartford dragon boat race in 2001. This is the third year in a row that the firm has sponsored Living Root Dragon Boat. Special thanks to Craig Mergins, Chris Hayes and the staff of Riverfront Recapture as well as the staff of Great White North for running another successful dragon boat race. Photos from the weekend are available at: http://livingroot.org/PhotoGallery/index.php?cat=0&page=7 http://livingroot.org/PhotoGallery/index.php?cat=0&page=8 Complete race results are available at: CLICK HERE FOR LIVING ROOT DRAGON BOAT RACE RESULTS Living Root Dragon Boat seeks athletic men and women to train and race with us in preparation for our 2008 racing season. We begin winter pool training by November 1, 2007. Opportunities to race in Boston, Montreal, New York City, Pawtucket, Hartford and San Francisco are available.To schedule a free trial practice or to race, contact me at Bob.Lee@livingroot.org or 617-413-8360. Congratulations again, Living Root Dragon Boat. Keep moving forward! Kind regards, Bob Lee President Last updated October 1, 2007 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:52:03 -0600 http://www.livingroot.org/Article142.html All, Living Root Dragon Boat competed at the Rhode Island Chinese Dragon Boat Race & Festival in Pawtucket, Rhode Island on September 8, 2007. With our 53 men and women, Team 1 secured Second Place in the B Division with a time of 1:46.30. Team 2 finished First Place in the F Division with a time of 1:43.30. Team 3 finished 3rd Place in the F Division at 1:51.00. A fun but challenging event, the Pawtucket dragon boat race gave us the opportunity to see where we are with our training and development as well as to be introduced to flag catching as part of the racing. Photos from the weekend are available at: http://livingroot.org/PhotoGallery/index.php?cat=0&page=7 Complete race results are available at: CLICK HERE FOR LIVING ROOT DRAGON BOAT RACE RESULTS CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE RACE RESULTS Special thanks to Hem Pokharel for the carpooling arrangements and to everyone who helped drive our team to Pawtucket. Special thanks also to Bob Billington, 22Dragons and their staff for organizing and running a well-run race. Living Root Dragon Boat still seeks athletic men and women to train and race with us for our last local race in Hartford on Saturday September 15, 2007. To schedule a free trial practice or to race, contact me at Bob.Lee@livingroot.org or 617-413-8360. Kind regards, Bob Lee President Last updated September 14, 2007 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:15:28 -0600 http://www.livingroot.org/Article139.html All, Living Root Dragon Boat competed for its first time at the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York on August 4-5, 2007. A mentally challenging experience because of staffing challenges and because of our competition against strong New York teams during our races, Living Root Dragon Boat Team 1 finished 2nd in the Advanced Mixed 500m Consolation finals (2:44.6). Team 2 finished 4th in the Advance Mixed I 500m Finals (3:21.9). Team 1 finished 3rd in the Advance Mixed II 250m Finals (1:14.8) and Team 2 finished 4th in the Advance Mixed 250m Consolation finals (1:26.2). Some of our women joined with MAD's women, to finish 1st in the Women's Invitational 250m Finals (1:21.5). Living Root Dragon Boat Team 1 had its fastest 500m weekend time on a fiberglass dragon boat at 2:44.6. Living Root Dragon Boat Team 2 had its fastest 500m weekend time on a fiberglass dragon boat at 2:48.9. Living Root Dragon Boat Team 1 had its fastest 250m weekend time on a teak dragon boat at 1:14.8. Living Root Dragon Boat Team 2 had its fastest 250m weekend time on a teak dragon boat at 1:26.2. With MAD's women on the Women's Invitational 250m, our women helped accomplish its fastest weekend time of 1:21.5. Photos and video from the weekend are available at: http://livingroot.org/PhotoGallery/index.php?cat=0&page=6 and http://livingroot.org/PhotoGallery/index.php?cat=0&page=7 Complete race results are available at: CLICK HERE FOR LIVING ROOT DRAGON BOAT RACE RESULTS CLICK HERE FOR RACE RESULTS Special thanks to Whitney Rokui for helping coordinate the hotel rooms, Hem Pokharel for the carpooling arrangements, Mary Ann Stoica's parents for helping provide food and transportation, Evan Smith for helping provide transportation, and Jerson Hsieh for arranging the team dinner. Living Root Dragon Boat still seeks athletic men and women to train and race with us for our last 2 races this season in Pawtucket and Hartford on September 8 and September 15, respectively. To schedule a free trial practice, or if you have any questions, contact me at Bob.Lee@livingroot.org or 617-413-8360. Kind regards, Bob Lee President Last updated August 21, 2007 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:46:26 -0600 http://www.livingroot.org/Article138.html All, Living Root Dragon Boat competed at the Montreal International Dragon Boat Festival on July 28-29, 2007. Once again, we tested ourselves against some of the finest dragon boat teams in North America where fractions of a second made the difference between being ahead or being behind. Fielding 2 co-ed teams of 39 people total, Living Root Dragon Boat Team 1 improved on its fastest weekend time from last year with a 2:19.17 from 2:24.14 on the 500m course. The team also secured 2nd Place in the Open Mix, Rookie Division, C Division, 500m category and 2nd Place in the Open Mix, Rookie Division, C Division, 250m category. Living Root Dragon Boat Team 2 hit its fastest weekend time at 2:33.22 on the 500m course and secured 2nd Place in the Open Mix, Rookie Division, H Division. Our combined womens team, BAD Living Hell (Women), with Bay Area Dragons of San Francisco and Hellfish of Ottawa, secured 2nd Place in the Womens E Division 500m category and 2nd Place again in the Womens E Division 250m category. Their fastest time weekend time was 2:35.09 on the 500m course. Our combined mens team, BAD Living Hell, secured 4th Place in the Mens C Division 500m category and 5th Place again in the Mens C Division 250m category. Their fastest time weekend time was 2:09.22 on the 500m course. Photos and video from the weekend are available at: http://livingroot.org/PhotoGallery/index.php?cat=0&page=6 Complete race results are available at: CLICK HERE FOR LIVING ROOT DRAGON BOAT RACE RESULTS CLICK HERE FOR RACE RESULTS SORTED BY RANKING ON SATURDAY JULY 28, 2007 CLICK HERE FOR RACE RESULTS SORTED BY MEDAL WINNERS CLICK HERE FOR RACE RESULTS SORTED BY RACE RESULTS ON SATURDAY JULY 28, 2007 CLICK HERE FOR RACE RESULTS SORTED BY RACE RESULTS ON SUNDAY JULY 29, 2007 Many thanks to Margo Mungovan for helping arrange the carpool and all the drivers who helped transport people, Whitney Rokui for helping organize the hotel arrangements, Mark Brule of Hellfish and Steve Yan of Bay Area Dragons for offering the opportunity to pair up on the womens and mens racing as well as Mark Brule for helping with the dinner arrangements. Special thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Chung for bringing food for the team and Chris Chung's birthday cake as well as to Laura Klink and our other friends who watched us race and our campsite while we were away. Special thanks also to Sonny Lam and Jennifer Sakai and the rest of the race organizers and volunteers for running another outstanding race. Living Root Dragon Boat still seeks athletic men and women to train and race with us for our last 2 races this season in Pawtucket and Hartford on September 8 and September 15, respectively. To schedule a free trial practice, or if you have any questions, contact me at Bob.Lee@livingroot.org or 617-413-8360. Kind regards, Bob Lee President Last updated August 14, 2007 Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:23:39 -0600 http://www.livingroot.org/Article136.html All, Living Root Dragon Boat volunteered for the first time at the 2007 First Charles River Swim on Saturday July 21, 2007 near the Hatch Shell on the Esplanade in Boston, Massachusetts (see www.charlesriverswimmingclub.org). A combined 69 swimmers participated in the race, organized by the Charles River Swimming Club. We thank Ellen Huang, Kat Kennedy, Chen-I Lin, Margo Mungovan, David Parker, and Sandy Parker for volunteering at this event. We congratulate our paddler, Rachel Zucker, for her performance at this race. We also give special thanks to Rachel Zucker and Ulla Hester, of the Charles River Swimming Club, for providing us the opportunity to support their event. Photos from the event can be found at: http://livingroot.org/PhotoGallery/thumbnails.php?album=70. Kind regards, Bob Lee President Last updated July 23, 2007 Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:29:40 -0600 http://www.livingroot.org/Article135.html All, Living Root Dragon Boat is proud to announce that it has received new sponsorship from Maple Hurst Builders, Inc.! Based in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, Maple Hurst Builders is a general contracting and construction management company of residential projects. Founded in 1988, the company recently completed the Willowbank Condos on Jamaica Pond in Jamaica Plain. We greatly thank Chris DeSisto for helping make this sponsorship possible. Living Root Dragon Boat is also campaigning to raise $5,000 to launch its dragon boat youth program this year. To contribute to this fundraising effort, contact Bob Lee at Bob.Lee@livingroot.org for more information! Kind regards, Bob Lee President Last updated July 10, 2007 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:13:17 -0600 http://www.livingroot.org/Article133.html All, In cooperation with John Reuben and our sponsor, Saving Teens In Crisis Collaborative (STICC), Living Root Dragon Boat volunteered for the first time at the 2007 New Charles River Run on Sunday June 24, 2007 at the American Legion Marsh Post #442 in Cambridge, Massachusetts (see www.newcharlesriverrun.com). A combined 1,469 runners participated in the 1469 the 7.5 Mile, 5K and Team Relay events. Proceeds from this race benefited Saving Teens In Crisis Collaborative. We thank Ellen Huang, Vicky Lee, Margo Mungovan, David Parker, and Sandy Parker for volunteering at this event. We congratulate our paddlers Laurinda Bedingfield, Sarah Hurkett, Eric Lo, and Julia Tenney for their performance in these races and thank them for their assistance. We also give special thanks to Paul Collyer, race organizer of B.A. Event Promotions for providing us the opportunity to support their event. Photos from the event can be found at: http://livingroot.org/PhotoGallery/thumbnails.php?album=66. Kind regards, Bob Lee President Last updated June 26, 2007 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:53:50 -0600 http://www.livingroot.org/Article131.html OPEN TEAM 3 CAPTURES THIRD PLACE IN THE MIXED DIVISION B MAJOR FINALS; PATHWAYS TO CHINA WINS FIRST PLACE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION All, Congratulations to Living Root Dragon Boat's Open Teams 1, 2, and 3 as well as our Pathways To China juniors team for successfully competing at this past weekend's Boston Dragon Boat Festival! This year, we sent our largest contingent of Living Root Dragon Boat competitors to this event with 4 teams and 74 adults and teenagers. This time last year, we fielded 2 teams of 38 adults. For the first time since our founding 2 years ago in 2005, we advanced to the Mixed A Division. Open Team 1 finished 4th out of 33 teams and took First Place in the Mixed Division A Minor 1 Finals. Open Team 2 finished 9th out of 33 teams and took Third Place in the Mixed Division A Minor 2 Finals. Open Team 3 finished 15th out of 33 teams and took Third Place in the Mixed Division B Major Finals (Note: This was the highest position our Open Team 1 finished in 2006). Pathways To China finished 20th out of 33 teams and took Second Place in the Mixed Division B Minor Finals 2 as well as captured First Place in the High School Division. Click here for full race results including video of our races. Special thanks goes to Rachel Zucker for raising the money, recruiting and captaining the Pathways To China team along with Richard Brickman and Whitney Rokui for supporting her with steering and drumming. Special thanks also goes to Evan Smith, David Mollo-Christensen, Alex Chua, Chris Gordon, Margo Mungovan, Sandy Parker and David Parker for helping our campsite logistics run more smoothly than in years past including sharing our resources with our friends on our other local teams. We thank the teams of The Boat For Kids Who Don't Paddle Good, South Cove Community Health Care Center, Deloitte Dragons, NAAAP, and the UCAF On Leong Dragons of Miami for joining us at this year's race. Special thanks also to all the friends and family who came out to show their support. Special thanks to our sponsors: Café Zing, glacéau, Pathways to China, Robinson & Cole LLP, Rockstar Energy Drink, Saving Teens In Crisis Collaborative (STICC), Starbucks Corporation, and Tsingtao. We are now recruiting and training men and women to race at the Montreal Dragon Boat Festival on July 28-29, 2007. For more details on how you can race, go to: http://www.livingroot.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=129 To schedule a free trial practice, or if you have any questions, contact me at Bob.Lee@livingroot.org or 617-413-8360. Kind regards, Bob Lee President CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS Last updated June 13, 2007 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:32:11 -0600 http://www.livingroot.org/Article128.html All, On Saturday May 12, 2007, Living Root Dragon Boat unveiled its new fleet of 2 Simon River Sports dragon boats at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital dock. For Living Root Dragon Boat, these dragon boats represent 2 years of earning a team of athletic, hardworking, committed, and team-oriented men and women, through extensive recruiting and training, to properly utilize these dragon boats as soon as they touched the Charles River. Their practice fees, donations, and fundraising efforts all helped make this achievement possible. Living Root Dragon Boat was founded only 2 years ago in January 2005 with minimal funding, no dragon boat team, and 3 co-founders including May-Lynn Chang, Scott Spurlock and me. These dragon boats are a concrete example of what can be accomplished by having an idea and taking the necessary steps to transform it into reality. Living Root Dragon Boat is about growth, development and excelling at the highest level possible both as individuals and as a team. These dragon boats mark a milestone towards our long-term goal of having a team who will compete at an international level and race against the best of the best. Our Simon River Sports dragon boats were built in Morin Heights, Quebec, Canada, and are constructed from fiberglass/vinylester resin. They are each 41' long, 45.8" at their widest point, 28" deep, and 620 pounds in weight (see www.simonriversports.com). These model dragon boats were used at the August 2006 International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) Club Crew World Championships in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In conjunction with this purchase, Living Root Dragon Boat also ordered a custom-built double-axle steel trailer from Wright Trailers, Inc. in Seekonk, Massachusetts. This trailer is capable of holding 6 dragon boats. When loaded with a dragon boat and hitched to a pickup truck, the overall length of the boat, trailer and truck is the equivalent size of a tractor trailer truck. We greatly thank the following individuals for helping make our purchase and docking of the dragon boats possible: Steve King, Ross Lilley, Karen Lukanovich, Lou Lukanovich, Gary Rust, Kevin Stott, Rob Welch, and Steve Wright. Special thanks goes to our member, Evan Smith, for the exceptional time and energy designing and overseeing the construction of our trailer as well transporting our dragon boats from Simon River Sports near Montreal to Boston. His trailer-handling skills were instrumental in our receiving the boats unscathed. For potential sponsors, we have 10' of open space on the bows of each dragon boat for your name and logo. For more sponsorship details contact Bob Lee at Bob.Lee@livingroot.org for more information today! In 2007, Living Root Dragon Boat is the Boston dragon boat team to join. Consistent effort, achieve results! Kind regards, Bob Lee President More pictures can be viewed at: http://livingroot.org/PhotoGallery/thumbnails.php?album=44 Last updated May 15, 2007 Tue, 15 May 2007 13:58:40 -0600 http://www.livingroot.org/Article127.html All, On Saturday May 5, 2007, Living Root Dragon Boat teammates Brian Caldwell, David Liu, Nila Munawar, Margo Mungovan, and Dave and Sandy Parker ran a table at Spontaneous Celebrations' Wake Up The Earth Festival in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Armed with a photo board, t-shirts, last year's medals, and flyers, we recruited paddlers and spread the word about the sport of dragon boat. Many wanted more information about our new dragon boat youth team program. We told everyone to come see our team at the Boston Dragon Boat Festival on June 9-10, 2007 - so now we have to win and look great doing it! The day was a huge success and we look forward to going back next year. Kind regards, Kind regards, Sandy Parker Pictures from the event can be seen at: http://livingroot.org/PhotoGallery/thumbnails.php?album=42 Last updated May 11, 2007 Fri, 11 May 2007 11:32:49 -0600 http://www.livingroot.org/Article122.html All Living Root Dragon Boat is proud to announce it has received a new sponsorship from Pathways to China! Sponsorship from this program will go towards developing our new juniors team to race at the Boston Dragon Boat Festival on June 9-10, 2007. We invite additional new sponsors to support our teenagers to train and race for the remainder of our 2007 racing season. The Pathways to China program offers Massachusetts students in grades 8-12 the opportunity to study Chinese culture, history and society through a combination of classroom instruction, travel and online learning. The program involves teachers and administrators from four participating public school districts in greater Boston (Burlington, Malden, Lynn, and Winchester) and the private Beaver Country Day School. We greatly thank Rachel Zucker for helping make this sponsorship possible. Living Root Dragon Boat is also campaigning to raise the last $4,000 of its $16,000 goal to purchase a dragon boat this year. To contribute to this fundraising effort, contact Bob Lee at Bob.Lee@livingroot.org for more information! Kind regards, Bob Lee President Last updated April 17,2007 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:10:41 -0600 http://www.livingroot.org/Article118.html All, Living Root Dragon Boat appears in the Wednesday January 31, 2007 issue of The Somerville News. Read about our paddlers, Brian Caldwell, Margo Mungovan, Rachel Zucker and more! Click Here To Read The Full Article! Kind regards, Bob Lee President Last updated January 31, 2007 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:20:15 -0700 http://www.livingroot.org/Article113.html All, Living Root Dragon Boat appears in the Thursday November 9, 2006 issue of the Cambridge Chronicle. Click Here To Read The Full Article! Kind regards, Bob Lee President Last updated November 9, 2006 Thu, 09 Nov 2006 10:45:47 -0700 http://www.livingroot.org/Article111.html All, Members of Living Root Dragon Boat participated in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk on Sunday October 15, 2006 (Visit Making Strides Against Breast Cancer). This walk raised $3,000,000 for the American Cancer Society and involved over 36,000 participants in Boston on the Esplanade along the Charles River! Pictures from the walk can be seen at: http://livingroot.org/PhotoGallery/thumbnails.php?album=37 Special thanks goes to Whitney Rokui for generously arranging this event. Thanks also to Richard Brickman, Ilana Cohen, Apurva Desai, Margo Mungovan, Erin Sharicz and friends for their participation! Kind regards, Bob Lee President Last updated October 26, 2006 Thu, 26 Oct 2006 13:11:52 -0600 http://www.livingroot.org/Article109.html All, Living Root Dragon Boat appears in the October 12, 2006 issue of the Somerville Journal. Click Here To Read The Full Article! Kind regards, Bob Lee President Last updated October 12, 2006 Thu, 12 Oct 2006 09:07:48 -0600 http://www.livingroot.org/Article105.html All, On Thursday September 21, 2006, Living Root Dragon Boat participated at the 3rd Annual RiverSing, a free outdoor concert performed on the Weeks Footbridge across the Charles River near Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The event was sponsored by Revels (www.revels.org) and the Charles River Conservancy (www.thecharles.org). This year's performance featured 5 area choruses: Sharing a New Song, Boston City Singers, Musica Sacra, Halalisa Singers and Nick Page's Mystic Chorale. The concert also featured Libana and their Balkan-style call-and-response singing across the Charles. Other performers included Stan Strickland, the Mystic Drummers and the Second Line Social Aid and Pleasure Society Brass Band. Living Root Dragon Boat paddled during one of the performances on a dragon boat from the Boston Dragon Boat Festival and the Boston Children's Museum. A specially created gong was fixed to the bow of the boat by musician and composer, Steven Jobe, and performed by Paddy Swanson, Artistic Director of Revels. Living Root Dragon Boat gives special thanks to Paddy Swanson, Revels, The Charles River Conservancy, Peter Lew, the Boston Dragon Boat Festival, and the Boston Children's Museum for the opportunity to participate at this unique cultural event in front of hundreds of spectators. Photos are available at: http://livingroot.org/PhotoGallery/thumbnails.php?album=32 Video clips of the dragon boat during the performance are available at: (Note: Video clips are in .mov format and are best viewed with Quicktime; video clips may take several minutes to download and it is recommended that you save the clips to your local hard drive before viewing): http://www.livingroot.org/Photos/RiverSing%20(09-21-06)/PICT0063.MOV http://www.livingroot.org/Photos/RiverSing%20(09-21-06)/PICT0064.MOV http://www.livingroot.org/Photos/RiverSing%20(09-21-06)/PICT0068.MOV Kind regards, Bob Lee President Last updated October 4, 2006 Wed, 04 Oct 2006 08:17:31 -0600 http://www.livingroot.org/Article104.html LIVING ROOT DRAGON BOAT WINS GOLD IN B AND E DIVISIONS! All, Living Root Dragon Boat won gold in the B and E Divisions at the Hartford Dragon Boat Race on September 16, 2006 (Official race results are available at: http://www.livingroot.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=92)! Competing in a pool of 47 teams, Living Root Dragon Boat raced with 2 teams, totaling 41 men and women. On a 500-meter race course, both teams won by a boat-length or more on their respective final races. Living Root Dragon Boat Open Team 1 finished with a best time of 2:35:08. Living Root Dragon Boat Open Team 2 finished with a best time of 2:59:85. These wins cap off a very successful 2006 racing season for recruiting, sponsorship and performance on the water. Both teams were mostly composed of paddlers who were new to dragonboating as of this year. To be a part of a Living Root team is to be a part of a very unique and special team in Boston. Its men and women train consistently and are motivated to succeed and win. They want to earn their positions on their team and earn their wins. They want to be a part of, and grow, a strong, positive and selfless community. Living Root Dragon Boat is about living, vitality and adding meaning to its members' lives. Nothing but success can come from this type of environment: success over yourself, for yourself and for others. I want to thank the following people for their help with this race: Coach Scott Spurlock, for his time, wisdom and energy setting up the boat line-ups, coaching our teams, and his steering skills. Charlene Chen for her drummer skills keeping the teams in time, focused and together during the races. Alex Chua for arranging and setting up our campsite. Evan Smith and Nancy Murphy for helping drive down our larger campsite equipment and food. Margo Mungovan for coordinating the carpool. Laura Klink for photographing and videoing our team and races. Laura's raw video of the team in action is available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxcQJwd5xNA. Joe Marfuggi, Craig Mergins, Renee Jones and the rest of the race organizers and volunteers at Riverfront Recapture LLC for running another great race as well as Jim Farintosh and the staff of Great White North Communications, Inc. for their officiating and management of the racing itself. Our generous sponsors for this race: Robinson & Cole LLP, Rock Star Energy Drink, and Stacy’s Pita Chip Company. Robinson & Cole LLP's sponsorship of Living Root Dragon Boat represents its sixth straight year sponsoring dragon boat racing in Hartford since the race's inception in 2001 as well as its second straight year sponsoring Living Root Dragon Boat. Photos of the weekend are available at: http://livingroot.org/PhotoGallery/thumbnails.php?album=35 http://livingroot.org/PhotoGallery/thumbnails.php?album=36 http://livingroot.org/PhotoGallery/thumbnails.php?album=31 http://livingroot.org/PhotoGallery/thumbnails.php?album=34 Living Root Dragon Boat still seeks athletic men and women to train and race with us in 2007. We are moving directly from outrigger boat training to pool practices in October to prepare for the 2007 dragon boat racing season. To schedule a free trial practice, or if you have any questions, contact me at Bob.Lee@livingroot.org or 617-413-8360. Kind regards, Bob Lee President Last updated October 25, 2006 Wed, 04 Oct 2006 08:12:55 -0600 http://www.livingroot.org/Article103.html LIVING ROOT DRAGON BOAT CAPTURES THIRD OUT OF 35 TEAMS! All, Living Root Dragon Boat finished third out of 35 teams at the Rhode Island Chinese Dragon Boat Race & Festival on September 9, 2006 (Official race results are available at: http://www.livingroot.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=92)! Living Root Dragon Boat arrived at the event, otherwise known as the Pawtucket Dragon Boat Race, with 2 teams of paddlers from Boston. Racing on a 190-meter course, Living Root Dragon Boat Team 1 hit the club's best time for the weekend at 59:87 in the Dragon Division of the race. I want to thank the following people for their help with this race: Coach Scott Spurlock, for his time and energy setting up the boat line-up, coaching our teams, and his steering of the large Taiwanese dragon boats. Alex Chua for arranging and setting up our campsite. Erin Sharicz and Margo Mungovan for coordinating the carpool. Laura Klink for photographing and videoing our team and races. Laura's video of the team is available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxkTY8MLpTQ. Bob Billington and the rest of the race organizers and volunteers for running another fun race. Our generous sponsors for this race: glacéau (the makers of vitaminwater and smartwater), Stacy’s Pita Chip Company, and Robinson & Cole LLP. Photos of the weekend are available at: http://livingroot.org/PhotoGallery/thumbnails.php?album=28 http://livingroot.org/PhotoGallery/thumbnails.php?album=29 Living Root Dragon Boat still seeks athletic men and women to train and race with us in 2007. We are moving directly from outrigger boat training to pool practices in October to prepare for the 2007 dragon boat racing season. To schedule a free trial practice, or if you have any questions, contact me at Bob.Lee@livingroot.org or 617-413-8360. Kind regards, Bob Lee President Last updated September 20, 2006 Wed, 04 Oct 2006 08:06:26 -0600 http://www.livingroot.org/Article97.html All, Living Root Dragon Boat clawed its way to finish in the Mixed Final A of the Rookie Division along with the other top 5 teams of the 38-team division at the Montreal International Dragon Boat Race Festival on July 22-23, 2006. Racing in Montreal is an experience that cannot be understated where every race is a close race and 185 teams, including 125 mixed teams, competed this past weekend. Races are won by fractions of a second and no team has the luxury of making any mistakes. Living Root Dragon Boat hit its best time for the weekend at 2:24.14 during its Sunday semifinal heat (See Quicktime video of this heat at: http://www.livingroot.org/Photos/Montreal%20Race%20(2006)/PICT0206.MOV)(We recommend saving the file locally and open the file with Quicktime). Photos of the weekend are available at: http://livingroot.org/PhotoGallery/thumbnails.php?album=26 http://livingroot.org/PhotoGallery/thumbnails.php?album=27 Complete race results are available at: CLICK HERE FOR RACE RESULTS SORTED BY HEAT CLICK HERE FOR RACE RESULTS SORTED BY TEAM I want to thank the following people for their help this past weekend: Coach Scott Spurlock, for setting up the boat line-up and his hours of coaching the team. Alex Chua for arranging and setting up our campsite. Whitney Rokui and Erin Sharicz for coordinating rides and hotel rooms. Laura, Nila Munowar, Michel Armiento, Haki Cebi, Tom Whiteford, Lawrence Chung and the Chung Family for watching our campsite as well as taking photos and video of the team in action. Sonny Lam and Jennifer Sakai and the rest of the race organizers and volunteers for running another outstanding race. And Marcia Hum of the Rehab Ravens for generously coordinating the team dinner between the Rehab Ravens, Rehab Renegades and Living Root Dragon Boat. We look forward to another entertaining night on the town with them next year! Living Root Dragon Boat still seeks athletic men and women to train and race with us for our last 2 races this season in Pawtucket and Hartford on September 9 and September 16, respectively. To schedule a free trial practice, or if you have any questions, contact me at Bob.Lee@livingroot.org or 617-413-8360. Kind regards, Bob Lee President Last updated July 27, 2006 Tue, 25 Jul 2006 13:14:12 -0600