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Downloadable Media Kit

For media inquiries please contact Director of Marketing & Development, Antony Cooper.

Click on the following links to download the 2011 Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival Media Kit.

CLICK HERE for the Festival Backgrounder

CLICK HERE for the Festival Summary

CLICK HERE for Festival Fast Facts

CLICK HERE for the Foundation's Media Kit

 


 

Festival at a Glance

The Festival

  • North America’s largest dragon boat festival
  • The Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival began in 1993 with the assistance of the Hong Kong Canada Business Association
  • 2012 marks the 19th Annual Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival
  • Original Founders are Frank Ling, President of the Asian Heritage Month Society, Warren Creates, Head of Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall LLP’s Immigration Law Group and Mike Chambers, President of the Canadian Olympic Committee
  • Executive Director John Brooman
  • Represented by Ottawa’s three largest media groups: CTV, Bell Media Group & the Ottawa Citizen

Logistics

  • A non-profit festival with free admission to the public
  • Approximately 70,000 attendees over 3 days
  • 400+ volunteers
  • Free downtown parking and shuttle service, with bike parking available on site

Onsite Entertainment & Activities

  • Multicultural performances including live music, cultural presentations, and ceremonial activities
  • Children’s area featuring award winning family entertainment
  • A lively beer garden
  • Food vendors featuring international cuisine and summer desserts
  • Exhibitions and shopping opportunities

Dragon Boating

  • Part of a larger Chinese cultural tradition that goes back 2,400 years
  • Began in South East China as a fertility rite to avert misfortune and bring rain by worshiping the dragon
  • A dragon boat is a slim 44’ racer with a dragon’s head at the bow and a tail at the stern
  • Each dragon boat holds 20 paddlers, a drummer and a steersperson
  • 190 teams participate in competitive, corporate, and community groups
  • New race every 9 minutes
  • 15 Challenge Cup categories
  • Breast Cancer Survivor Challenge and traditional Flower Ceremony
  • 1,500 medals awarded
  • Approximately 5,000 paddlers
  • Paddlers participate in dragon boat clubs across Canada and the U.S. 

at a glance



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