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June 21, 2018

MEDIA: 2018 Concord Pacific Dragon Boat Festival in the news

Here’s a sampling of recent media coverage for the 2018 Concord Pacific Dragon Boat Festival:

The week of June 18, 2018:

• The Vancouver Sun: “Dragon Boat Boss talks 30 years of racing.” Dana Gee, Q & A with Ann Phelps (note: long version appears online) http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/dragon-boat-boss-talks-30-years-of-racing
• Vancouver is Awesome: “6 reasons you need to check out this year’s massive Dragon Boat Festival” https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/2018/06/18/dragon-boat-festival-vancouver/
• 2018 Concord Pacific Dragon Boat Festival on Shaw Multicultural: https://youtu.be/2RJxrTPma6I 
• The Georgia Strait: “Dragon Boat Festival paddles into False Creek for 30^th anniversary this weekend” https://www.straight.com/life/1092601/dragon-boat-festival-paddles-false-creek-30th-anniversary-weekend
• Global BC News: “What makes Vancouver’s annual dragon boat festival a success”
  https://globalnews.ca/video/4288871/what-makes-vancouvers-annual-dragon-boat-festival-a-success
• Miss604.com: https://miss604.com/2018/06/concord-pacific-dragon-boat-festival.html

Watch for more on the 2018 festival coming up on Global TV, City TV’s Breakfast Television, and the Weather Network this week, plus tune in to Michael Smyth at 1:35 pm on Thursday, June 21 on CKNW radio. On Friday, June 22, hear GM Ann Phelps’ interview at 8:20 am on the CBC Early Edition with Michelle Gallagher.

Advance stories about the 2018 festival:

• Sandra Thomas, Vancouver Courier, interview with 87-year-old George Draskoy, published online June 5, 2018. Link: http://www.vancourier.com/living/grandragon-of-false-creek-1.23325946
• Cover of Lifetime magazine, May 31, 2018.
• Today’s Senior Newsmagazine: story on George Draskoy in their May 2018 issue. Link: http://todaysseniornewsmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/TSNMAY2018-web.pdf
• Vancouver is Awesome: “This year’s dragon Boat Festival is bringing a giant party to False Creek” https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/2018/03/28/concord-pacific-dragon-boat-festival-false-creek-vancouver-2018/
• Inside Vancouver: “Community, Cultured & Competition. You’ve entered the Dragon Zone” ”http://www.insidevancouver.ca/2018/04/03/community-culture-competition-you-have-entered-the-dragon-zone/

Coverage of the Dragon Boat BC Legacy Gala, May 24, 2018:

• Malcolm Parry, The Vancouver Sun, Our Town column, June 1, 2018: http://vancouversun.com/uncategorized/staff/health-blogs/medicine-matters/town-talk-raising-funds-to-identify-deeply-hidden-cancers
• Fred Lee, The Province: Fred Lee’s Social Network, published June 2, 2018. Link: http://theprovince.com/entertainment/celebrity/fred-lees-social-network-vrs-spring-gala-celebrates-a-history-of-successes
• Jim Gordon and Leeta Liepins, Joy TV, Our City Tonight
• Kristi Gordon, Global TV, live hits on Global News at 5 at 5:25 p.m. and on Global News Hour at 6 at 6:35 p.m., June 1, 2018
• Sing Tao, reporter Nono Shen, spokesperson interviews from the Legacy Gala