Saint John’s first Dragon Boat Festival will take place on the Kennebecasis River in front of the Renforth Wharf in Rothesay on Saturday, August 27, 2005.
Dragon Boat Festival Agenda:
8:00-10:00 Breakfast with the Knights of Columbus
$5.00 everyone welcome!
9:30 Lydia Tong’s Tai Chi, Cultural Performance Area
10:00 Opening Ceremonies, ATV Main Stage
Breast Cancer Survivors Ceremony, In front of Main Wharf
10:30 Chinese Cultural Performances, Cultural Performance Area
11:00 Fedoras, ATV Main Stage
11:30 Rothesay School of Highland Dance, Cultural Performance Area
12:00 Left Before the Right, ATV Main Stage
12:30 Jay Chang Tae Kwon Do, Cultural Performance Area
1:00 Fiddler Alison Inch, ATV Main Stage
1:30 Chinese Cultural Performances, Cultural Performance Area
2:00 Crossfire, ATV Main Stage
3:00 Acoustic Hour
4:00 Kelly and the Foghorns, ATV Main Stage
4:30 Chinese Cultural Performance, Cultural Performance Area
4:45 Closing Ceremonies, ATV Main Stage
Awards Presentations
Directions and Transportation
Directions to Renforth Wharf:
Take Exit 133 toward Highway 100 (the exit will read Rothesay)
Turn Left onto the Fox Farm Road
Bear Right onto Fox Farm Road
At the bottom of the Fox Farm Rd. cut across the Rothesay Rd almost diagonally to Wharf Street / James Renforth Drive.
Park & Ride:
How it works:
The Park and Ride is a free service courtesy of Saint John Transit available for teams, volunteers, and spectators. We are encouraging everyone to take advantage of this service as there is limited parking available at the site. The bus will be picking people up at the Rothesay Arena and the Kennebecasis Super Store (directions below) every 20 minutes throughout the day. The bus will take everyone directly to the Festival Site and bring them back to their cars. The service will start at 6:30a.m. and run until 6:00pm
Map
to Kennebecasis Superstore:
115 Campbell Drive.
Take exit 137B
Once off the ramp keep right
Drive to the end of the intersection and keep right again onto Campbell Drive
Go straight through the first set of lights and turn into the Superstore at the second set of lights.
Map to Rothesay Arena:
Take exit 137B
Once off the ramp keep right
Drive to the end of the intersection and keep right again onto Campbell Drive
Turn left at the first set of lights onto the Marr Rd.
At the second set of lights turn left onto the Hampton Road
Drive just past the CIBC mini mall and Rothesay High is on the right hand side of the Road.
The Arena is located to the right of the high school
For more infomation, please check website: Telegraph-Journal Presents The 2005 Saint John Dragon Boat Festival