The Awakening of the Dragon and Eye Dotting Ceremony

Come watch us! The Amazon Dragons have been invited to participate in the Awakening of the Dragon and Eye Dotting Ceremony for the 2010 Portland Rose Festival Dragon Boat Race. While Monks conduct a formal Buddhist ceremony and bless the dragon boats, we will be sitting in the boats as eyes are "dotted," thus awakening the dragons and officially kicking off the 2010 paddling season!

We invite you to come watch this event. You will be treated to a traditional and colorful lion dance, the formal dotting of the eyes of the dragon boats by local dignitaries, and a parade of dragon boats with the Portland Fire Boat display in the background.

This is for next Saturday, March 27th at Noon at the south end of Tom McCall Waterfront Park.

Note: some of this text was quoted from the official PKSCA website