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Saturday, August 16, 2014 |
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| Ethan Hathcock, 13, (left) of the Prospect Pirates Team from Seymore, Tenn., prepares his team's tent for the day's festivities. Approximately 2,000 people participated in the Blount County Education Foundation fundraiser. |
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| Leah Thomas of the Prospect Elementary team from Seymore, Tenn., said she wasn't nervous about rowing in a dragon boat competition for the first time. |
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Dragon boat racing is a watersport which has its roots in an ancient folk ritual of contending villagers, which has been held for over 2,000 years throughout southern China. While competition has taken place annually for more than 20 centuries as part of religious ceremonies and folk customs, dragon boat racing has emerged in modern times as an international sport, beginning in Hong Kong in 1976. But the history of dragon boats in competition reaches as far back as the same era as the original games of ancient Greece. Dragon Boat competitions are held all over the world.
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| Boat Captain Tyce Fitzmorris of The Villages, Florida, shouts instructions to rowers as Drummer Lesa Stinnette of the Draggin Tails team from Carpenter Elementary School in Maryville, Tenn., encourages teammates. |
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| Angela Dirmyer of the Blazing Paddles team from Alcoa's Clayton Homes. |
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| Travis Felder from Maryville's Heritage Middle School team dances to DJ music in the team area. |
TEAMS
Bount County Public School District Central Office
Carpenter's Elementary School, Maryville, Tenn.
Chattanooga Dragon Boat Club
City of Alcoa
Clayton Homes, Alcoa, Knoxville & Maryville, Tenn.
DENSO Manufacturing Tennessee, Inc.
Eagleton Middle School, Maryville, Tenn.
Eagleton/Rockford Elementary Schools, Rockford & Maryville, Tenn.
Heritage Middle School, Maryville, Tenn.
Mary Blount Elementary School, Maryville, Tenn.
Middlesettlements Elementary School, Louisville, Tenn.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Porter Elementary School, Maryville, Tenn.
Prospect Elementary School, Seymore, Tenn.
Ruby Tuesday
Union Grove Elementary School, Friendsville, Tenn.
Union Grove Middle School, Friendsville, Tenn.
William Blount High School, Maryville, Tenn.
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