OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA, October 3, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ — BeaverTails Ottawa Ice Dragon Boat Competition will proudly host the 2nd IIDBF World Membership Crew Ice Dragon Boat Championships February 9-10, 2024 as a part of Ottawa’s forty sixth Annual Winterlude!

Organizers of the most important ice dragon boat races on this planet are anticipating 1,200 opponents representing 100 groups from throughout Canada and across the globe, to courageous the chilly to compete on the Rideau Canal Skateway at Dow’s Lake for this distinctive East-meets-West expertise that honours the roots of dragon boating as a Chinese language sport and combines it with Canadian winter sport tradition. Opponents will thrill guests to the Nationwide Capital Area’s Winterlude festivities by racing alongside the frozen floor of the World’s Largest Skating Rink and UNESCO World Heritage Website. Ice Dragon Boats adorned with dragon heads and tails and are outfitted with skate-like blades that glide alongside the frozen 200-meter race course as opponents use spiked icepicks to propel themselves in pursuit of championship gold to the delight of cheering spectators! Prime groups from the BeaverTails Ottawa Ice Dragon Boat Competition’s qualifying rounds will advance to the 2nd IIDBF World Membership Crew Ice Dragon Boat Championships. Registration, which has bought out yearly previously in a matter of minutes, opens at 12:00 PM EST on October 4th.

The BeaverTails Ottawa Ice Dragon Boat Competition will happen on unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabe Nation and can honour this with a particular presentation by Indigenous Experiences as a part of the occasion’s Opening Ceremony.

The competition additionally honours the cultural traditions and rituals of dragon boat racing with a efficiency by the Success Dragon Lion Dance, adopted by the centuries previous custom of the mythological eye-dotting ritual which breathes hearth into the ice dragon boat competition, to awaken the spirit of the dragon.

Performing the Nationwide Anthem will probably be C5: The Chinese language Canadian Youngsters’s Choir of Canada, who assist rejoice the connection between Canada’s capital Metropolis, Ottawa, and its sister metropolis, Chinese language capital, Beijing.

The competition’s companions on the Ottawa Dragon Boat Basis (ODBF) invite supporters to heat hearts this winter by elevating funds by way of the ODBF Shiver ’N Giver Fundraising Drive to boost cash for native charities. To-date ODBF has raised $5.5 million in help of over 75 Ottawa based mostly charities. The eighth annual ODBF Shiver ‘N Giver fundraising races will probably be held on February ninth underneath the night time sky on an LED lit race course. Races will probably be held for the highest fundraising groups within the Combined Division and Ladies’s Divisions.

Competitors heats up following the primary ceremonial musket shot being fired by members of the a hundredth Regiment of Foot previous to the beginning of races on Saturday, February tenth. After a full day of races Champions will probably be topped in a closing awards ceremony at HMCS Carleton.

Along with all of the motion on the ice, final yr’s massively profitable free indoor live performance collection “Dwell @ The Rainbow” returns, from February 2 -19, to warmth issues up all through Winterlude! The competition’s exceptionally properly acquired free indoor live performance collection has beforehand included performances by Amanda Rheaume, Bedouin Soundclash, Craig Cardiff, The Commotions, Pricey Rouge, Dwayne Gretzky, Kira Isabella, JW-Jones, Pony Lady, Twin Flames, We Had been Sharks and extra!

The competition will present continuous motion and enhanced programming to contributors and members of the general public, freed from cost, through the BeaverTails Ottawa Ice Dragon Boat Competition and the 2nd IIDBF World Membership Crew Ice Dragon Boat Championships.

The BeaverTails Ottawa Ice Dragon Boat Competition invitations everybody to come back to the Nation’s Capital to benefit from the 2nd IIDBF World Membership Crew Ice Dragon Boat Championships and Dwell @ The Rainbow free indoor live performance collection.

Antony Cooper
Ottawa Ice Dragon Boat Competition
+1 613-238-7711
[email protected]
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