InspirASIAN Dragons! Get ready for first practice of the year!

 

Hello Team,

 

First practice is this Saturday, June 3.

I hope you read my email so you know where to park and what to wear. (I’m including it again at the bottom of this email)

 

To be able to participate, you will need to fill out a waiver with SCDBC (Southern California Dragon Boat Club) before you can be on the boat.

Be sure to do this before Friday, June 2.

 

Here’s the instruction on how to fill out the waiver.

 

• First, get a verification code from SCDBC, using link http://tiny.cc/scdbcID
• Then go to the waiver page at http://tiny.cc/scdbcwaiver
• For Type of Participant, choose: Festival Team (for Spring Race or Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival only)
• For Primary Team Affiliation or Vendor Name, choose: InspirASIAN
• By this time, you should have received Participant's Verification Code from SCDBC. You can input the code under Participant's Verification Code.

 

All other section should be self explanatory.

 

 

Here’s what you should expect for the first practice.

 

Schedule for 6/3/2013

10:00am-10:15am – Check in

10:15am-10:30am – Learn basic of dragon boat paddling

10:30am-10:40am – Warm up & line up.

10:40am-10:50am – Gear up and meet at boat

10:50am-11:00am – Line up and enter the boat

11:00am-11:55am – On the water practice

11:55am-12:30pm – Bring up the boat and clean

12:30pm-12:45pm – Cool down stretch

1:00pm – End of practice

 

 

Here’s the  list of participants I have. Please let me know if you are coming so we can prepare the boat.

 

	Name	Note
1	Alex Balili	Coach/Paddler
2	Alexander Pineda	Paddler
3	Andrew Situ	Paddler
4	Aracely Worden	Paddler
5	Cindy Wu	Paddler
6	Corey Kotyluk	Paddler
7	Danielle Pyszcynski	Support
8	Edwin Wong	Practice Only
9	Elyse Hwu	Paddler
10	Ferdinand De Los Reyes	Paddler
11	Gay Sakamoto	Support
12	Gene Hui	Paddler
13	Geoffrey Kwok	Paddler
14	Gloria Tang	Paddler
15	Irene Williams	Paddler
16	Ivan Yeung	Paddler
17	Jason Pang	Steer
18	Jennifer Dague	Paddler
19	Jessica Liang	Paddler
20	Johnny Huang	Paddler
21	Katy Yiu	Paddler
22	Ken Raphael	Paddler
23	Laurie Allen	Paddler
24	Lawrence Tam	Paddler
25	Marlon Alvarez	Paddler
26	Matthew Situ	Paddler
27	Matthew Yoon	Practice Only
28	Nadia Moradi	Paddler
29	Nancy Chung	Coach/Paddler
30	Raymond Lu	Paddler
31	Sam Cha	Paddler
32	Sherry Fong	Paddler
33	Shirley Sanz	Support
34	Tanya Wong	Paddler
35	Thomas Yoo	Coach/Paddler
36	Tina Lu	Paddler
37	Tommy Pan	Paddler
38	Tony Chen	Paddler
39	Trever Solano	Paddler
40	Wilson Tang	Paddler

 

Thank you.

 

Thomas Yoo

InspirASIAN Dragons Captain & Coach

Mobile: 949-874-8088

 

InspirASIAN

Southern California Chapter Board

Recruitment time for InspirASIAN dragons for 2023 Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival - Practice from June 3 to July 22 & Race on July 29, 2023

 Hello InspirASIAN Dragons (formerly APCA Dragons) & prospective team members!  

  

It's that time of the year for Dragon Boating and we are back again for the 2nd year in a row after Covid. 

  

We would like to get count of people who can participate this year, so I am sending this out to folks on my list before I send it out as company-wide distribution.  (I also have general info for our new paddlers below) 

  

Please email team captain (Thomas Yoo) at inspirASIANdragons@outlook.com if you can make it to our practices and races for this year. Just like last year, the race will be only 1-day event instead of a normal 2-day event. 

  

Most important date to remember is the race day July 29, 2023. 

You MUST be available for the full day. 

  

You do not have to attend all practices but are strongly encouraged. My rule is that one can miss up to 2 practices, but you can make it up with our sister team SPACE DRAGONS’ practice. 

 

All new beginning paddlers must attend first and/or second practice sessions to learn the basics. I recommend that you come early so you have time to find the parking and come to the meeting location. 

  

Also, if you want to participate in InspirASIAN Dragons but don't want to paddle then we do have non-paddling position for you, such as drummer, logistics manager, equipment manager and photographer/videographer. 

  

Practice Times: (Tentative) 

6/03/2023          10:00am-12:30pm (beginners) 

6/10/2023          10:00am-12:30pm (beginners) 

6/17/2023          10:30am-12:30pm 

6/24/2023          10:30am-12:30pm 

7/08/2023          10:30am-12:30pm 

7/15/2023          10:30am-12:30pm 

7/22/2023          10:30am-1:00pm (go over race logistics) 

  

Race Times: 

Saturday 7/29/2022 7:00am - 5:00pm (approximate time frame) 

  

Donation: 

$50.00/paddlers 

Includes all practices, boot camps, race fee, coaching, food/water during the race 

If you volunteer for a non-paddling position in addition to paddling, then your fee will be waived as well. (Drummer/Caller, Steer, Equipment Manager, Secretary, Steer, Photographer) 

 We won’t start collecting until after first 2 practices for those who just wants to try out. 

 

For AT&T Employees: There are other options. 

 

If you are an AT&T employee, you can earn volunteer rewards from Benevity to pay for your dragon boat fees.   

 Login | AT&T Community Engagement (benevity.org) and find opportunities to volunteer.  You can earn $5 or $10 per hour depending on the opportunity.  

  

Please donate to InspirASIAN (INSPIRASIAN) and forward your donation receipt to nc9293@att.com  

 

Here’s an example. 

 

 

 

Please contact me if you have any questions and look for latest info in our blog http://apcadragons.blogspot.com, Facebook: APCA Dragons and on Twitter: APCA_Dragons. 

  

If you are receiving this email and you want to be off this distribution list, then please let me know. 

  

Thank you. 

  

Thomas Yoo 

InspirASIAN Dragons Captain & Coach 

Mobile 949-874-8088 

  

InspirASIAN 

Southern California Chapter Board 

    

  

GENERAL INFO: 

  

Dragon Boat racing is an ancient Chinese tradition that is popular internationally to this day. It involves keen coordination, focus, and strength. 

  

Join the InspirASIAN Dragon Boat team for fun, health, and networking because Your Health Matters. We are looking for paddlers and hospitality crew from June 3 through July 29, 2023. 

  

For additional information, contact team captain/coach, Thomas Yoo at inspirASIANdragons@outlook.com. We will provide PFD (lifejacket) and a paddle, but we do recommend getting your own PFD if possible. Paddlers usually wear swimsuits underneath their regular clothes but any workout clothes that can get wet is fine. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns. 

  

We will only have limited practices for the 2023 Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival (https://www.lbdragonboat.com/) so I hope you can make to all practices plus both race days. Video on the main page has InspirASIAN at 0:59 mark. 

This will be a fun & exciting opportunity if you haven't experienced the race before.  

  

  

  

  

(Waivers are not ready yet but will be online before the first practice) 

 

Items to bring for practice: 

Required- Signed ICEA & SCDBC Waiver form (I will bring some extra at practice). This is required before you get on the boat.  This can be downloaded from Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival website at https://www.lbdragonboat.com/forms.php , click on Festival Participant Waiver Form.  

  

Recommended- sunscreen (sun protection), sunglasses (eye protection), hat (additional sun protection), water (it's a workout), towel (to dry yourself since you'll get wet), quarters (if parking at meter lot) 

  

Optional- folding chair (if you want comfortable place to sit), change of clothes (if you want to get out of wet clothes), sandals/aqua shoes (some folks like it barefoot, other sandals, I like the aqua socks), snacks (especially if you didn't have time for breakfast), water gloves (it's nice to have them to grab on to the paddle) 

  

Where to meet: 

Our first practice for the Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival race will be on Saturday 6/3/2023 Time: 10:00am at the Mother Beach/Marine Park, Long Beach. When using your GPS, type-in 5739 Appian Way, Long Beach, CA 90803, which is about where the entrance to the meter parking is. This is a metered parking lot, and the parking fee is enforced starting at 8:00am. (15 min = 25 cents) There is also a free parking area which is linked below on Google map along with our meeting location at the park. This is roughly our meeting spot at the park on page 1. The free parking area (Boy Scout Parking) is shown on page 2: click here. 

  

More Info: 

Paddlers must be able to attend at least 4 practice sessions beginning June 3 through July 22, 2023 (Saturdays) and MUST attend full day of the festival on Saturday July 29, 2023. Paddlers will be asked to sign a waiver. COVID vaccination proof may be required to participate. Our practice time varies. Normal start time is between 9:00am to 9:30am and end time is between 10:45am to 11:30am. Festival times are between 7:00am to 5:00pm. 

  

For new paddlers, it is very important for you to attend the first 2 practices since we'll be going over the basics. 

  

After certain practices, we may have boot camp type of workout session to be announced later. 

  

Practices, boot camp, and workout homework will all be counted toward “point” to win the participation award to be awarded at the race. 

  

I recommend that new paddlers come on time so that we can go over the dragon boat basics. You can also follow us on Facebook APCA Dragons and/or twitter @APCA_Dragons and/or blog at http://apcadragons.blogspot.com/ 

  

Thank you and let's have fun! 

  

We hope to see you out on the water. 

  

  

Thomas Yoo  
InspirASIAN Dragon Boat Team 
ERG at AT&T 

Mobile 949.874.8088