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This Weekend: Dragons, By The Dozens, In The River

20 August 2009 | 1:39 pm
Author: Morgan Levy

Nashville’s downtown riverfront sees some pretty interesting things during the summer. Like homemade flying contraptions flopping to their watery graves, thousands of rubber duckies racing downstream, and the annual Dragon Boat races, where teams of 20 race each other in the ornate (and sort of awkward looking) boats, complete with viking caps and pirate garb. [...]

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12 South Concert Series Starts This Weekend

22 August 2008 | 3:11 pm
Author: Morgan Levy

As if we didn’t have enough to do this Saturday (plans include the Dragon Boat races, a trip to the Farmer’s Market to visit The Sugar Bar and a little exploration of the new DrinkHaus in Germantown), another addition to the ever-growing pile of outdoor concert series is begging to be added to our calendar. [...]

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This Weekend: Dragon Boat & River Festival

20 August 2008 | 12:36 pm
Author: Morgan Levy

There aren’t many things that can drag us out of Nashvillest HQ at 9am on Saturday, but we will make the sacrifice for something that’s really worth it. Dragon Boat & River Festival, please don’t let us down. This weekend will see teams of 22 people racing the distinctive long, skinny dragon boats down the Cumberland. [...]

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Dragon Boating: America’s Favorite Pasttime

11 June 2008 | 7:06 pm
Author: Morgan Levy

Registration opened today for the 2008 Dragon Boat Race as part of the Dragon Boat & River Festival on August 23. Quick, gather up 21 of your closest dragon-boating friends, pool your cash ($1250/team) and register. Or you can register as an individual and be placed on a team of random other people who have [...]

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