Latest News October 22, 2013
Since our festival in July DBB has not been idle. We have welcomed new members to our race team and competed in Jacksonville and Charleston, putting in strong performances. The Charleston event was a friendly race to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Dragon Boat Charleston. Each team was asked to prepare a poem or speech for the event. Below is the moving poem written by DBB founding member Bernie Moscovitz:
Angled paddles synchronized,
Dragons breathing fire.
Stroking, reaching farther;
The spirit does not tire.
Drumming, pounding heartbeats
Racing past the pain,
Staring the dread disease down
Through sun and wind and rain
Survivors and supporters
Together on this ride,
Strengthening each other and
Mastering the tide,
Some we've lost along the way,
Now flowers on the waters
Fathers, sons and lovers,
Husbands, wives and daughters.
Dragons sitting two by two
Each knowing their assignment.
Attention please?.. like nothing else...
This beautiful alignment.
Bernie Moscovitz
DragonBoat Beaufort, October 20, 2013
Welcome to DragonBoat Beaufort
Cancer Survivor DragonBoat Racing
Local cancer survivors, and water sport enthusiasts who wish to support them, have formed a Beaufort mixed recreational and racing DragonBoat team. We offer male and female survivors the opportunity to "hit the restart button" by participating in this fabulous, team-centric wellness program out on the water.
Twenty paddlers sitting side-by-side in a dragon-headed 48 foot-long vessel, paddling furiously to the beat of an insistent drummer. The goal: physical wellness and psychological well-being through this thrilling, team-oriented support program that even offers opportunities to travel to competitions worldwide. Being cut, radiated and medicated by cancer treatments needs an offset.
"Awaken the Dragon"
"Awaken the Dragon" is the film that inspired it all. It was
the Beaufort International Film Festival 2012 Documentary & Audience Choice Winner and is winning film festival awards all over the country.
Awaken the Dragon from Ed Bates on Vimeo.
