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Home to my passions for my inter-cultural adventures, Gung Haggis Fat Choy: Robbie Burns Chinese New Year Dinner event. Save Kogawa House campaign, Gung Haggis Fat Choy Dragon Boat team, Find what you are looking for by 1) scroll the topics links, 2) use the search function ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Join the Gung Haggis Fat Choy Dragon Boat team for lots of summer fun, fitness and friendship. We are a social team full of cultural vigor, that likes to eat. We have been featured on television, local, national and international. We have a unique and internationally famous fundraiser dinner event. We practice Sunday 1:30 pm -3:30 pm Tuesday 6pm-7:45pm Wednesday 6pm - 7:45 pm We meet at Dragon Zone clubhouse - just south of Science World in Creekside Park above the Aquabus and dragon boat docks. Our coach Todd Wong has 15+ years of experience including novice, recreational and competitive levels, and both community and corporate teams. Our 2005 Season brought us the David Lam Award for being the team that best represented the multicultural spirit of the Alcan Dragon Boat Festival, and Bronze medals at the Vancouver International Taiwanese Dragon Boat Race. In 2007, we won Gold in B Division at Vernon Races. For more information: Click on Gung Haggis Fat Choy Dragon Boat team information phone: 604-987-7124- e-mail: gunghaggis at yahoo dot ca ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2009 TICKETS Available in October 2008 WHAT: GUNG HAGGIS FAT CHOY: Toddish McWong's Robbie Burns Chinese New Year Dinner - 12th Annual Dinner, celebrating 250th Anniversary of Robert Burns' birth + Chinese New Year's Eve. WHEN: 6PM January 25 2009, SUNDAY doors open 5pm WHERE: Floata Chinese Restaurant, #400-180 Keefer St. CULTURE: Our Performers create something special for us every year with traditional and contemporary performances featuring everything in-between and beyond! FOOD: A quirky fusion/mix/buffet of Scottish Canadian and Chinese Canadian culture 10 course Chinese banguet dinner 2004 - The debut of Gung Haggis Won-Ton 2005 - Haggis lettuce wrap! 2007 - Haggis dim sum appetizer buffet 2008 - Scotch tastings! Watch for more surprises in 2008! Description of 2006 Gung Haggis Fat Choy Dinner featuring performers: Rick Scott & Harry Wong, The Shirleys, Joe McDonald & Brave Waves, Sean Gunn, author Joy Kogawa, with co-host Prem Gill . Media Inquiries Call Gung Haggis Productions 604-987-7124 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sponsors
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Friday, March 28
Join the Gung Haggis Fat Choy dragon boat team: fun, fitness, friendship and the occasional haggis
by
Todd
on Fri 28 Mar 2008 06:10 PM PDT
Hope you can join us for a wonderful season of dragon boat paddling. 2007 was an AWESOME year for the Gung Haggis Fat Choy dragon boat team. Our vision is to expand to 2 teams for twice as much fun for 2008. We welcome our new and old paddler friends from CC Dragons to add lots of experience and fun to our team. more »
Saturday, March 1
Gung Haggis dragon boat team practices at 1:30pm Sundays
by
Todd
on Sat 01 Mar 2008 04:38 PM PST
 It's time for dragon boat paddling. The sun has been greeting us for three Sundays in a row. What could be better than paddling in the sunshine, gliding along the waters of False Creek? The Gung Haggis Fat Choy dragon boat team meets at 1:30pm, Sundays, at Dragon Zone - the green trailer at Creekside Park. Find us just south of Science World, above the False Creek Ferry/dragon boat docks. We welcome experienced and new paddlers who want to incorporate both fun and fitness with a healthy dose of multicultural attitude and activities. For 2008, we are building both and advanced and a fun/beginner team. We have a core of paddlers that have paddled 3 to 4 years, and we are adding some veterans that have paddled 8 to 16 years. We also have some new rookies who have heard about how much fun our team is, and are asking to join us. A typical Sunday practice, starts with introduction and a warm up. This is a great way to loosen up and stretch the muscles, while learning about your team mates. Perfect for building team unity, the coach (me) also shares the goals for the practice. We climb into the boat, and warm up with several exercises. It's always fun to feel the exileration of the boat gliding through the water under our own power. There is something primal about paddling. Just you, the paddle and the boat. Okay... and another 19 paddlers more or less hitting the water at the same time. Team bonding. Letting the other 19 paddlers pull the boat, while you grab your water bottle, adjust your hat, or your jacket. Ha! Paddling on a dragon boat is a good way to exercise while sitting down. But we still use all our muscles in our legs, as we emphasize hip and leg drive. We rotate our torsos to facilitate a better reach. We extend our outside arms forward to grab the water, plant our paddle in the water, then pull ourselves up to the paddle. Dragon boats have been around for more than one thousand years. But modern dragon boat racing is still very young. The International Dragon Boat Federation was founded in 1991 after teams from around the world started coming to Hong Kong during the 1970's and 1980's. Today there are many recreational dragon boat teams all around the world. Many like our Gung Haggis Fat Choy team paddle simply for fun and fitness. There are some in Vancouver like the False Creek Racing Canoe Club that compete nationally and internationally. This afternoon I participated in a dragon boat coaching workshop led by Kamini Jain, coach of the FCRCC. Kamini is also a two time Olympian, paddling canoes and kayaks at the Sydney and Athens Olympic games. |
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