Eugenia Porechenskaya
Welcome to the 2023 Colorado Dragon Boat Festival
Welcome to the 2023 Colorado Dragon Boat Festival!
We are so proud to bring you the 23rd Annual Colorado Dragon Boat Festival honoring the Year of the Water Rabbit (Year of the Cat in some Asian cultures).
I invite you to eat delicious food from our Taste of Asia food courts, grab a cool drink from one of our beverage booths and enjoy as you watch our amazing LOCAL artists eduTain you with their performances. Shop in our amazing Marketplace full of Asian & BIPOC Vendors, check out our Dragonland area for family and education. And of course, watch as our dragon boats race across Sloan Lake all day!
We are so proud to announce that just this year we have purchased a brand-new fleet of Dragon Boats for our organization. This has been 23 years in the making and I want to thank our Dragon Family past and present for making this dream a reality!
We are proud to bring Colorado the LARGEST Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) celebration in the Rocky Mountain Region and the LARGEST Dragon Boat Festival in the USA!
The Colorado Dragon Boat Festival is run by a 501(c)3 nonprofit, and it would not be possible without the support of our elected officials, the City and County of Denver, sponsors, vendors, performers, race teams, and day-of volunteers!
As a nonprofit organization with only 2 full time staff, we rely heavily on the support of our community. Please consider donating to Colorado Dragon Boat Festival to help us “Keep the Boats Afloat!”. Even just a donation of $10 goes a long way!
Thank you for coming and supporting the AANHPI community and our 501(c)3 nonprofit, Colorado Dragon Boat!
Sara Moore Executive Director
Meet our Dragon Family
The Colorado Dragon Boat Festival is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that is run by 2 full time employees, a handful of festival contractors, and an amazing Operations Team that meets year-round. Most of the people involved in our festival are passionate volunteers who dedicate their time and efforts year-round!!
Thank you to our Dragon Family!
Staff
Sara Moore, Executive Director
Lorraine Eloriaga, Program & Race Manager
* (She is NEW as of May this year and we are so happy to have her join our team!)
Operations Committee
(Year-Round Volunteers)
Public Safety
Sam Cobb, Tyler Walker, Cisco Velasquez
Transportation & Parking
Bryan Yee, Teresa Carnes
Volunteer HeadQuarters
Kristin Libberton, Catherine McCord
Stage Managers
Christine Tizon, Yang Lor, Lisa Hilton,
Sonny Masicampo, Yun Wang, Domingo Belen, Sean Wren
VIP Tent
Bing Walker
Live Art Demos
Courtney Ozaki, Christina Nelson
Opening Ceremony
Howie Solow, Domingo Belen, Andrew Ho, Shaolin Hung Mei Kung Fu
Photography
Jim Medford & Team
Festival Contractors
Pamelah Maragh- Siteline Productions
Andrea Furness- Classic Events & Consulting Services
Jay Kim – Bonfire Events
Lindsay Barela – Grit & Grat LLC
Race Committee
Lorraine Eloriaga- Race Manger
Stephanie Padilla- Chief Registrar
Will Bober- Equipment Manager
Ding-wen Hsu- Mother of Dragons
CODA- Dragon Boat Club Partner
Board of Directors
Evan Hung- Board Chair
Ludi Sandoval – Board Vice Chair
Chris Chin- Secretary
Jeff Calhoon- Treasurer
Janet Shih Hajek
Daranee Teng
Lynn Baca
Asha Vasant
Debbie Chen-Becker
Kynnie Martin
Kevin Smith
Will Bober
Freddie Tsao
2023 Race Teams
SUNDAY RACE TEAMS
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Asian Pacific AmericanBar Associationof Colorado (APABA)
Bank of America
Colorado Health Foundation
SATURDAY RACE TEAMS
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AgentSync
Bank of America
BDO USA, LLP
CoBank
Denver Health– Healing Dragons
GreatWall ChineseAcademy
KaiserPermanente
LumenPAAN
Medtronic
MolsonCoors– Ball BrewCrew
Nichi-Bei-Go
PepsiCo
Rogue Paddling Club
Space Dragons
Team Adams– Team HomeBase
HongKong400m
AdaptiveAdventures- Team Blue 1
AdaptiveAdventures- Team Blue 2
Agua Libre
Colorado Flying Dragons
LBT
Nichi-Bei-Go
"Phantoms"
RPT
DaVita
Denver ChineseSchool Dragon Boat Team
Hogan LovellsDragon Ducks
Lodgeand Gilpin Casinos
MileHigh Flood District
"Pointy End Forward"
"Quantinuum Optics Team"
Rogue Paddling Club
Team Ascend
Trans Agenda
WellPower
"Young Dragons"
HongKong200m
AdaptiveAdventures- Team Blue 1
AdaptiveAdventures- Team Blue 2
Agua Libre
Blue Dragons
"Charles Schwab "
Colorado Flying Dragons
CrossFitEminence
Denver ChineseSchool Dragon Boat Team
Denver Lions
LBT
Nichi-Bei-Go
PASCOFighting Dragons
"Phantoms"
RPT
WellPower
2023 Non-Profit Partner Vending Program
The Colorado Dragon Boat Festival gives back to our community each year through our nonprofit partner vending program! Over the years we have given back over $25K and we don’t plan to stop!
We partner with 10 local nonprofit organizations each year to staff and sell the delicious Pepsi Beverages, Ice Cold MolsonCoors Beer, CDBF Merchandise and protect your bikes at our Bike Corrals! Please help us support our community by buying from our Non-Profit Partner Vending Booths (see map for locations).
Bike Corrals! Suggested Donation of $5
DRAGONLAND AREA
Fun for the whole family!
• Come see our 360 Stage with local performances
• Visit The Denver Art Museum Booth
• Visit The Great Wall Chinese Academy on Saturday and Cosmological Origami on Sunday
• Live Art Demos & Artist Area
• Eurobungy & More!
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Live Art Demos
Please help us welcome to the festival our amazing LOCAL artists! Ratha Sok, Casey Kawaguchi, Grace Gee, Sarah Fukami, and Bakemono0504. Huge shout out to Courtney Ozaki and JA-NE (Japanese Arts Network) for curation of our artists.
Stop by the Live Art Area located in Dragonland to watch their masterpieces come to life! Also stop by to do some hands-on manga making and more!
2023 Taste of Asia Vendors
Thank you to our amazingly delicious Taste of Asia Food Vendor for their continued support of our festival! At the 2023 festival you will be able to choose from many different cuisines from over Asia!
Stop by our West and East food court area! Don’t forget to get a refreshing beverage from our Non-Profit Vendors to quench your thirst and to give back to CDBF and local nonprofits.
2023 Marketplace Vendors
A huge thank you to all our local organizations and businesses who come and support the festival by being a marketplace vendor. Our marketplace is made up of Non-Profit organizations, Asian Marketplace Vendors, Community Businesses, and our Dragon Craft Tent.
Make sure to stop by our vendors and fill your bags full of authentic, unique Asian and Colorado goods.
Non-Profits
African Community Center---We Made This
Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office
Asian Chamber of Commerce Colorado
Asian Girls Ignite
Asian Roundtable of Colorado
Asian Roundtable of Colorado
Aurora Fire Rescue
Aurora Police Department
Child Advocates- Denver CASA
Chinese Medicine Community Orgazination
Christine Toulouse
City & County of Denver, Dept. of Public Safety
Colorado Alliance for Health Equity and Practice
Colorado Civil Rights Division
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Colorado Department of Public Safety-EDI Council
Colorado Hosting Asylum Network
Denver Asian American and Pacific Island Commission
Denver Film
Denver Lions Kidsight
Denver Office of Emergency Management
Denver Office on Aging
Denver Preschool Program
Denver Public Library
Denver Public Schools (DPS)
Denver VOICE
Non-Profits Continued
Elevation Community Land Trust
FBI
Gawad Kalinga USA / Amihan Artisans
GraceFM
Health First Colorado
Kadampa Meditation Center Colorado
NaFFAA Region 5
Organization of Chinese American, Colorado Chapter Project Angel Heart
San Francisco Falun Buddha Study Association
Sloan's Lake Park Foundation
The Colorado Democratic party
University of Colorado / Children's Hospital of Colorado
Community Businesses
Apollo Energy
Bjorn's Colorado Honey
Devoted Health Plan
Innovative Chiropractic
Passanante's Home Food Service
Photon Brothers
Power Home Remodeling
Victory Martial Arts of Colorado
2023 Marketplace Vendors Continued
A huge thank you to all our local organizations and businesses who come and support the festival by being a marketplace vendor. Our marketplace is made up of Non-Profit organizations, Asian Marketplace Vendors, Community Businesses, and our Dragon Craft Tent.
Make sure to stop by our vendors and fill your bags full of authentic, unique Asian and Colorado goods.
Asian & BICOP Marketplace
ABUELITA'S TIENDITA
AfriCoast Patterns
Akemi Tsutsui-Kunitake
Anny Pan Tailor
Atomic Child
Beadiful Destiny
Carentium Apparel LLC
Eastwind Echo
Henna Indian Body Art and Eyebrow
Threading by Rupa
Jan's Jewelry
Jerps Jerky
Kahu Mai Creations
Kpop Exchange
May Contain Nuts
Modern Desi
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NOT YO MAMA'S CUPCAKES
Riman Korean Beauty
Root Photography
Sacred Gem & Tree
Tea with Tae
The Spotted Leaf
Wahoo Bamboo
XR Goods Company
Dragon Craft Tent
AJ's Dog Bakery
ELSAS DESIGNS
FLANA Soap LLC
Homestead in the Hood
I Love ME Gems
(Manos Emprendedoras )
Jini Kimchi
Krits Kreations with Mudra Dance Studio
My Momotaro LLC
Pumpkin Masquerade
Rich Brownies
The Paris Omar Collection
Thank you so much for helping us celebrate the vast and amazing AANHPI cultures we have here in Colorado! Make sure to check out the other amazing programs we have under the Colorado Dragon Boat umbrella.
We are the only ALL Asian and Asian American Film Festival in Colorado! Join us in March for our 9th annual Film Festival in partnership with Denver Film
We are a unique leadership program that specifically targets our up-and-coming leaders in the AANHPI community. This is a FREE program where we pair you with local business leaders in the community.
