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Welcome 2026!✨🥳🎉🍾🥂🙌🐲💖

Enjoy this very Merry & Bright Holiday Season! 🎄🎅💖☃️🤶🎁🐲

Thank you to our amazing members that took the time to participate in Wreaths Across America and help fulfill the mission to Remember, Honor, and Teach by placing balsam wreaths on veterans' graves. This has been an annual tradition of 502 Dragon Boat and we greatly appreciate our volunteers! 🇺🇸 ♥️
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We are Grateful for our dragon boat community, members and friends! 🧡
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GO TEAM!! 🥇🐉🎉 We’re so excited to share this feature from The Henry County Local with a huge thanks to super awesome reporter Joe Durbin for coming out to cover the 2025 Dragon Boat Festival at Lake Jericho!

Congrats to our Silver Dragons on taking home the gold! 💪🔥 Thank you to all the teams, sponsors, and volunteers who make the 502 Dragon Boat community so strong! 💖

Silver Dragons win 2025 Dragon Boat Festival at Lake Jericho Eight teams took to the water with an audience of about 200 people, according to event coordinator Eryn Kelleher, on Oct. 4 for the 2025 Dragon Boat Festival at Lake

What an amazing day on the water! 🤩
We’re so grateful for a safe, smooth, and beyond beautiful Dragon Boat Festival at Lake Jericho! 🐉🏁

Huge thanks to our incredible 502 Dragon Boat Community — your teamwork and support made this event shine on and off the water.

👏 Special shoutout to our team captains for their leadership and dedication all season long.

💪 And to every paddler — returning and new — thank you for bringing your energy, and passion to the boats this year. You made 2025 a season to remember!

👉 Tag your teammates and share your favorite moments!

✨ Stay tuned for more photos, race results, and info for next year’s festival — coming soon!

🌟 YAY! It’s almost Race Day! 🌟

The 2025 Dragon Boat Festival at Lake Jericho is THIS WEEKEND - Saturday, October 4th! 🐉🚣‍♀️

Here’s what you need to know when you arrive:

📍 Arrival & Check-In – When you reach Lake Jericho, let the gate know which team you’re with. Then follow the park signs toward the boat ramp where you’ll see Race HQ Pavilion, Parking, and Team Area Tents.

📝 Team Check-In – Sign in with your team captain in your tent area. Registration officially opens at 9:00 AM.

📣 Captains’ Meeting – 8:15 AM at Race HQ

🏁 First Race – Be race-ready by 10:00 AM!

✨ Plus: raffles, team merchandise, food vendors, and a full day of exciting racing on the water!

We can’t wait to see you and your crew at Lake Jericho this Saturday! 💙💚🧡

🐉☕️ We’re very excited to have Travelin' Tom's Coffee of NKY on site race morning to get everyone fueled up before the first heats! 💪 Registration starts at 9AM, first races at 10AM 🏁

🎟️ Raffles, team merch, food trucks, and plenty of action on the water all day long!

Paddles up for a great festival ahead! 👉 Details & registration: dragonboatfestivals.org

🎉 Get ready for some festival fun at the 2025 Dragon Boat Festival at Lake Jericho!

We’ll have exciting RAFFLES all day long with chances to win:
✨ 50/50 Cash Drawing
✨ Hornet Paddle Raffle
✨ Air Fryer
✨ Coffee Maker

PLUS – stop by to grab exclusive Team Merchandise and show your crew spirit! 🐉💚💙🧡

A huge thank-you to our amazing sponsors and community supporters for making these raffles possible 🙌🔥

🎉🏁 Don’t miss the fun – we’ll see you at the lake! dragonboatfestivals.org
📅 Saturday, October 4
📍 Lake Jericho, Smithfield, KY

*All raffle proceeds will benefit 502 Dragon Boat

🚣‍♀️🐉 Race Day is Almost Here! 🐉🚣‍♂️
Join us at the 2025 Dragon Boat Festival at Lake Jericho this Saturday, October 4th!

📌 Key Details

Registration opens at 9:00 AM

First race starts at 10:00 AM — be ready to paddle!

When you arrive, let the gate know your registered team and follow park signs to the boat ramp. There you’ll find Race HQ Pavilion and team tents.

Please sign in with your team captain upon arrival.

🎉 Festival Fun

Raffles and team merchandise for sale

Food truck, coffee, and ice cream available for purchase

Coolers welcome (no alcohol permitted during the races)

👜 What to Bring (see graphic below): team tent, chairs, water shoes, towel, snacks, water, and extra clothes.

Let’s make this an unforgettable day of racing, teamwork, and celebration on the water! There's still time to signup, and we hope to see you there 🌊👉 More info: www.dragonboatfestivals.org

We’re 1 Week from Race Day 🤩🎉🏁Saturday, October 4th at Lake Jericho!

This is your last chance to get in the boat for race day!

• Sign up to race with a team — no experience needed, equipment provided. Register here: 2025dragonboatfestival.eventbrite.com

• Hop into a practice session this week! You can learn the basics, meet your crew, and get race-ready.
👉 View the schedule & sign up: dragonboatfestivals.org/practices/schedule

Dragon boat racing is for beginner paddlers ages 12+, and our goal is to welcome 100 new paddlers this year. Be part of it!

Don’t miss out — boats launch October 4th at beautiful Lake Jericho. Please feel free to reach our wirh any questions and we hope to see you on the watee! 🐉🚣☀️