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By Derek Mong 55 eager teams and 1,500 paddlers from across the East Coast waited eagerly at the starting line at the gorgeous Thompson Boat Center on the Georgetown Waterfront. The two-day festival which was originally scheduled for May 17 and 18, but was rescheduled due to high waters in the Potomac River from frequent rain in early May. But …

By Aurora de Peralta Every year in the month of May, dragon boats race through the Potomac in celebration of the DC Dragon Boat Festival, sponsored by the Chinese Women’s League of Washington, D.C. Team members pound on drums to keep paddlers on beat, while crowds of spectators flood the river banks to cheer on the teams. The DC Dragon …