Alcan DB Festival

June 21-23 2002


The Spirit of Dragon Hearts

We are the dragon boat team that won the 2002 David C. Lam Award for the "team best exemplifying the multicultural spirit of the festival."

Winning essay author: Chris Oikawa, [co-authors] Karen Brebner, and Soyon Ahn
Contributing to the effort: As'ka Nakane, Brenden C., Diane S., Jonathan K., Kevin Mui & Lori k.

Many thanks to all of them!

The Winning Essay


We were also the dragon boat team that won the 2000 Alcan Community Spirit Award for "making the biggest contribution to their community."




a quote from an E-mail:

June 24, 2002 4:01 PM

When I first joined, my hope was to bring some hardware home. Never in my wildest dreams did I expect that I would get something even better than a medal.....meeting great people, eating to my heart's content, forming friendships, paddling with gusto!, having soooooooo much fun, eating (again!), feeling the positive energy of our club, getting encouragement from each other, going to all the great festivals and regattas and the socials.....these are things I take away with me! -Carrie J.

photos from opening ceremony

water fight photos

@ the base camp photos

@ the races

photos from closing ceremony

photos from DB Festival dance

photos from Kevin

photos from Candice





Website of Dragon Hearts Club