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Congratulations to all those who took part in the day!
Nick AlteriJerry Brousseau
Sopheap Chea
John Cole
Ellen Greene
Tracy Karasinski
Eric Klein (steersman)
Bruno Kurowski
Paul Lavin
Monica Lee
Bill LeBlanc
Jon Lu
Elaine Mahanke
Monica Maroon
Brenda McGill
Patrick McGill
Jason Nichols
Michael Poindexter (drummer)
Manny Terezakis
Robyn & Richard Younkin
Ed, Karen & Matt Zuromski
Paddle that dragon!
CCRI's Access to Opportunity team participates in Taiwan Day dragon boat race
Story by Eric Klein
The promise of sore muscles and sunburned faces wasn’t enough to stop CCRI’s enthusiastic Team Access to Opportunity from racing their hearts out at the recent 6th Annual Chinese Dragon Boat Race & Taiwan Day Festival in Pawtucket. In the wee hours of the morning, a motley crew of 22 CCRI students, faculty, staff and friends piled into a 52-foot Chinese Dragon Boat.
Each year the Festival attracts teams from across New England as well
as thousands of onlookers who come to enjoy the races, food and phenomenal
artistic performances
at the day-long celebration of Chinese and Taiwanese culture. This year was the first time the community college fielded a team
for the race; the college’s participation was the brainchild of Access’s
newest counselor, Monica Lee, and was made possible through the generous
sponsorship of Louis Yip, former owner of the China Inn in Pawtucket. Dinner
for the team was provided by Alex Deng of the China Inn. Racing tips and
instructions came courtesy of Sunny Ng.
Although they had practiced together only once (a “dry-run” during dinner at the China Inn the night before), Team Access to Opportunity crossed the finish line in a reasonable 3:36 minutes and was widely regarded as enjoying the loudest cheering section on the river bank.
