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2025 Dragon Boat Festival Sponsors:

12th Street Heritage

Blue Valley North - Chinese Club

Chinese School of Greater KC Foundation

Heritage by Bo Lings

Edgar Snow Memorial Foundation

Foreign Language Academy

Kansas City Parks and Recreation

Kansas City Sister Cities Association

Kin Lin Chinese Restaurant

Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund

Rotary 13

Wolf Springs Explorers
Zhou B Art Center
2025 The 19th Annual Kansas City International Dragon Boat Festival
Dragon Boat Race Results

Congratulations to all the teams that participated in the 19th annual Dragon Boat Festival.
Your sportsmanship and competitive spirit were outstanding. Below are the 2025 race winners.

First Place:
Kansas City Chinese Association (KCCA)


Photo by Christine Lau

Second Place:
KCCAA (Kansas City Chinese American Association)


Photo by Christine Lau
Third Place:
Out to Biop-sea (KU Med)



Photo by Christine Lau


Fourth Place:
Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI)


Photo by Christine Lau

International Division Winners:

1st Place: African Griots
2nd Place: Irish Baba
3rd Place: Pacific Power
4th Place: Thaitanic



Miscellaneous Photos

Photos by Grace Kuo

                                                                                                   

Photos by Grace Kuo

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SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS
Kansas City Star

Kansas City tie with sister city in China celebrated with dragon boat race on Brush Creek

YouTube videos

Dragon Boat Festival 2024


Instagram

KC Today video

Mayor Pro Tem

Instagram

ryanaparksshaw

Facebook

Ryana Parks-Shaw, Councilwoman 5th District

KCAI Facebook

Kansas City Art Institute

KC Parks and Recreation

Instagram

kcmoparks

Facebook

KC Parks and Recreation

Facebook Posts of Audience and Participants

Muffie Kruse

Rachael Coulson

Lai Zu

Tia Birdsong

Thank you Marineth Ordinal for providing above links!


Cultural Showcase
  • Calligraphy and Origami
  • Wolf Spring Elementary PTO
  • Foreign Language Academy PTO
  • Global Ties KC
  • Institute of Chinese Language and Culture at Kansas City
  • International Relations Council (IRC)
  • Kansas City Sister City Association
  • Lele Fine Art Pavilion
  • The Chinese School of Greater Kansas City

Performance Program
On Stage
10:00 AM Opening Ceremony
  • Dragon Dance & Chinese Traditional Attire Show
  • Government Officials Remarks
  • Consul General of China in Chicago Remarks
  • International Dragon Boat Federation (Mr. Jia) Remarks
  • Dragon Eye Opening
Stage Performance
10:30 AM Jasmine Dance Group
  • Fleeting Light (浮光) - Tiffany Han
  • Birds Words (鸟语花香) - Chanel Han
  • Jiu Er (九儿) - Dahne Valenta, Alice Chen, Cindy Jiang
  • Naughty (媚) - Tiffany Han
  • Learning to Fly - Victoria Han
  • Elephant King's Row (象王行) - Sophia Yu & Stella Idol
  • Only This Green (只此青绿)- Chanel and Tiffany Han
11:10 AM Kansas City Classic Arts and Qipao Association
  • The Drunken Concubine – A New Interpretation
11:15 AM Institute of Chinese Language & Culture at Kansas City
  • Bell Sounds of the Miao (苗铃声声)
  • Tambourine (上铃鼓)
  • Storyteller (说书人)
11:30 AM The Chinese School of Greater Kansas City
  • Yo Yo Dance – Kayson Liu, Jayden Liu, Lina Lu, Alex Piezuch, Ellie Piezuch, Alex Tang, Samantha Tang, and Amelia Ying
11:45 AM Kenneth & James Osbourn – Kung Fu Demonstration: Chu ji Chang Quan
12:00 AM Korean K Pop – Dance and Vocal
12:30 PM HK Chinese Folk Dance
1:00 PM Hattie Young - Violin Solo (Yi Jian Mei)
1:15 PM Jesse Cockrell and Ron Coulson – Vocal Performance
1:30 PM The Chinese School of Greater Kansas City
  • Encore Yo Yo Dance
1:45 PM Master H C Kim’s World Class Taekwondo
  • Tae Kwon Do Demonstration
2:00 PM Jesse Cockrell and Ron Coulson – Vocal Performance




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