Raging Dragons and Sun Lik Beer made history when they successfully showcased the Red Lotus (a 40ft dragon boat) in London China Town on October
19th 2009! Big thanks to all those involved from start to finish and a special thanks to The Golden Harvest for being so accommodating and looking after us.
As it happened...
The night before the Red Lotus was towed from its home London Regatta Centre (LRC) and arrived in China Town at 11:30pm where she was met by team members.
This small team then carefully maneuvered her along Gerrard Street and then with great skill parked her inside the Golden Harvest to spend the night.
Early next morning, China Town is lined head to tail with white vans unloading goods and 9 Rage members carefully lifting a 40ft boat out of a restaurant!
With great team work the boat was out, on its stands, head, tail, seat and drum all in place - she looked fantastic!
Not long after the set up was complete the son's of Rage begin to put on a macho display to draw in the crowds. The guys start to compete one after
another on the Concept 2 machine to see who can generate the highest Watts (for the record of 324 Watts made by the ever Raging Tin). This demonstration
of power and dragon boat technique pulled in a constant flow of curious spectators all day long - many of the spectators even joined in!
The afternoon approaches and China Town starts to liven up with spectators passing by and more begin crowding round the boat, possibly because we
deployed our secret weapon - the Sun Lik Beer girls with free beer samples!
By early evening the Chinese Press (TVB Chinese Channel and Sing Tao) arrived to cover this historic event. They were most impressed couldn't
believe that there in China Town was a 40ft long dragon boat, simply breathtaking! Watch the video:
But my oh my, the night sure ended well, with the Red Lotus being wheeled to the other end of Chinatown so she can finally return home for a well deserved rest.
Even after a tiring day for all of us, the spirit of Sun Lik Raging Dragons will not weaken as we look forward to the next training session, promo event and of
course the upcoming 2010 season!
