Row! - Third annual Montana Dragon Boat Festival
Daily Inter-Lake | UPDATED 11 years, 2 months AGO
<p>The Riveting Rosies, a team of mothers from Kalispell and Columbia Falls, dig in as they paddle toward the finish line during their heat race Saturday morning at the Dragon Boat Festival on Flathead Lake.</p>
<p>Jessi Way, the drummer for the Riveting Rosies, shouts out orders during a race at the Montana Dragon Boat Festival.</p>
<p>Spectators watch from the shore.</p>
The third annual Montana Dragon Boat Festival was held Saturday on Flathead Lake.
The event is one of the 10 largest such festivals in the nation and featured 75 teams racing.
Traditional Hong Kong style dragon boats are 46 feet long, with 10 seats and 22 people. A drum seat in the front of the first two paddlers holds a drummer. The drummer should be the smallest, yet loudest member of your team. The steersperson sits in the back and guides the boat with the steering oar.