That's a lot you gotta share.
Yeah, OK, you and I.
OK it is one of the Rose
Festival's biggest events.
The Dragon Boat races are back.
It is so much fun to see him out
there on the Willamette. Look,
who's with the snapdragons this morning.
Our very own Drew Carney hey drew.
Hey there, Brenda and Nina.
I do think I've made some
friends this morning.
They are members of a Dragon boat
team known as the Snapdragons.
If you're a proud member of the Snapdragons,
let me hear you say, Woop, Woop.
Well, that's very good. How about
this? If you're a proud member of
the Snapdragons gonna hear you say.
That has nothing to do with paddling,
but this does. We're gonna do
a race starts this morning.
I'm gonna try to call it to get it going.
Handler said ready. Attention please go
oh look at that. We are moving on
this Wednesday morning quickly I will
give you details of the main event.
It is this weekend Saturday and Sunday
both days racing action starts at 8:00
o'clock in the morning both days and you
can check it out for absolutely free.
If you come down to Waterfront
Park downtown Portland.
Either day love this event.
It was gone for two years because of COVID,
but this year it is back.
Portland Rose festival.
Dragon boat racing.
Alright, I will take a break from
the paddling this morning and Luana.
You can take a break as well.
I introduced Luana to our
audience about 30 minutes ago.
Luana UTI. 75 years young,
long time member of the Snapdragons.
I want to talk about practicing
for this race or this event.
How often is your team
out here on the river?
Getting ready for the main
event coming this weekend?
Three times a week for an hour?
That's the standard thing.
For all the teams,
for Rose Festival and.
I practice year round with another team,
but so I'm out about five times a week.
During this three month interval.
I've mentioned your age to several times.
I'm curious, does it bother you
when I keep mentioning your age?
No, I'm pretty proud of it.
Actually, I think it's awesome.
That's why I keep doing it
and I don't like when people say,
oh you look great for blank age. You
just look great. You happen to be 75.
I have to imagine this dragon
boating business is helping
you look great, stay in shape
all the above all the above.
Can you give me a quick lesson?
I probably should have done
this to start this morning,
but I'm just kind of in there using
my athletic instincts,
which usually get me pretty far,
but I think I should get a
real lesson from a real paddler
on how to do this correctly.
Well, first of all,
you put the fat end in the water.
That end going in and you put your
hand on the top yes and you put
your other hand about two handfuls
up from the shoulder of the blade.
OK, yes. And counterintuitively,
all the power is in the front of the stroke,
and you got to get out about the
time you're at your mid thigh
and you got to bury your paddle
all the way and you got to lean
forward and you got to twist.
Should we do it together? This morning
we should. OK, let's do it on you
and I will join the fray on 321.
And we're in paddling
with Luana on a Wednesday
because we can. I
can you keep paddling?
I can't talk and pedal at the same.
It's like walking and chewing gum from me.
I just want to quickly point out something.
I'm going to duck and I'm going to show you,
Diane Diane, how you doing this morning?
Don't stop paddling.
Hey Chris, Brenda Nina,
you may remember Diane's dad,
Bud Lewis, a longtime member
of the Portland Police Bureau.
Terrific. Volunteer for decades
with the Sunshine Division.
Two years ago when he turned 100,
her dad did well over 100 laps in
the course of 100 days down at
Dunnaway Park to raise money for
the Sunshine Division I just want to
point out the fact that your dad.
Of course you know she's now
going to enter the list.
Luana is, but your dad,
one of my all time favorite interviewees.
Fantastic man.
Thank you Diane, for being here this morning.
Thank you snapdragons,
for being part of the Sunrise show.
Keep paddling this morning and if you
think you're going to do great this
weekend, let me hear you say ohh yeah.
No wrong model connection.
He was an amazing man.