The photos have been posted and the judges have chosen, and 12 finalists are vying for your "LIKE"s on Facebook. The first-ever CDBF Selfie Contest generated hundreds of submissions using the hashtag #CDBFselfie. SWome weren't quite selfies -- they were taken by someone other than you, or you took a photo of someone else. (That would be a snapshot.)

But the finalists were fun and creative, and represented all different areas of the festival that were their faves.

You can check out the finalists and vote with your LIKEs (you can see all the photos without being on Facebook, but you have to be a Facebook user to vote). Voting ends August 1, so tell your friends to check out the pics!
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Here is the Facebook album of the dozen CDBF Selfie Contest finalists!

Congratulations to all the winners of the 2014 Dragon Boat Races! Here are the final race results:
 
HONG KONG STYLE 
Competitive 500 Meters1st Place: PASCO Fighting Dragons
2nd Place: Lao Buddhist Temple
3rd Place: Colorado Flying Dragons
4th Place: Spirit of Cambodia
Recreational 500 Meters1st Place: Phantom Dragons
2nd Place: That One Team
3rd Place: Adaptive Adventures
4th Place: Agua Libre
Competitive 250 Meters1st Place: PASCO Fighting Dragons
2nd Place: Lao Buddhist Temple
3rd Place: Colorado Flying Dragons
4th Place: Adaptive Adventures
Recreational A 250 Meters1st Place: Phantom Dragons
2nd Place: Raytheon Space Junkies
3rd Place: CU Boulder Asian Unity
4th Place: Wagenkamp's Frozen Fishsticks
Recreational B 250 Meters1st Place: Agua Libre
2nd Place: APCA Mobilizing Mountain Dragons
3rd Place: That One Team
4th Place: Raytheon Space Racers
Novice A1st Place: Mutineers
2nd Place: Kaiser Permanente
3rd Place: CU Denver
Novice B1st Place: Geeks in a Boat
2nd Place: H2Row
 
TAIWAN (FLAG CATCHING) STYLE 
Saturday Recreational A1st Place: Lightway Lightening
2nd Place: Ice Dragons
3rd Place: Gaylord Gadoners
4th Place: Got Dim Sum
Saturday Recreational B1st Place: CH2M Hill Dragons
2nd Place: The Denver Foundation StewardSHIP
3rd Place: Genki Denki Kai
4th Place: Lost on the Lake
Saturday Novice A1st Place: MillerCoors Brew Crew
2nd Place: OCA DragonFlies
3rd Place: Frito-Lay
4th Place: MHCD
Saturday Novice B1st Place: Gung Ho! (Philadelphia, PA)
2nd Place: Stanley Sailors
3rd Place: Global Village Academy
4th Place: Dry Dock Dreadroughts
Sunday Recreational A1st Place: PASCO
2nd Place: Flying Dragons Too
3rd Place: Porchlight
4th Place: Schwagon Boaters
Sunday Recreational B1st Place: CU Boulder Asian Unity
2nd Place: Raytheon Space Junkies
3rd Place: FlamethRowers
4th Place: APCA
Sunday Novice A1st Place: DaVita All Stars
2nd Place: Healing Paddlers
3rd Place: ULA Rokcteers
4th Place: Walmart Sparks
Sunday Novice B1st Place: Security Service One
2nd Place: Security Service Two
3rd Place: HiSpeeders
4th Place: Seas the Dragon!

Our radio sponsors at Lincoln Financial Group have created commercials that are airing this week leading up to the festival. Be sure to visit them at the festival and say you heard these spots!
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Comedy 103.1
Cruisin' Oldies AM 950
1600 The Zone

New this year at the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival is the Culinary Dojo, a cooking demonstration tent where local chefs will show you how to cook various Asian dishes all weekend. You’ll be able to sample the food and hear stories from the chefs on how the dishes represent their culture, from the Philippines and Vietnam to India and Hawaii.
Chefs scheduled to be on hand include Mary Nguyen, the talent behind several award-winning local eateries; Leah Eveleigh, who got her start serving Filipino food at CDBF, and earlier this year won an episode of the Food Network's "Cutthroat Kitchen"; Nita Chitvej, who has deep roots in Denver's foodie scene and runs Chada Thai Restaurant; and Biju Thomas, who will cook up Indian food but is well-known in this area as the chef for the USA Pro Cycling Challenge and other cycling events (he's opening a curry restaurant in RiNo).

What's your favorite part of the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival? The races? The food (Monkey Balls!)? The performances? The Dragonland kids' area? Nezzie, the cutest miniature horse in the world? The Cultural Unity urban arts stage? The Opening Ceremony with its amazing dragon dance and eye-dotting ritual? There's so much to see, and so many places to shoot a selfie!
This year, CDBF is inviting you to submit selfies that reflect all the parts of the festival that you love, and we'll give the top three winners prizes (VISA gift cards for $100, $50 and $25). All you need to do it upload your selfies and use two hashtags: #CDBFselfie and #CDBF2014.

The Chinese zodiac includes animals including rabbits, monkeys, roosters, dragons and other animals. This is the Year of the Horse, and CDBF is celebrating by bringing the cutest horse in the world to the festival. Meet Nezzie (short for "Nezumi," which is Japanese for "mouse"!). Nezzie is a Miniature Horse, so she will not grow bigger. She's adorable.
You can celebrate Nezzie's Year, by taking a photo with her at the festival. Find her by Dragonland, the children's area. For a minimum donation of $5 which will go to sustaining the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival, you and your family can pose with Nezzie and shoot a photo with your own camera, or we'll use our camera and email you the digital photo.
Be sure to say "hi" to Nezzie, and support CDBF!

Each year since the start, CDBF has named Honorary Chairs who represent a role model for the Asian community with their leadership and support.
We’re proud to introduce the 2014 Honorary Chairs: Paul Tauer served as Mayor of the city of Aurora, Colorado for 16 years and a City Councilman for 8 years before that. He was during his years in elected office, and is still today, a true friend of the area's diverse Asian community.
He established The Aurora Asian/Pacific Community Partnership during his first term in office, the first of such groups in the State. Former First Lady of Aurora Kate Tauer was a founding member of the Partnership and is remains a very active member to this day.
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