Qintong boat race 2009

[andrewreis]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qintong_Boat_Festival

Would anyone have information/know when the Qintong boats will race this year (2009). I know this is next weekend, I plan to be there with some class mates. Will it be on Sunday (as it was last year, or Saturday). Perhaps someone can do some Chinese site snooping around for me.

Also, has anyone been before, perhaps you can offer some suggestions for (very) cheap accomodation or how to get there from Yanghzhou..

Thanks a lot!

Edit: Perhaps someone will kindly translate this information that I just dug up, perhaps

姜堰：会船为媒 引资24亿元

　　被列为中国十大民俗节庆活动之一的溱潼会船节不仅迎来了数万名外地游客，而且吸引了来自美国、加拿大、比利时、韩国等十多个国家和我国各地千余名客商。

　　会船节期间，姜堰共推出经济技术合作项目100多个，签约项目65个，总投资达24亿元。这些项目具有投资规模大、资金来源广、投资领域广、投资领域宽等特点。6日会船节开幕式当天正式签约的27个项目中，注册资本在300万美元以上的外资项目就有12个，总投资1.24亿美元，最大的投资额为 3200万美元；注册资本在3000万元以上的民资项目15个，总投资8.6亿元，最大投资为3.6亿元。签约项目涉及农业、机械、电子、化工、房地产等 10多个领域。这些项目的落户，既反映了投资者对姜堰的看好和信任，也是该市扩大招商成果、搭建引资平台的最好回报。

（黄立群 赵亚娟）

(Source: http://home.jsinfo.net/xinhua/web/subject2/2005/0405_jy/02.htm)

Does this mean the races begin on Saturday or has my translation been shot to pieces?

Edited March 29, 2009 at 01:37 AM by andrewreis