Erin Charmelo of Aurora, grabs the flag for the "CLC Oilsticks" team during Dragon Boat racing at the Pride of the Fox Riverfest in St Charles on Saturday, June 11, 2011. | Donnell Collins~For Sun-Times Media
Team members of Emerson Electric's Argonauts load up in their boat as the competition, Elgin Community College, heads to the starting line during the Dragon Boat races on the Fox River at Pottawatomie Park in St. Charles as part of RiverFest. Photo by Eric Davis
FILE PHOTO Team members of Emerson Electric's Argonauts load up in their boat as the competition, Elgin Community College, heads to the starting line during the Dragon Boat races on the Fox River at Pottawatomie Park in St. Charles as part of RiverFest.
As the two boats approach the finish line, the flag grabber of the team The Rookies, a sports bar in St Charles, outreached the Knights of Columbus grabber (foreground) in Dragonboat races at Riverfest in this 2009 photo. | Sun-Times Media File Photo
The "Paddlin for MB," team works hard during Dragon Boat racing at Pottawatomie Park in St Charles during the Pride of the Fox Riverfest on Saturday, June 11, 2011. | Donnell Collins!For Sun-Times Media
RiverFest in St. Charles began 30 years ago as a community festival with one venue and one vendors and now stretches across nine venues and more than 200 vendors. The festival begins Friday, June 8, and runs through Sunday, June 10. One of the highlights …
