This weekend Rockwall hosted a Rubber Duck Regatta. The Regatta is open to community members who want to try their luck at winning prizes by making a donation to float a rubber duck down the lake. In addition to this, Corporate Sponsors of the event compete in a Rubber Duck Beauty Pageant. The ducks entered into this component are oversized and therefore allow for a lot of creativity.
I had known about the event for a while and had been thinking about what we should decorate our ducks as. We ended up deciding that we would build a miniature model of a Da Vinci Surgical Robot and decorate our three Corporate Ducks as a Patient Duck, a Nurse Duck, and a Dr. Duck.
On Saturday I met up with Lake Pointe’s second resident at the Regatta to set up our ducks. We felt very confident about our chances at winning… until we got there! The competition was pretty fierce! While waiting for judging to begin we walked around the event, which had lots of tables from local organizations set up. Our Preceptor and Lake Pointe’s CEO, Brett Lee also stopped by to see how the event was going. It was a nice opportunity to learn more about Rockwall, since I spend most of my time outside of work in other areas of DFW.
As the judging began, we returned back to the stage. The judges gave us an opportunity to explain what our ducks were while the judges rated them. Before we knew it the award winners were being announced….we came in Third! Lake Pointe has never placed before, so we were THRILLED with the outcome! Our picture was taken and we were told that we would be featured in a mailer going out to Rockwall Residents. Success!
Erin