Chestmates Kingston to carry city flag in parade of breast-cancer survivors in France, before racing to winJane Kitchen took a leisurely sight-seeing boat tour on a vacation in France just a couple of months ago, but she is prepared for a high-paced trip on the water when she returns to the country in two weeks. Article contentKitchen, a retired history teacher in her 80s, will be paddling hard along with her friends on the Chestmates Kingston dragonboat team. Dragonboat racing is part of the International Breast Cancer Survivor Participatory Festival that will run from Aug. 24 to the end of the month. The quadrennial event will draw 4,500 breast-cancer survivors from 37 countries. We all have stories that we share with each other … different stories perhaps, but common themes as survivors.