THE DAY BEFORE

Today I spent most of the day outside encouraging people to head into Right to Play's "World of Play" pavilion. Most of the pavilion is dedicated to educating people about what Right to Play is and what it does.

One of the things it does is play, as you know. Turns out our pavilion neighbours who are also looking to play, the Saskatchewan Pavilion, challenged us to a game of soccer. Check out the highlights here (very insightful interview by yours truly at the end):

www.saskpavilion.ca/videos/video-blog

After spending the day kicking the ball around, I got to take The Four Hosts pavilion which featured the four First Nations that have been given co-host status, the first time in Olympic history that aboriginals have been recognized...a lone overdue recognition, but something the communities are embracing and using to educate so many. Remind me to show you the video I took.


And remember when I said that the "Oh Canada" from the Opening Ceremonies was the best version I'd ever heard. Well hearing the crowd sing it at Bilodeau's gold medal during the victory celebration has to take it.

And so tomorrow begins what many are calling the reason for hosting the Olympics...the men's hockey tournament gets under way...should be awesome!