The players, the committee and everyone was pleasantly surprised at how well it was received. The fans came out in droves, showed that Winnipeg is still a hotbed of curling and we're looking forward to maybe even bigger crowds this year. That would be awesome.

The pleasure of being in crowds is a mysterious expression of sensual joy in the multiplication of Number

The performance is part of a larger picture. Getting up and performing poetry in front of big crowds is another way for these kids to view their lives from a different perspective, and we want the kids in our program 20 years from now to be reading the books some of these kids have written.

The Presidents Cup crowds were very loud the first couple of days and they weren't very friendly although over the weekend they were a lot better which surprised me.

The president was tortured severely by the American forces and I saw bruise marks on his body. They are visible. They are still torturing him psychologically.