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Interview with Penticton’s Shane Koyczan
What were your hopes for this performance?
“In the arts community, lines are being drawn between people who are part of [the Olympics] and people who aren’t. People are upset about cuts to arts funding. My hope was to galvanize us again because the arts community has always had a strong united front.”
We Are More: Transcript of opening ceremony poem by Shane Koyczan
Thanks to the Vancouver Sun for posting Shane’s poem. Here’s the link.
This was one of the most surprising and inspired choices from last night’s ceremonies.