I acquired a couple of groupies during day 2 in Behchoko. Pierre and Roslen kept coming back to the CBC tent, mostly in search of free stuff. And I think they spread the word around because we were inundated with kids all of a sudden, who heard we had stickers, buttons, pens and tags to give out. But these two buddies kept hanging around, asking questions. It was less hot today but very windy, so windy that people had to help us out to tie down our tent, which threatened to flap away. The velcro straps wouldn't stick and we could only get the pegs in so far because of the rocky ground. The Tlicho and Dene had trouble with their two big tents too. What they did was to quickly build half walls out of plywood, which they erected inside, to stop the walls from flapping. The housing authority loaned them the wood, which they'll return after the assemblies. It was amazing to watch how fast they put up those walls.
Our broadcasting still was rough today, with a false start at the beginning and malfunctioning mics throughout. I'd taken along a radio and headset so I could listen to us on air, but the radio wouldn't work as soon as I got outside. Reporter Darren Stewart comes out with us to gather news for radio. Here, he's interviewing actor Dakota House from the hit series North of 60, for the morning show. Known as TeeVee on the former TV show, Dakota is in Behchoko as part of a team of 12 doing workshops with youth, to help them become active in their communities.
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