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♪
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My name is Mary Jane Olinyuk,
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and I carve duck decoys.
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Growing up, when other kids were
playing video games
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or having friends, I was
studying mallards.
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I was obsessed.
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Um, I was, and still am
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"the duck girl."
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But if you search that on the
internet,
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it's not me that comes up,
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and what comes up
is quite graphic.
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♪
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♪
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Margaret:
Phew! Well...
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We're already three months out,
so things are completely crazy.
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I mean, formally we start the
planning process
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about three months out, but
truth be told,
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I woke up the morning after last
year's competition
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already thinking about this.
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(laughing)
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Mm. This is our 10th competition
as planning committee
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and if I have learned one thing,
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it's that if you think you can
rest on your laurels
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planning an event like this,
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you're gonna be served a very,
very generous portion
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- of humble pie.
- Yeah, a la mode.
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(sighing)
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But more importantly,
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you're gonna let down those
artists.
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Those magnificent artists.
Right, Dennis?
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Yeah, I mean, anything less than
your maximum effort is...
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It's an insult to them.
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♪
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(whirring)
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How'd I get into duck carving?
Well--
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Don't you mean "why on Earth did
he get into duck carving"?
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My job is pretty repetitive, I'm
a small business loan officer.
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So I figured it's important to
have hobbies
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and a creative outlet, and I
have the tools, so why not?
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A quarter life crisis.
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(whistling)
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What does it take to put
on the NACC?
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It will make your head spin.
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Oh, um, first you need to
book a venue.
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Not too big, not too small.
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- Cistern for coffee.
- And one for tea.
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Cups.
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Styrofoam, strictly Styrofoam.
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Cash box for the entrance fee.
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Tons of loonies and toonies.
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- (sighing)
- What else?
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♪
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Zeke: You don't just sit down
and start carving.
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You have to find the art within
the art.
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You have to...
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(bird sounds playing on stereo)
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Create the environment within
which to create.
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(ducks quacking on stereo)
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You know, you could have a well
paying job,
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a partner who cares about you,
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two beautiful kids who
adore you,
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maybe like, a Cocker spaniel
named Worthington.
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Or you could be a creator.
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I mean, what would you choose?
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♪
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To me, being Canadian means
being a duck carver.
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It's a little bit of a challenge
living in a condo,
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but we're making it work.
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Basically a requirement for us
Canadian guys.
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A home workshop.
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Doubles up as a pantry
sometimes.
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It's a-- a sanctuary for me to
get away from it all.
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Woman:
Amu? Pass me a bag of rice.
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Whoa, men at work here!
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Oh, where do I start?
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I had just come to Canada on my
visa before my wife had come,
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so I was getting a bit lonely.
But I told myself
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"Amandeep Singh, you are not
going to sit around
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"feeling sorry for yourself."
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So I'd go feed the ducks
at the pond,
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and one afternoon, I see this
guy, and he's sketching ducks.
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And so we get around to talking
and chitting and chatting,
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and all of a sudden he tells me
that's he's also carving ducks!
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I mean, he carves ducks!
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I couldn't believe it. My mind
got blasted into pieces,
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and I was like
"Are you serious?"
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So he suggests
"Let's go grab a beer."
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Like, right then, right there.
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Does it get any more Canadian
than that?
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Let's be real here, yeah?
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So we start to bro out about
duck carving
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and my head is spinning.
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I mean, the beer made me a
little light-headed too,
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but more importantly, for the
first time in Canada,
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I felt at home.
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(clock ticking)
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- Folding tables.
- Oh, yes, of course.
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Now usually the venue provides
those for you,
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but you need to let them know
how you want them arranged.
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- Yeah.
- In advance.
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You don't want to get the ones
that just, like,
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fold up like that. I've cut my
fingers many times.
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I actually broke one of my
fingers.
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Margaret:
It's so dangerous.
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Can't really bend it
that much anymore,
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but it got caught in the middle
of one. Um--
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It was a pretty-- it was touch
and go. It was touch and go.
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♪
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Frank: There's nothing fun
about carving.
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Nor should there be.
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Difficult things build
character.
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I carve with hand tools only.
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The way the original
masters did.
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Funny enough, I have never
actually taken home
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the first place ribbon myself.
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Let's just say that...
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pure technical ability
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hasn't always been valued
as highly
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as it should have been.
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This year, my carving
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will finally get the recognition
it deserves.
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♪
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I bookkeep on my folks' farm.
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I live right next door.
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Um, some people would say that
sounds a bit quiet,
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but I wouldn't-- I wouldn't want
it any other way. Um...
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I have plenty of company.
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And also just make sure that
there isn't some sort of,
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you know, wrestling match the
week before,
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'cause the tables I got after
that were all broken.
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So imagine me having to glue a
bunch of tables
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back together before-- ugh.
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♪
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My-- my mom sold the
family house,
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so I kept some things from my
dad's workshop.
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It's a bit of woodworking
humour.
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I mean, it's just odds and
ends, really.
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(chuckling)
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Looks like I was trying to
help out.
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I don't have much free time
these days, you know.
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I'm in my last year of my
fellowship,
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and I'm about to transition into
full-time ER work.
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But I love to go out.
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Eat, dance,
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leave the house.
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I think I was just initially so
attracted to him
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because he was so much fun.
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He had the ability to turn any
situation into a party
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or an adventure.
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(whirring)
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These days, he is perfectly
happy to stay home
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and carve his ducks.
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It's a dust collection system!
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It's my own design!
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Margaret:
It's a unique hobby.
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Especially when performed
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in such a thoughtfully decorated
apartment.
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♪
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♪ Oh, Alberta
don't you cry, listen to me ♪
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♪ It'll be all right,
oh-oh-oh yeah ♪
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♪ Don't hate Saskatchewan, never
meant no harm to anyone ♪
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♪ Manitoba, don't you know
you're out where ♪
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♪ You won't make it home,
back to Ontario ♪
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♪
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