[0:10] The Big Spiel is like TCCA's biggest [0:13] fundraiser. It's like kind of what they [0:15] do to to fund the entire year and they [0:18] fund programs from junior curling to um [0:23] just regular curling instruction [0:25] throughout the Twin Cities area. The big [0:28] spiel is the largest bond spiel in the [0:30] nation. We have 96 teams. They come from [0:33] 29 states, 57 clubs. So, it is it is [0:37] something that is very unique in the [0:38] curling world. It brings a lot of [0:40] exposure to our clubs from um the [0:42] surrounding areas, the surrounding [0:43] states. They're spending money at the at [0:45] the restaurants, at the hotels. [0:47] Minnesota is definitely known for, you [0:49] know, being the the mecca of curling in [0:51] the nation where this is the place where [0:54] a lot of our Olympians are coming out of [0:56] for Minnesota. [0:57] >> I'm Moren Clark. I'm a 2006 Olympian. I [1:00] was on the women's curling team in [1:02] Torino, Italy. I started curling when I [1:04] was six in my hometown in Wisconsin. Um, [1:06] I grew up about three blocks from the [1:08] curling club in my hometown. My whole [1:10] family curled, so it was just sort of [1:12] natural. I spent a lot of time at the [1:14] curling club. I was lucky enough to be [1:16] asked to curl with um two women from [1:19] Minnesota actually, which is how I ended [1:21] up in Minnesota. The community of people [1:23] that you meet in curling is just really [1:25] welcoming and they obviously all like [1:27] something a little odd like you do. So, [1:29] you find your people. Just come to a [1:31] curling club. Curlers are pretty [1:33] friendly people and anyone will answer [1:35] your questions about what the sport is [1:37] and how you can get into it. And a lot [1:39] of the clubs in the Twin Cities area [1:40] have learned to curls that are really [1:42] accessible for anyone. If you'd like to [1:44] get involved in curling, you would need [1:46] to go to our twin [1:46] citiescurlingassociation.org [1:48] website. And if you click on clubs from [1:51] that, it will bring you to six of our [1:53] clubs. And if there's one in your area, [1:55] I encourage you to contact them to sign [1:57] up. Do a learn to curl, get into a [1:59] league, or even curl in a curling bonds [2:01] field. [2:03] Stop.