I was at the Forks when they announced that the Winnipeg Jets were coming back. And that was a really emotional time for a lot of people in Winnipeg who had been fans of the Jets and had to go through them leaving. – Nick Lupien

I say to people, Think of something you just love doing.” Well, that’s the Folkfest to me, you know? Even though it’s a real smorgasboard of different acts, it’s the lesser known acts that I go for because you, you always find somebody new.” – Joan Melanson

I chose it initially because I’d lived in the community before and I liked the mix of people in the community and how they got along together. So it’s become my home, I guess. – Dennis Dwyer

It has kept the community of Wabowden as the community of Wabowden all these years. – Reg Meade

Any spare moment the guys had with a loader or a fire truck, we were out there straighten out their land down there, and watering the grass and building the golf course. – Conrad Hykawy