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Today was an easy day in Copenhagen. Very light on activities - probably due to the extraordinary events thrown last evening which began with a dinner reception for all delegates and our presentation team. We followed that event with a tremendous dance-club event with great live entertainment.

So, todays post will be short but you will see that I've posted lots more photos and captions today.

The buzz here is still really good in relation to our chances to bring home the gold. I am having so much fun meeting local residents and people from the other competing nations. I spent some time with some reporters from Madrid last night who have us neck-and-neck with Rio for the prize... they are very complementary of our country.

We have these great blue jackets that we wear everywhere we go and it seems we are the only delegation in "uniform" so we really stand out in town. The running, biking and special events we have hosted also seem to be dominating the local media coverage. I mean sure the King of Spain is probably a great guy but we have Oprah here!

She got a really big round of applause as she exited her car today at the palace. The heads of each delegation met with the Danish queen today. Oprah arrived with Mayor Daley and Michelle arrived soon afterward.

We have a really powerful presentation team and are excited to see them in action. That begins at 8:40 AM in Copenhagen, 1:40 AM in Chicago. Set your alarm. :)

Chicago is the first of the four to present. In sales, you typically want to be first or last in this situation. Being first is good because they will compare all other presentations to that of Chicago's. Rio, by the way, goes third.

I like our chances. Stay tuned on Friday and we will hear an announcement around the 6:00 PM hour in Copenhagen, 11 AMish in Chicago.

I feel the crescendo building...