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Chicago was excited to host the festivities this year, which included a national governance gathering and dinner with special guest, &#39;Hoop Dreams&#39; filmmaker Peter Gilbert, who welcomed everyone with a speech and clips from his award-winning documentary.<\/p>\n<p>On another evening, the executive directors and board members were introduced to some of our 4th and 5th grade &quot;Junior Coaches&quot; who led them in a series of games including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/make-recess-count\/games\/birds-prey\" target=\"_blank\">birds of prey<\/a>, four corners tag, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/make-recess-count\/games\/down-stop-go\" target=\"_blank\">up down stop go<\/a>. 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