May 27, 2000
 Live from the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota, A Prairie Home Companion welcomes the Plymouth Ensemble Singers, Peter Ostroushko and Maria Jette.

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00:00Logo
00:12Tishomingo
02:05So Great To Be Here In Minneapolis...
04:29Everybody Knows It When You're From St. Paul
08:19Applause - GK Talk About the Guthrie
13:26Benny's Bugle
16:16Applause - GK Back Announce
16:29American Diminishment Clinic
18:01Applause
18:11Indiana (Minneapolis)
23:40Applause - Back Announce
23:59Hunka Hunka Grill
26:20Applause - Forward Promote Guy Noir
26:42Powdermilk Biscuit Break
28:22GK Welcome Peter Howard - Talk with Peter Howard - Talk with Nicole Hanson
33:30Schumann's "Nicht Zu Rasch"
35:31Applause - Present Award to Nicole Hanson
36:50Applause
37:46Guy Noir
53:46Applause - GK Talk More About the Neighborhood
56:00Kathy Intro Tune
56:16The Innocent Years
59:37Applause, Kathy Segue
100:18BFD
103:20Applause, GK Back Announce, Segue to Intermission
104:02Dinah
107:45Welcome Back to the Second Half...Greetings
111:45The Art of Parenting
117:45Applause
118:05Weeping Willow Blues
121:00Applause - GK Back Announce
121:16Monologue - Graduation Parties, Banquet, Cemetery on Memorial Day
145:02Long Long Ago
147:11Lament For Javanette
149:23Applause - GK Talk to Kathy Mattea
151:01Why Can't We?
154:58Credits
156:50Red River Valley
157:55The Isle of Inishmore

 Photos from the show
Kathy Mattea Kathy Mattea in rehearsal
A drawing of a young audience member The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis
GK with Kathy Mattea American Diminishment Clinic

Guest Information
  • Kathy Mattea
  • Nicole Hanson
  • Butch Thompson
    •      		Scripts
  • American Diminishment Clinic
  • Hunka Hunka Grill
  • Guy Noir
  • The Art of Parenting
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