June 23, 2001
 Live from the Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery near Seattle, Washington, A Prairie Home Companion welcomes singer Mollie O'Brien, guitarist Nina Gerber and fiddlers from Seattle's Skandia Folkdance Society.

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 No Ash Will Burn (Mollie O'Brien and Nina Gerber)
News from Lake Wobegon

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00:00Logo
00:13Tishomingo, into Seattle Talk
04:48Lonesome Valley - GK and Mollie, GASB
09:59Applause, GK Talk About Peacock, Bush Script
12:50Applause, Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble
15:50Applause, Talk About Summer Solstice
16:45English Majors Script
20:53Applause, GK Recite Shakespeare
23:00"Ripple" - GK, Mollie, Nina, Band
27:22Powdermilk Biscuit Break
29:18GK Talk, American Pharmaceuticals, Applause
32:49GK, Mollie, Nina Banter, into "Alaska"
37:17Applause, Mollie Intros In My Girlish Days
40:50Applause, GK Back Announce, Guy Noir
54:38Applause, GK Talk About Midsummer, Fiddlers Enter
59:22Applause, GK Talk About Fiddlers, Flowers
1:01:18Schottishe - Fiddlers
1:02:59Applause, Promenade, Polska
1:05:23Jazz Me Blues - Intermission
1:09:43Applause, Welcome Back to the Second Half, Midsummer Unity Festival Script
1:19:16Applause, GK Back Announce, Greetings
1:23:09GK Intros Mollie and Nina - No Ash Will Burn
1:28:43Applause, GK Back Announce, Monologue
1:47:48Applause, Kindlin' Wood/ O What a Beautiful Morning
1:52:16Applause, Catchup
1:53:54Applause, Credits
1:55:35Goodnight Sweethear/Fiddle Playoff Closer

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Mollie O'Brien and Nina Gerber GK with the Skandia Folkdance Society
The stage at the Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery One of the residents of the winery in all his glory
GK and cast in the Midsummer Unity Festival skit Promenade leader Paul Foley with staff member Alan Frechtman
Mollie O'Brien

Guest Recordings
  • Mollie O'Brien
  • Nina Gerber
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    Guest Information
  • Mollie O'Brien
  • Nina Gerber
  • Skandia Folkdance Society
    •      		Scripts
  • President Bush
  • American Pharmaceuticals
  • Guy Noir
  • Midsummer Unity Festival
  • Catchup
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