A Prairie Home Companion: December 13, 2003

December 13, 2003
This weekend we return to the blanketed NYC for a live broadcast from Town Hall in Times Square. We have on board jazz man Vince Giordano, pianist and clarinetist Butch Thompson, violinist Andy Stein, and trumpeter Randy Sandke.

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Segment 1

00:00:00 Logo (MPR)

00:00:11 Tishomingo Blues

00:02:35 GK talks about the snow disappearing from NYC streets, expensive baseball games, Al Gore endorsing Howard Dean

Segment 2

00:05:04 GK's Christmas Poem

00:10:15 "The Music Goes Round and Round" - Vince Giordano and Shoe band

00:12:56 "Santa's Back in Town" - GK and Shoe band

00:14:43 "Fit as a Fiddle" - Andy Stein and Shoe band

Segment 3

00:18:44 Radio script

00:31:05 "Winter Wonderland" - Suzzy and Maggie Roche

00:33:31 Powdermilk Biscuit Break

Segment 4

00:35:48 Wright Brothers script

00:41:41 GK talks with Nicolai Lugansky

00:43:12 "Elegy Op. 3 No. 1" (Rachmaninoff) - Nikolai Lugansky

Segment 5

00:49:26 Guy Noir script

00:58:40 "Jump Steady" - Butch Thompson, piano

01:01:40 Intermission - At the Jazz Band Ball

01:05:57 Welcome back to the 2nd half, Greetings

01:09:31 Trip Giveaway winners announced

01:12:57 "Prelude Op.3 No. 2" (Rachmaninoff) - Nikolai Lugansky

01:18:10 GK talks with Al Franken

01:19:49 "Chanukah Medley" - Shoe Band

Segment 6

01:22:22 The News from Lake Wobegon

01:34:24 "Silent Night" - Butch Thompson, piano

Segment 7

01:38:09 Christmas (Roche Sisters) script

01:54:30 Credits/ Goodnight Ladies/ Music Goes Round closer