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
00:00:00Logo (MPR)
00:00:11Tishomingo Blues
00:02:35GK talks about the snow disappearing from NYC streets, expensive baseball games, Al Gore endorsing Howard Dean
Segment 2
00:05:04GK'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
00:18:44Radio script
00:31:05"Winter Wonderland" - Suzzy and Maggie Roche
00:33:31Powdermilk Biscuit Break
Segment 4
00:35:48Wright Brothers script
00:41:41GK talks with Nicolai Lugansky
00:43:12"Elegy Op. 3 No. 1" (Rachmaninoff) - Nikolai Lugansky
Segment 5
00:49:26Guy Noir script
00:58:40"Jump Steady" - Butch Thompson, piano
01:01:40Intermission - At the Jazz Band Ball
01:05:57Welcome back to the 2nd half, Greetings
01:09:31Trip Giveaway winners announced
01:12:57"Prelude Op.3 No. 2" (Rachmaninoff) - Nikolai Lugansky
01:18:10GK talks with Al Franken
01:19:49"Chanukah Medley" - Shoe Band
Segment 6
01:22:22The News from Lake Wobegon
01:34:24"Silent Night" - Butch Thompson, piano
Segment 7
01:38:09Christmas (Roche Sisters) script
01:54:30Credits/ Goodnight Ladies/ Music Goes Round closer

Photos from the show
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Maggie and Suzzy RocheSue Scott
Vince Giordano Al Franken
Tim Russell

Guest Information
  • Suzzy and Maggie Roche
  • Butch Thompson
  • Vince Giordano
  • Andy Stein
  • Randy Sandke
  • Nikolai Lugansky
  • Guest Recordings
  • The Roches
  • Butch Thompson
  • Vince Giordano
  • Randy Sandke

  • Scripts
  • GK's Christmas Poem
  • Radio
  • Wright Brothers
  • .
  • Guy Noir
  • Christmas




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