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May 8, 2004—Talent from Twelve to Twenty
This week, we welcome the six finalists in our Talent from Twelve to Twenty contest. A double bass and violin duo from Philadelphia; a classical pianist from Providence; a singer/songwriter from Wimberley, Texas; a uilleann piper from Baltimore; a guitarist from Eugene, Oregon; and traditional-music-playing brothers from Fulton, New York, join us on our stage at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul.
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| Segment 1 |
| 00:00:00 | Logo (MPR) |
| 00:00:13 | Tishomingo Blues |
| 00:02:30 | GK opens, talks about Major League Baseball advertising, St. Paul banning smoking |
| 00:04:43 | GK brings out talent show contestants, they draw numbers for order |
| 00:12:35 | GK announces voting procedure for the contest |
| 00:13:29 | Teen script |
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| Segment 2 |
| 00:16:08 | Eliot Grasso - "O'Hare's Tilt"/"The Chiaroscuro Jig"/"Jig of Quills" |
| 00:21:36 | Band Playoff ("No Such Thing") |
| 00:21:58 | GK talks about the awards we are giving out tonight |
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| Segment 3 |
| 00:22:24 | Katie Hyun and Nathan Farrington with Andrew Staupe - Bottesini Grand Duo, 3rd movement |
| 00:28:39 | Band Playoff ("All I Wanna Do") |
| 00:28:56 | Powdermilk Biscuit Break |
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| Segment 4 |
| 00:30:46 | Sahara Smith - "It Don't Rain Much" |
| 00:35:30 | Band playoff (Don't Know Why) |
| 00:35:45 | Rhubarb script |
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| Segment 5 |
| 00:39:42 | Andrew and Noah VanNorstrand - "Quickbeam"/"Gondolin" |
| 00:44:46 | Band Playoff (Hey Ya!) |
| 00:45:01 | GK talks about voting procedure |
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| Segment 6 |
| 00:45:36 | Brooks E. Robertson - "Cannonball Rag" |
| 00:49:43 | Band Playoff ("Get the Party Started") |
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| Segment 7 |
| 00:49:57 | Mo Tian - "Rigoletto Paraphrase" (Liszt) |
| 00:56:56 | Band Playoff ("All-Star") |
| 00:57:08 | GK announces it's time to vote! And talks about the value of music in the schools. |
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| Segment 8 |
| 00:58:44 | Mo Tian - "Rigoletto Paraphrase" (Liszt) |
| 01:01:33 | "Forever Young" - GK, Sahara Smith, Shoe Band, and Eliot Grasso |
| 01:05:33 | Welcome back to the second half, greetings, Kid script |
| 01:10:36 | More Greetings |
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| Segment 9 |
| 01:13:11 | The News from Lake Wobegon |
| 01:32:22 | "Blackbird" - Rich Dworsky |
| 01:35:00 | GK announces finalists: Brooks E. Robertson, Andrew and Noah VanNorstrand, and Sahara Smith |
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| Segment 10 |
| 01:36:50 | Andrew and Noah VanNorstrand - "Megan's Mind" |
| 01:41:11 | Sahara Smith - "Twilight Red" |
| 01:46:24 | Brooks E. Robertson - "Eiffel Power" |
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| Segment 11 |
| 01:50:36 | Sauce script |
| 01:52:00 | GK presents Ray Marklund award to Eliot Grasso |
| 01:53:53 | Audience votes for winner: Brooks E. Robertson (2nd place to Sahara Smith, 3rd place to Andrew and Noah VanNorstrand) |
| 01:57:00 | Credits |
| 01:57:33 | "Monaghan Twig" closer - Andrew and Noah VanNorstrand and Eliot Grasso |
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Photos from the show
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| Eliot Grasso | | Katie Hyun and Nathan Farrington |
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Noah and Andrew Van Norstrand |
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On July 4th, help us celebrate the 35th Anniversary of A Prairie Home Companion and the Fourth of July with a free live nationally broadcast show from Avon, MN.
From Garrison Keillor:
“When I was 16, Helen Fleischman assigned me to memorize Shakespeare’s Sonnet No. 29, ‘When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state’ for English class, and fifty years later, that poem is still in my head. Algebra got washed away, and geometry and most of biology, but those lines about the redemptive power of love in the face of shame are still here behind my eyeballs, more permanent than my own teeth. The sonnet is a durable good. These 77 of mine include sonnets of praise, some erotic, some lamentations, some street sonnets and a 12-sonnet cycle of months. If anything here offends, I beg your pardon, I come in peace, I depart in gratitude.”
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Robin & Linda Williams are among the most popular guest performers of A Prairie Home Companion (they also appeared in the movie, have performed as part of the The Hopeful Gospel Quartet, and made appearances as Marvin & Mavis Smiley). This CD features some of the duo's best harmonies from the show. Among the 12 tracks are familiar fan favorites, including "For Better or Worse", "Visions of Mother and Dad", "Tied Down, Home Free" and the title track. A collection that is muy bueno!
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