August 14, 2004
 We help Chicago celebrate its 100th annual Ravinia Festival with a live broadcast from the Ravinia Park Pavilion. We're joined by opera singers Nicole Cabell and Quinn Kelsey, as well as gospel singer Jearlyn Steele and bluegrass quintet the Kenny and Amanda Smith Band.

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Segment 1
00:00:00Logo
00:00:13Tishomingo Blues
00:02:21GK opens, SFX , GK introduces guests
00:06:05GK talks about Chicago, more SFX
00:07:17"O Mio Babbino Caro" - Nicole Cabell and Craig Rutenberg
00:10:04Chicago song ("A Studio Apartment in Joliet") - GK and band
Segment 2
00:12:23Bush/Kerry script
00:23:19GK talks about Clarence Darrow, Studs Terkel, Saul Bellow, John Prine
00:23:56"Dear Abby" - GK, Jearlyn Steele, Shoe Band
00:27:30GK talks to Jearlyn Steele
00:29:35"Savior, Like A Shepherd Lead Us" - GK, Jearlyn, Shoe Band
00:33:58Powdermilk Biscuit Break
Segment 3
00:36:20GK introduces The Kenny and Amanda Smith Band
00:36:40"Slowly But Surely" - The Kenny and Amanda Smith Band
00:39:10GK talks about Ravinia's 100th Anniversary, introduces Quinn Kelsey and Nicole Cabell, talks about Mozart's Don Giovanni
00:40:20"La ci darem la mano" - Quinn Kelsey and Nicole Cabell, with Craig Rutenberg
Segment 4
00:46:04Guy Noir script
01:02:30Intermission- Sittin' On Top of the World
01:06:48Welcome Back, GK talks about Ravinia, greetings
01:11:49"Bill" - Nicole Cabell, Richard Dworsky, and Gary Raynor
01:15:50"Souvenirs" - GK, Pat Donohue, Shoe Band
01:19:10"Bess You Is My Woman Now" - Nicole Cabell, Quinn Kelsey, Craig Rutenberg
01:25:47Gospel Medley - GK and Jearlyn
Segment 5
01:32:21The News From Lake Wobegon
Segment 6
01:48:42"The Sorrell Stroll" - Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
01:51:00GK talks to Kenny and Amanda Smith
01:52:18"I Know Where Love Lives" - The Kenny and Amanda Smith Band
01:53:30Credits, SFX
01:57:30"The Parting Glass" / "Red Haired Boy" closer

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"Blues Off"Jearlyn Steele
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Nicole Cabell Kenny and Amanda Smith Band

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