A Prairie Home Companion: November 20, 2004

November 20, 2004
The more the merrier, we always say, and that's why we're happy to have the 32 voices of Philip Brunelle's VocalEssence Ensemble Singers filling the glorious old Fitz again this Saturday. We've also invited Australia's bluesy rock & roll singer Kasey Chambers, plus guitarist/mandolinist/fiddler John Niemann, the Royal Academy of Radio Acting, and more.

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Segment 1

00:00:00 Logo

00:00:12 Tishomingo Blues

00:02:19 "Over the River and Through the Woods" - Shoe Band/GK talks about Thanksgiving

00:04:40 "Minnesota Thanksgiving" - GK/VocalEssence/Rich Dworsky

00:08:44 Award script

00:21:47 GK talks to Kasey Chambers

00:22:58 "Like a River" - Kasey Chambers

00:26:41 "Pony" - Kasey Chambers

00:31:30 Powdermilk Biscuit Break

Segment 2

00:33:07 GK introduces VocalEssence, reads audience thank you messages

00:35:00 "My Shepherd Will Supply My Need" - VocalEssence

00:38:12 GK reads more audience thanks

00:39:36 "Navajo Prayer" - VocalEssence

Segment 3

00:41:18 Meat script

00:42:32 Guy Noir

00:52:49 "Thanksgiving Cantata" - Vern Sutton, Janis Hardy, VocalEssence

01:03:20 Intermission/"Charmaine" - Shoe Band

Segment 4

01:10:12 Department of Folk Song: "Juanita," On the Road to Mandalay," "Du, Du Liegst Mir Im Herzen"

01:18:00 "Hornpipes Aplenty" - Guy's All-Star Shoe Band

01:20:26 GK talks to Kasey Chambers

01:23:00 "Not Pretty Enough" - Kasey Chambers

01:26:40 "Bluebird" - Kasey Chambers

01:31:03 "Come Live With Me and Be My Love" - VocalEssence

Segment 5

01:35:07 The News from Lake Wobegon

Segment 6

01:50:23 "O Herbst" - VocalEssence

01:53:22 Catchup script

01:56:20 Credits, "On the Road to Mandalay," "Over the River and Through the Woods" - Guy's All-Star Shoe Band

Photos from the show
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Bluesy Australian singer Kasey Chambers and her band, with "Like a River."		Philip Brunelle leads his VocalEssence Ensemble singers in "My Shepherd Will Supply My Need."


Sound-effects man Tom Keith is behind the sounds of Guy Noir's stories.		Hardy, Sutton and the Ensemble Singers perform the Thanksgiving Cantata, which was written with messages submitted by listeners and audience members.


Garrison chats with Bill Chambers, Kasey Chambers' backup guitarist and dad.		Garrison Keillor leads the audience in "On the Road To Mandalay."

Guest Recordings Kasey Chambers VocalEssence		Music Information Performers, music sources and credits

Guest Information Kasey Chambers Philip Brunelle and the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers		Scripts Award script Meat script Guy Noir Catchup script

Lyrics

Thanksgiving Cantata

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The Vinges
& their Friends

Joel and Sheila Vinge (second and third from left) of Cranbrook, British Columbia, told their Minnesota-based friends and family — the Moxnesses of Fridley and North St. Paul and the Vinges of Woodbury — that they simply wouldn't book another trip to the Twin Cities unless Garrison was in town. They've missed the show twice before, apparently, but on November 20, we caught up with them in the lobby, waiting to take their seats.