Performers, Music Sources and Credits
Saturday, December 11, 2004
Live from the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota

Performers
Garrison Keillor, Sue Scott, Tim Russell, Tom Keith
The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band: Richard Dworsky, piano, keyboard, organ; Pat Donohue, guitar; John Niemann, fiddle, guitar, and mandolin; Gary Raynor, bass; Arnie Kinsella, percussion

Guests
The Tannenbaum String Quartet: Andy Stein, violin I; Allison Jones, violin II; Jenny Lind Nilsson, viola; Rebecca Arons-Goetz, cello

The House of Hope Presbyterian Church Choir School: Celesta Brainard, Starr Brainard, Julia Brooks, Hannah Dankers, Kelly Dunifon, Peter Dunifon. Ben Horstman, Brady Lorenzen, Betsy MacDonald, Abby Marose, Margaret Mather, Emma McCartney, Emiliano Morales, Isabel Nord, Martin Peper, Brianna Peterson, Linnea Quimby, Allie Ray, Emma Reasoner, Kaitlyn Reasoner, Seth Reasoner, Adam Reece, Josephine Reece, Ruth Sheldon, Graham Smith, Elikem Togo, Krista Viksnins, Laura Viksnins, Anne Walli, Mara Walli, Will Warner, Ellen Wilson, Anna Wojcicki, Isaac Wojcicki, and Kathryn Yetter. Directed by Brandon Beachamp, accompanied by Kirsten Falc Uhlenberg.



Music

TISHOMINGO BLUES (Opening theme)
—Arranged by Gary Fagin and Paul Gerike
—Garrison Keillor, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, Tannenbaum String Quartet
—w/m: Spencer Williams; new words: Garrison Keillor
—© 1917 Joseph W. Stern and Co.; © 1989Garrison Keillor

I HOPE IT SNOWS (A CHILD IS BORN IN BETHLEHEM)
—Garrison Keillor, House of Hope Church Choir, Tannenbaum String Quartet, Richard Dworsky, Howard Levy, Pat Donohue, and Gary Raynor
—m: traditional
—new words: Garrison Keillor © 2004 Garrison Keillor

OH HANUKKAH/ GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN
— Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
— w/m: traditional

HANUKKAH IN SANTA MONICA
— Garrison Keillor and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
— w/m: Tom Lehrer
— © 1990 Tom Lehrer

PLUMB script underscore
— Richard Dworsky
— m: Richard Dworsky
— © 2004 Richard Dworsky

DING DONG MERRILY ON HIGH
— House of Hope choir
— w/m: traditional

FUM FUM FUM
— House of Hope choir
— w/m: traditional

POWDERMILK BISCUIT THEME
—Garrison Keillor, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and Tannenbaum String Quartet
—w/m: Garrison Keillor
— © Garrison Keillor

ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH (in Powdermilk Biscuit Break)
— Garrison Keillor, House of Hope choir, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
— w/m: traditional

SFX script underscore
— Richard Dworsky
— m: Richard Dworsky
— © 2004 Richard Dworsky

WINTER WONDERLAND
— Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
— w/m: Dick Smith and Felix Bernard
— © WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)

GUY NOIR THEME
—Tannenbaum String Quartet, Richard Dworsky, Gary Raynor, Arnie Kinsella
—w: Garrison Keillor/ Richard Dworsky
—m: Richard Dworsky
—© 1995 Keillor/Dworsky
—Arranged by Andy Stein

GUY NOIR script underscore
—Richard Dworsky
—m: Richard Dworsky
—© 2004 Richard Dworsky

I HOPE GABRIEL LIKES MY MUSIC
— Andy Stein and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
— w/m: Dave Franklin
—© Two Dees Music (ASCAP)

SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN (Intermission)
— Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
— w/m: J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie
— © EMI Feist Catalog Inc./ Songwriter's Guild of America

DECK THE HALLS FUGUE
— Tannenbaum String Quartet
— m: Traditional Welsh
—Arranged by Andy Stein
—© Andy Stein

PEST script underscore
— Richard Dworsky
— m: Richard Dworsky
— © 2004 Richard Dworsky

SONS OF KNUTE CHRISTMAS DANCE AND DINNER (JOHNNY JOHNSON)
— Garrison Keillor, Tannenbaum String Quartet, and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
— w/m: traditional
— new words: Garrison Keillor © 2004 Garrison Keillorv — string arrangment by Richard Dworsky © 2002 Richard Dworsky

"Waltz" from CONCERTO FOR DIATONIC HARMONICA AND ORCHESTRA
— Howard Levy and Tannenbaum String Quartet
— m: Howard Levy
— © Balkan Samba Music (BMI)

HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS (in "News from Lake Wobegon")
— Richard Dworsky, Pat Donohue, Gary Raynor, and Arnie Kinsella
— w/m: Gene Autry and Oakley Haldeman
—© 1947 Autry/Haldeman

SILVER BELLS (in "News from Lake Wobegon")
— Richard Dworsky
— w/m: Ray Evans and Jay Livingston
—© Paramount Music Corp.

AWAY IN A MANGER (in "News from Lake Wobegon")
— Richard Dworsky, Gary Raynor, Arnie Kinsella
— w/m: traditional

GOOD KING WENCESLAS (in "News from Lake Wobegon")
— Tannenbaum String Quartet
— w/m: traditional

DOXOLOGY (TO THE TUNE OF HERNANDO'S HIDEAWAY) (in "News from Lake Wobegon")
— Garrison Keillor, Richard Dworsky, Pat Donohue, Gary Raynor, and Arnie Kinsella
— w: traditional
— m: Jerry Ross and Richard Adler
— © Songwriter's Guild of America

VALS IN F-DUR (in "News from Lake Wobegon")
— Tannenbaum String Quartet
— m: Gl. Noder 1823, Praestø
— © Danske Folkedanseres Spillemandskreds

SVENSK SCHOTTISCH I (in "News from Lake Wobegon")
— Tannenbaum String Quartet
— m: traditional
— © Danske Folkedanseres Spillemandskreds

PIGNERNES POLKA (in "News from Lake Wobegon")
—Tannenbaum String Quartet
— m: Vestjylland
— © Danske Folkedanseres Spillemandskreds

FRANCAISE (in "News from Lake Wobegon")
— Tannenbaum String Quartet
— m: Røddinge, Mon
— © Danske Folkedanseres Spillemandskreds

RHEINLÄNDER (in "News from Lake Wobegon")
— Tannenbaum String Quartet
— m: Lemvigegnen
— © Danske Folkedanseres Spillemandskreds

VALS IN F-DUR reprise (in "News from Lake Wobegon")
— Tannenbaum String Quartet
— m: Gl. Noder 1823, Praestø

HOME
— Pat Donohue and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
— w/m: Peter Van Steeden, Harry Clarkson, Jeff Clarkson
— © Songwriter's Guild of America (ASCAP)

BERTHA'S KITTY BOUTIQUE THEME
— Richard Dworsky and the Tannenbaum String Quartet
— m: Sergei Prokofiev
— w: Garrison Keillor © Garrison Keillor

CLONES/ BERTHA'S KITTY BOUTIQUE script underscore
— Richard Dworsky
— m: Richard Dworsky
— © 2004 Richard Dworsky

CHRISTMAS EVE BLUES
— Pat Donohue and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
— w/m: Blind Lemon Jefferson
— © Universal Music Corp.

THRIFT script underscore
—Richard Dworsky
— m: Richard Dworsky
— © 2004 Richard Dworsky

AWAY IN A MANGER
— House of Hope Choir and Richard Dworsky
— w/m: traditional

OH HANUKKAH (closer)
— Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
— w/m: traditional

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