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February 2005
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February 5, 2005
The VocalEssence Ensemble Singers will join us at the Fitz again this weekend; we've asked them to pick out some love songs, in honor of a certain saint and his upcoming holiday. Stop by for a listen. You'll hear a word or two from the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, too, plus the News From Lake Wobegon and more.

February 12, 2005
We'll be on the edge of our seats at the Fitz this weekend, waiting to see what the young guys in the rebellious Appalachian string band Old Crow Medicine Show have for us. We'll be glad to have them (back for the first time since September), along with Peter Ostroushko, Prudence Johnson, John Niemann, and more.

February 19, 2005
Join us this weekend for our second annual teen talent contest: Talent From Twelve To Twenty. We flew these kids into St. Paul for the last Fitz show of the season—from Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, Idaho, Michigan and Georgia (click here to read more about the contestants). We can't wait to show you what they can do.

February 26, 2005
We'll be at the College of St. Catherine this weekend, saying goodbye to St. Paul (until next fall, anyway), with some old friends: Butch Thompson will join us, as will Sally Dworsky and Prudence Johnson. Plus: the St. Kate's Women's Choir, a string quartet, and more. Join us.



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77 Love Sonnets by Garrison Keillor

77 Love Sonnets 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.”


Robin and Linda Williams: Buena Vista

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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