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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Segment 1
00:00:00Logo
00:00:12Tishomingo Blues
00:02:29GK opens, talks about St. Catherine's
00:03:44"If I Needed You" - GK, Prudence Johnson, Shoe Band, String Quartet
00:06:55Drama script
00:22:33"Goin' Up The Country"/"We Shall All Be Reunited" - Pat Donohue, GK, Shoe Band, Women's Choir
Segment 2
00:26:44GK talks to the Women's Choir about "Minnesota Hail to Thee"
00:27:46"Hail, Minnesota" - GK, Shoe Band, Women's Choir, String Quartet
00:30:04Powdermilk Biscuit Break - GK, Shoe Band, String Quartet
00:32:05GK talks to Sally Dworsky
00:33:09"Way Back Then" - Sally Dworsky
00:36:06English Majors script
Segment 3
00:38:00"Chicago Breakdown" - Butch Thompson
00:42:18"Hymn to St. Catherine" - Women's Choir, GK talks about the college of St. Catherine
00:54:58"Lullaby for Lila" - Sally Dworsky and Richard Dworsky, into "Misere Mei" - College of St. Catherine Women's Choir
01:02:05Intermission - "It's A Sin to Tell A Lie"
Segment 4
01:06:09Welcome Back to the 2nd half, greetings
01:08:35"I Will" - GK, Prudence, strings, choir
01:11:22"Forever Young" - GK, choir, strings, Shoe Band
01:16:40GK talks to Sister Andrea Lee, president of the college
Segment 5
01:19:52"Anyplace I Hang My Hat is Home" - Prudence Johnson
01:22:26Guy Noir script
01:31:13"A Solas" - Butch Thompson and Loner String Quartet
Segment 6
01:36:58The News from Lake Wobegon
Segment 7
01:46:43"Sanctus" - GK and women's choir
01:48:44"Say A Little Prayer" - Sally Dworsky and Shoe Band
01:52:27Catchup script
01:55:38SFX - GK and Tom Keith
01:56:55Credits
01:58:10"Next Time I'm In Town" - All/Closer

Scene at the Fitz

May 7, 2005
The Corn Palace, Mitchell, South Dakota
Peggy Shlanta from Sioux Falls with the Corn Palace's hottest menu item: popcorn.


Photos from the show
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Pat Donohue, with "Goin' Up The Country"/"We Shall All Be Reunited." Our loner string quartet, with "Hail, Minnesota."
Garrison and the Royal Academy of Radio Acting, with the English Majors script. The College of St. Catherine Women's Choir, with their "Hymn to St. Catherine."
Vocalist Prudence Johnson, with "Anyplace I Hang My Hat is Home." Butch Thompon plays "A Solas."

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