A Prairie Home Companion from American Public Media

September 10, 2005
This weekend we're headed to Hutchinson, Kansas, for a live performance from the Kansas State Fair. We've invited blues singer Kelley Hunt, plus Cindy Cashdollar on dobro and steel guitar and Elana Fremerman on fiddle. The Royal Academy of Radio Acting will be there, and we'll do the News From Lake Wobegon, too. Join us...

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Segment 1

00:00:00 Logo

00:00:11 Tishomingo Blues

00:02:15 GK talks about Kansas, flat land, grass

00:03:16 "I'm in Kansas" - GK and Shoes

00:04:44 "Down in the Boondocks—Kansas" - GK and Shoes

00:08:39 Kansas script - Sue Scott and GK

00:10:35 GK intros Elana Fremerman

00:11:04 "Sunflower" - Elana Fremerman, Kelley Hunt, and Shoes

00:13:48 GK talks to Kelley Hunt about Emporia, Kansas

00:14:30 "Roses" - Kelley Hunt and Shoes

Segment 2

00:18:55 GK talks about the state fair, midway, livestock

00:19:20 "Home on the Range" - Kelley Hunt, GK, Shoes

00:23:38 "Last Fair Deal Gone Down" - Pat Donohue and Shoes

00:26:41 Rhubarb script

00:29:31 GK talks about "intelligent design", his children, the government

00:30:30 Powdermilk Biscuit Break/"Cherokee Shuffle"

Segment 3

00:34:15 GK introduces the Kansas Men's Barbershop Chorus

00:36:00 "Aura Lee"/"Love Me Tender" - Kansas Men's Barbershop Chorus

00:39:46 Guy Noir script (with Governor Kathleen Sebelius)

00:55:27 GK talks to Kelley Hunt

00:55:50 "You Gotta Be The Vessel" - Kelley Hunt

00:58:40 "Coney Island Baby" - Kansas Men's Barbershop Chorus

01:01:55 Intermission/"Old Fashioned Love"

Segment 4

01:06:07 Welcome Back to the 2nd Half, more Kansas talk

01:06:39 Greetings

01:09:48 GK talks with Governor Kathleen Sebelius

01:13:29 "Kansas Rap" - GK, Gary Raynor, Arnie Kinsella

01:18:00 GK talks about 4H, talks with Jamie Smidt

01:21:19 GK talks to Elana Fremerman about Prairie Village, Kansas

01:22:32 "It's All Your Fault" - Elana Fremerman and Shoe Band

01:24:40 English Majors script

01:27:40 "Pig Meat Strut" - Pat Donohue

Segment 5

01:28:52 The News from Lake Wobegon

Segment 6

01:44:20 "That's What Makes You Strong" - Kelley Hunt

01:48:26 GK talks about the history of Hutchinson

01:51:28 Catchup script

01:54:12 SFX script (animal talent show)

01:56:17 Credits

Photos from the show
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Garrison introduces Kansas Governor, Kathleen Sebelius.		The crowd in the Grandstand.


Kelley Hunt		Sue Scott and Tim Russell


The Carousel		Garrison closing out the show.