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May 13, 2006
This week, as we launch our fleet of long ships for the journey to Reykjavik Iceland, we'll present a special re-broadcast from May 2003. It's a harmonic convergence of the Fishing Opener, Mother's Day and Syttende Mai in Lake Wobegon. Featuring soprano Maria Jette and Dan Chouinard, Howard Levy, VocalEssence, Robin & Linda Williams, violinist Jorja Fleezanis, and original Powdermilk Biscuit: Adam Granger.
In Lake Wobegon, Myrtle Krebsbach sets off weight loss mania, causing 300 people with 500 chins to lose 4000 pounds in 10 weeks.
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| Segment 1 |
| 00:00:00 | Logo |
| 00:00:12 | Tishomingo Blues |
| 00:00:56 | GK Intro |
| 00:02:20 | "Green Summer" - Robin and Linda Williams and Their Fine Group |
| 00:07:38 | Catchup script |
| 00:10:29 | "Springtime on Broadway" - Marvin and Mavis Smiley (a.k.a. Robin and Linda Williams) |
| 00:14:36 | "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" - Howard Levy and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band |
| 00:17:48 | Choir script |
| 00:30:11 | Powdermilk Biscuits |
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| Segment 2 |
| 00:32:25 | "When She Loved Me" - Maria Jette and Dan Chouinard |
| 00:35:55 | "Blues Come Around" - Robin and Linda Williams |
| 00:39:03 | Howard Levy Harmonicas script |
| 00:41:20 | "Howard's Boogie" - Howard Levy |
| 00:42:24 | American Fishing Theater script |
| 00:53:09 | Intermission/"Three Little Words" |
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| Segment 3 |
| 00:57:16 | Syttende Mai script (with VocalEssence) |
| 01:04:40 | GK talks with Norwegian Opera singers |
| 01:13:31 | "Rumanian Folk Dances" - Jorja Fleezanis, violin |
| 01:18:34 | GK Fishing Opener talk |
| 01:20:14 | "Mama Tried" - GK and Adam Granger |
| 01:24:48 | "The Sweetest Gift" - GK and Adam Granger |
| 01:28:38 | Mother's Day script |
| 01:36:25 | "St. Paul Mom" - GK and Adam Granger |
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| Segment 4 |
| 01:41:17 | The News from Lake Wobegon |
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| Segment 5 |
| 01:53:11 | "Evening Prayer" - VocalEssence |
| 01:55:23 | GK Closing Credits |
| 01:55:56 | "Mama" - Maria Jette and Dan Chouinard |
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On July 4th, help us celebrate the 35th Anniversary of A Prairie Home Companion and the Fourth of July with a free live nationally broadcast show from Avon, MN.
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.”
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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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