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June 17, 2006
This week we'll follow the Mississippi into the land of Lincoln and bring you a big show from the Ravinia Music Festival, in Highland Park, Illinois. With special guests, archetypal string ensemble, the Milwaukee Mandolin Orchestra, Chicago's own singer-songwriter Alice Peacock, gifted instrumentalist and composer Peter Ostroushko, and the warbling voices of eternal optimism, the Hopeful Gospel Quartet, with Robin & Linda Williams. Also with us, the Royal Academy of Radio Acting; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, the News From Lake Wobegon, and sitting in with the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, the irrepressible Andy Stein. All this and more, live this week on a Prairie Home Companion.
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| Segment 1 |
| 00:00:00 | Logo |
| 00:00:13 | "Tishomingo Blues" - GK, Guy's All-Star Shoe band |
| 00:03:04 | GK jokes |
| 00:05:15 | SFX Script |
| 00:08:39 | "Northbound Passenger Train" - Hopeful Gospel Quartet, Shoes, Peter |
| 00:10:06 | English Majors Script |
| 00:12:58 | GK talks with Alice Peacock |
| 00:14:10 | "You Might as Well Have Fun" - Alice Peacock, Peter, and Shoes |
| 00:17:25 | Spider Script |
| 00:24:00 | "Suburban Blues" - Pat Donohue, Peter, and Shoes |
| 00:28:00 | Powdermilk Biscuit Theme Break with "Sail away" and "Rise when the Rooster Crows" - GK, Hopeful Gospel Quartet, Peter and Shoes |
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| Segment 2 |
| 00:30:40 | GK talks about the Milwaukee Mandolin Orchestra |
| 00:32:10 | "U-Te-Zer" - Milwaukee Mandolin Orchestra |
| 00:35:30 | Guy Noir Script with Alice, Peter, and the Mandolin Orchestra |
| 00:50:40 | GK talks with Peter Ostroushko |
| 00:51:45 | "Mesa De Esperanza" - Peter Ostroushko and the Milwaukee Mandolin Orchestra |
| 00:55:28 | "Time" - Alice Peacock |
| 00:59:32 | GK talks about Ravinia |
| 01:00:15 | "I Couldn't Keep it to Myself" - Hopeful Gospel Quartet |
| 01:02:58 | Intermission - "My Gal Sal" - Guy's All-Star Shoe Band |
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| Segment 3 |
| 01:07:15 | Greetings and "You Send Me" - Hopeful Gospel Quartet, Peter, and Shoes |
| 01:13:58 | "St. Augustine" - Peter Ostroushko and Rich Dworsky |
| 01:14:39 | "Matamoras Banks" - Hopeful Gospel Quartet, Shoes (no Pat or Arnie) |
| 01:19:17 | "Tecumseh" - Peter and the Shoes |
| 01:23:25 | iPod Script |
| 01:26:00 | "Bright Shines the Moon" - Milwaukee Mandolin Orchestra |
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| Segment 4 |
| 01:29:12 | The News From Lake Wobegon |
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| Segment 5 |
| 01:45:33 | "If You Could Only See Your Eyes" - Alice Peacock |
| 01:48:37 | The Lives of the Cowboys Script |
| 01:55:23 | Credits |
| 01:57:02 | "Goodnight Ladies" - Hopeful Gospel Quartet, Peter, and Shoes |
| 01:58:30 | "Old Town Reel" - Peter Ostroushko and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band |
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Photos from the show
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| Pat Donohue sings the "Suburban Blues" |
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Members of the Milwaukee Mandolin Orchestra wear T-shirts that read "Parents, Buy Your Child a Mandolin." |
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| The wonderful Alice Peacock explains "You Might As Well Have Fun" |
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The Hopeful Gospel Quartet |
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| The supremely talented Gary Raynor |
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Garrison speaks with audience members during the intermission |
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