A Prairie Home Companion for June 17, 2006 from American Public Media

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

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

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

Segment 4

01:29:12 The News From Lake Wobegon

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

Photos from the show
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Pat Donohue sings the "Suburban Blues"		Members of the Milwaukee Mandolin Orchestra wear T-shirts that read "Parents, Buy Your Child a Mandolin."


The wonderful Alice Peacock explains "You Might As Well Have Fun"		The Hopeful Gospel Quartet


The supremely talented Gary Raynor		Garrison speaks with audience members during the intermission