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February 24, 2007
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, we're taking some time off to thaw out and will be airing the best of two shows we did at the Ted Mann Concert Hall on the campus of the University of Minnesota, back in January of last year. Garrison recalls his days at the U of M, including his first job at the campus radio station KUOM. We'll get a lesson in Latin, librarian Ruth Harrison wrestles a former classmate to the ground, and Robin & Linda Williams and Carol Elizabeth Jones join Garrison as The Hopeful Gospel Quartet. Also on the show: Nashville rising star Adrienne Young, Bulgarian violin prodigy Bella Hristova, and U of M vocal student Janine Bremault. Plus Andy Stein sitting in with Rich Dworsky and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band. Tune in this Saturday for a special re-broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion.
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| Segment 1 |
| 00:00:56 | GK Open
| | 00:02:22 | "University Stomp" - Andy Stein and The Guy's All Star Shoe Band |
| 00:05:24 | GK Introduces Robert Sonkowsky |
| 00:06:13 | Robert Sonkowsky recites a poem by Horace |
| 00:09:43 | "Recitative and Scherzo" (Kreisler), Bella Hristova |
| 00:14:46 | Gopher Script |
| 00:17:22 | GK Introduces Adrienne Young |
| 00:18:10 | "Plow to the End of the Row" - Adrienne Young and Hans Holzen |
| 00:22:33 | "The Art of Virtue" - Adrienne Young, Hans Holzen and Shoes |
| 00:25:49 | Powdermilk Biscuit Break |
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| Segment 2 |
| 00:28:14 | GK Talks with Rich Dworsky about U of M |
| 00:30:18 | "College Blues" - Pat Donohue and Shoes |
| 00:33:37 | "Musetta's Waltz" - Janine Bremault |
| 00:36:00 | "Don't Think Twice/It's Allright/Knockin' On Heaven's Door" - GK, Prudence Johnson, Adrienne Young and Shoes |
| 00:41:14 | "Tango #3 Caprice" (Piazzola), Bella Hristova
| | 00:44:22 | Guy Noir script |
| 00:57:47 | "Brokedown Palace" - Adrienne Young, Hans Holzen, GK, Prudence Johnson and Shoes |
| 01:01:52 | Intermission ("At The Jazz Band Ball") |
| 01:02:00 | GK Intermission Credits
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| Segment 3 |
| 01:05:52 | GK Welcome Back, plus Wagner's "Hojotoho" - Maria Jette |
| 01:08:19 | University of Minnesota Rouser, Hockey Pep Band led by Skeeter Burroughs |
| 01:11:46 | "Shlaf in Meinen Arn" and "Swedisches Wiegenlied" - Maria Jette, Sonya Thompson, Andy Stein, and Gary Raynor |
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| Segment 4 |
| 01:15:33 | The News from Lake Wobegon, plus Radio script and "Oh, Mary" - The Hopeful Gospel Quartet |
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| Segment 5 |
| 01:36:49 | GK Introduces Butch Thompson |
| 01:38:49 | "Ecuadorian Memories" - Butch Tompson |
| 01:41:47 | GK Introduces Linda Williams |
| 01:42:12 | "Highway Patrolman" - The Hopeful Gospel Quartet |
| 01:46:57 | Ruth Harrison script |
| 01:53:59 | GK Introduce Janine Bremault |
| 01:54:23 | "My Funny Valentine" - Janine Bremault |
| 01:57:41 | GK Outro (w/ Shoes Closer) |
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Photos from the show
Click images to view slideshow. (Photos taken by Andrea McAvey)
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| The Weisman Art Museum, designed by Frank Gehry |
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It's the first of several Brunhildes, embodied by Maria Jette |
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| Sue Scott and Tim Russell perform the script "Gopher." |
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Adrienne Young with Hans Holzen perform the title cut from Adrienne's cd, "Plow to the End of the Row." |
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| Tom Keith "pulls on some surgical gloves" by way of a small blue balloon. |
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Sue Scott wags her finger as Ruth Harrison, reference librarian. |
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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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