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March 31, 2007
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, we'll wrap up our spring run at the Town Hall with special guests, Cuban charanga orquestra YeraSon. We'll have Brooklyn bluegrass beauty Jen Larson, and we'll announce the winner of our spring poetry contest, a gifted writer soon to be resting comfortably on a bed of roses, compliments of Select Comfort. Also with us, the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, the Royal Academy of Radio Acting, and the News from Lake Wobegon. It's an all-new show for spring coming up this Saturday...
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| Segment 1 |
| 00:00:00 | Logo |
| 00:00:13 | "Tishomingo Blues" - GK, Shoe Band |
| 00:02:06 | GK talks about tonight's poetry contest, New York, weather |
| 00:05:51 | Fred SFX script |
| 00:09:09 | "Springtime Blues" - Pat Donohue, Jen Larson and Shoe Band |
| 00:12:55 | GK talks about the 15 poem finalists |
| 00:13:10 | "Hard Times" - GK, Jen Larson and Shoe Band |
| 00:16:35 | Rhubarb script |
| 00:20:12 | GK explains the poetry contest, reads poems, talks with poets on the phone, actors and Rich sings some of the poems |
| 00:29:54 | GK introduces Yerason, "Compadre Pedro Juan" |
| 00:33:07 | Powdermilk Biscuit Break |
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| Segment 2 |
| 00:34:50 | GK reads more poems |
| 00:40:41 | All Right script |
| 00:50:40 | Crispy script |
| 00:57:06 | GK talks with Yrving Years |
| 00:59:00 | "Cantinerito" - Yerason |
| 01:02:39 | GK reads more poems |
| 01:05:55 | Intermission/"There'll Be Some Changes Made" |
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| Segment 3 |
| 01:10:00 | Welcome Back to the 2nd Half, greetings |
| 01:12:28 | "You Are My Flower" - GK, Jen Larson and Shoes |
| 01:16:03 | Ruth script |
| 01:25:22 | More poems |
| 01:33:50 | "Walk it Off" - Shoe Band |
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| Segment 4 |
| 01:35:32 | News From Lake Wobegon |
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| Segment 5 |
| 01:48:24 | "Jamaiquino" - Yerason |
| 01:51:32 | Winning poet's name is drawn, "Red River Valley" closer |
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Photos from the show
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Click images to view slideshow. (Photos taken by Kevan Olesen)
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| Broken glass is a very difficult sound to replicate so they use the real thing instead |
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Jen Larson helps Pat Donohue with "Springtime Blues" |
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| Rich sings some of the entries of our spring lyrics contest |
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New York-based YeraSon |
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| Crispy the Rescue Dog leaves GK and Sue stuck in a mineshaft |
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YeraSon perform "Cantinerito" |
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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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