A Prairie Home Companion for May 26, 2007 from American Public Media

May 26, 2007
This week on A Prairie Home Companion we're broadcasting live from the Filene Center at Wolf Trap, America's national park for the performing arts in Vienna, Virginia. With this week's special guests, poet laureate Billy Collins, Canadian singers and songwriters The Wailin' Jennys, and joining The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, the amazing "Shoe Horns" of Dave Bargeron, Jon-Erik Kellso, and Scott Robinson. Also with us, the Royal Academy of Radio Acting: Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, The News From Lake Wobegon, and much more. Coming up this Saturday on A Prairie Home Companion.

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Segment 1

00:00:00 Logo

00:00:20 "And The Band Played the Star-Spangled Banner"/National Anthem/"Tishomingo Blues"

00:06:30 GK opens

00:06:59 "Washington DC" (Memphis, TN) - GK/Pat Donohue/Shoes

00:10:24 E.L.C.A. script

00:11:43 "T Bone Boogie" - Guy's All-Star Shoe Band

00:14:20 SFX script

00:19:42 "Washington" (Abilene) - Garrison Keillor and Pat Donohue/Shoes

00:23:16 GK talks about Billy Collins, he recites "Ballistics", "Despair", "Flock", "Hotel Rex", "Oh, My God!"

00:30:57 Al Gore script

00:33:15 Powdermilk Biscuit Break

Segment 2

00:34:48 GK introduces the Wailin' Jennys

00:36:13 "One More Dollar" - The Wailin' Jennys

00:41:10 GK talks to the Jennys

00:42:31 "Begin" - The Wailin' Jennys

00:46:04 Book script

00:58:38 "Hand Jive" - GK/ Shoes

01:03:08 Intermission/"Blue Skies" - Shoes

Segment 3

01:07:00 Greetings

01:10:00 "We'll Meet Again"/"I'll Be Seeing You" - GK/Shoes

01:13:11 "On Fertile Ground" - Rich Dworsky, Jon Kellso, Gary Raynor

Segment 4

01:16:00 News From Lake Wobegon

Segment 5

01:27:33 "Eternal Father, Strong to Save"/" Battle Hymn of the Republic"

01:30:47 "Wolf Trap Wine" - Wailin' Jennys

01:31:50 Bush script

01:35:40 Rhubarb script

01:40:22 Billy Collins talk about Robert Frost, reads "The Four Moon Planet", "Building With Its Face Blown Off"

01:46:21 "Weary Blues From Waiting" - The Wailin' Jennys

01:50:05 "Racing With the Sun" - Wailin Jennys

01:54:15 Credits, Loon script, "Hand Jive" reprise, "T Bone Boogie" reprise

Photos from the show
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Dave Bargeron, Jon-Erik Kellso, Scott Robinson and Andy Stein sound their horns		Fans bring coolers and hats for the outdoor seating at the Filene Center


Garrison shares the secret to a good life: Rhubarb		Pat Donohue does a D.C. jam to the tune of "Abilene"


Garrison steps to the rhythm		The secret songs of animals are voiced by Fred Newman