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December 22, 2007
This week on A Prairie Home Companion we'll visit the Zoellner Center at Lehigh University, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. "...How still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by. Yet in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting light; The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight..." But, there's no need to open the front door and let valuable heat escape for just any pitch-challenged carolers, because we've two excellent local choirs, The Central Moravian Church Choir and The Bach Choir of Bethlehem, as well as some fine holiday hollerin' from Robin & Linda Williams. Also with us, The Royal Academy of Radio Acting; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman, the Guy's All-Star Festivus Five, and the News from Lake Wobegon. Join us this weekend as the dark night wakes, the glory breaks, and Christmas comes once more.
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| Segment 1 |
| 00:00:00 | Logo |
| 00:00:15 | GK opens, talks about the gift of Christmas |
| 00:01:37 | Tishomingo Blues |
| 00:03:54 | GK talks about Bethlehem, Moravians |
| 00:05:37 | Infant Holy, Infant Lowly- Bach Choir of Bethlehem and Central Moravian Church Choir |
| 00:08:17 | Cowboys script (with Central Moravian Church Choir) |
| 00:17:52 | Pat Donohue and GK talk about the Martin Guitar company in Nazareth, MN, Jimmie Rodgers Guitar - "T for Tannenbaum" |
| 00:19:33 | Pat talks about the Ditson Dreadnaught/ "Hark The Herald Angels Sing" |
| 00:21:30 | Pat talks about the D-45/ "O Come, Emmanuel/ Pat A Pan/ God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" |
| 00:24:24 | Powdermilk Biscuit Break/ "Angels We Have Heard on High" - GK, Robin & Linda, choirs, Shoes |
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| Segment 2 |
| 00:27:18 | GK talks about Moravians |
| 00:28:10 | O "Jesulein Suss" - Central Moravian Church Choir |
| 00:29:33 | Walking Through Your Town in the Snow" - GK, Robin & Linda, Shoe Band |
| 00:33:02 | "Joy to the World" - Pat Donohue |
| 00:35:36 | "O Little Town of Bethlehem" - Bach Choir of Bethlehem |
| 00:39:19 | "A Child is Born in Bethlehem" - GK/ both choirs/ Rich Dworsky, Andy Stein and Gary Raynor |
| 00:43:45 | "Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming" - Bach Choir of Bethlehem |
| 00:47:23 | Ruth Harrison script |
| 00:58:00 | "Precious Memories" - GK, Central Moravian Church Choir and Shoe Band |
| 01:01:48 | Intermission- Deck The Halls/ Good King Wenceslas |
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| Segment 3 |
| 01:05:30 | Greetings |
| 01:09:08 | Plumber script- "O Thou That Come To Repair The Appliance"- Central Moravian Church Choir |
| 01:11:19 | Gk talks more about Moravians |
| 01:16:23 | "For Unto Us A Child is Born" - The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band |
| 01:17:48 | "Calling My Children Home" - GK, Robin & Linda, Shoe Band |
| 01:21:43 | "Morning Star" - Evan Pretti and Central Moravian Church Choir |
| 01:25:26 | "O Little Town of Bethlehem" - Pat Donohue |
| 01:26:32 | "Brightest and Best" - Robin & Linda Williams and Central Moravian Church Choir |
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| Segment 4 |
| 01:31:14 | The News from Lake Wobegon (with "Love's Old Sweet Song" and "Juanita")(Download MP3) |
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| Segment 5 |
| 01:45:30 | "Still, Still, Still" - The Bach Choir of Bethlehem |
| 01:49:15 | Regifting script |
| 01:50:10 | Cranberry script |
| 01:53:53 | Credits, Silent Night |
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| Pat Donohue plays several rare and beautiful guitars in a segment highlighting the Martin Guitar Company. |
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A view from the house. |
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| Garrison greets the Bethlehem audience at the top of the show to discuss the gift of Christmas. |
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The Bach Choir of Bethlehem with a warm rendition of the unofficial hometown carol, 'O Little Town of Bethlehem.' |
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| The Royal Academy of Radio Actors: Fred Newman, Tim Russell, Sue Scott and Garrison Keillor. |
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Everyone sings along for the final song of the evening, 'Silent Night.' |
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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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