Dancing on the Prairie
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, we're rolling up the rugs, moving the kitchen table out of the way, and getting up to speed for next week's Street Dance & Meatloaf Supper. With some swing tunes, hot salsa numbers, polkas, a hula, one tango and a couple of waltzes. Ledward Ka'apana plays the "Radio Hula," Finnish whirling dervishes Frigg play "Polka Internationale," and The Hot Club of Cowtown plays "Forget Me Nots." Guy Noir bumps into a dancing pair of Siamese twins, Lola and Lulu Lippizaner, and Ruth Harrison clashes with a would-be biographer doing research on former strip-tease artist Bubbles Bergerud. Plus, the story of Lake Wobegon's most famous dancer, Bob.
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Segment 1
- 00:00:00 - Logo
- 00:00:11 - Tishomingo Blues
- 00:00:54 - GK Intro
- 00:02:26 - "Happy Feet" - Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks
- 00:05:26 - Ruth Harrison script
- 00:11:35 - "Benny's Bugle" - The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
- 00:14:25 - Rhubarb script
- 00:17:49 - "Way Back Home" - PD and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
- 00:21:17 - GK Intro Mark O'Connor
- 00:21:42 - "Minor Swing" - Mark O'Connor and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
- 00:24:35 - Salome Dancing Shoes script
- 00:27:13 - "Radio Hula" - Ledward Ka'apana
- 00:30:00 - GK Powdermilk Intro
- 00:30:23 - Powdermilk Break w/Beer Barrel Polka
Show Segments
Listen to individual segments as listed below
- 00:33:06 - "Polka Internationale" - Frigg
- 00:35:24 - Catchup script
- 00:39:20 - "Rignesen Reinlander" schottische by Skalmusik
- 00:41:51 - GK Intro Hot Club of Cowtown
- 00:42:43 - "Forget Me Nots" and "Pray for the Lights to Go Out" - The Hotclub of Cowtown
- 00:49:25 - Dancing Pig script (with Gillian Welch)
- 01:00:04 - GK Intermission Credits ("Stompin' at the Savoy" - The Guy's All- Star Shoe Band)
- 01:02:55 - GK Welcome Back
- 01:03:24 - "Senor Sorreno" and "Rompe Saraguey" - Salsa del Soul
- 01:12:30 - Guy Noir script
- 01:25:45 - GK Mono Intro
- 01:26:07 - "Blue Tango" - Pat Donohue
- 01:29:28 - The News from Lake Wobegon
- 01:48:24 - "Charlie's Waltz" - Rich Dworsky and Tony Ross
- 01:50:52 - "Evangeline Waltz" - Beausoleil
- 01:54:29 - GK Credits
- 01:56:10 - "Four Flusher's Waltz" - Soupy Schindler and Bill Hinckley
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