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April 9, 1983      World Theater, St Paul, MN

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Participants

Stevie BeckButch Thompson Trio Marty Grosz Garrison Keillor Bill Price Pop Wagner Sylvia Woods.


Songs, tunes, and poems

Take me to the land of jazz (Butch Thompson Trio  , Marty Grosz , Bill Price )
Celtic Harp - The Harper's Vision ( Sylvia Woods )
The Harp of Brandiswhiere ( Sylvia Woods , Garrison Keillor )
Birthday Greetings ( Pop Wagner )
Lonesome me ( Marty Grosz )
Changes ( Marty Grosz )
Hot in the Kitchen ( Stevie Beck , Pop Wagner )
Waltzing With You ( Pop Wagner , Stevie Beck )
The Bells of Aberdovie ( Sylvia Woods )
Minstrel Boy ( Stevie Beck )
All night long ( Pop Wagner )
Go Tell Grandma, They Old Grey Goose is Dead ( Pop Wagner , Stevie Beck , Garrison Keillor )
Swing That Music For Me ( Marty Grosz , Butch Thompson Trio  , Bill Price )
untitled (dedicated to Nancy Richards) ( Sylvia Woods )


Sketches, Sponsors, People, Places

Bertha's Kitty Boutique (Resentment from your cat after you have been gone. )
Bunsen, Arlene
Bunsen, Barbara Ann
Bunsen, Duane
Father Emil
Powdermilk Biscuits (Mistakes people make with their lives!)
Sister Arvanne
The Associate Professors & Thornbergs (Tonight on these Public radio stations!)
United Pies (Evelyn & Eunice United homemade pies)


'The News from Lake Wobegon'

The grown-up children came home for Easter. The ten o-clock mass at Our Lady was packed. The old guys who duck out for a cigarette during the collection always sit in the back three pews. They came in with ten seconds to spare and sat down in their pews which were already full. Father Emil allowed three high school kids to sing "Jesus is my special friend" accompanied by two guitars. Sister Arvanne had told them not to blow it. The lyrics left them as they sang. The guitar played a chord that made your teeth hurt. One of the boys giggled. The church was still as they climbed down with burning faces. Fr. Emil said, "God bless the message." Fr. Emil read the gospels loudly and fervently because he wanted to impart the Easter message. Hubert sat in the balcony with the volume control but he's deaf. Fr. Emil stepped forward a step too far and fell of the platform. He got up like an old fighter. Duane Bunsen took his new girl friend to the Lutheran Church. Denise is 17 and from Duluth. It was like an exchange of diplomatic visits. Everyone looked her over and talked in code. Arlene and Barbara Ann were in the kitchen trying to make Denise comfortable. The conversation at he table was very strained. Denise told them about "The Thornbirds". They will remember it as a joke. Fr. Emil tells Dorothy about falling off the altar.


Additional information, mentions, etc.

Garrison talks about his trip to San Francisco.


Related/contemporary press articles

Daily News Apr 3 1983
Desert Sun Apr 5 1983


Notes and References

1983.04.03 Louisville Courier / 1983.04.08 Star Tribune

Archival contributors: Frank Berto, Ken Kuhl



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