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A Prairie Home Companion for December 12, 2009

December 12, 2009 broadcast with Yo-Yo Ma, The Assad Brothers, Inga Swearingen, and Connie Evingson
DateDecember 12, 2009VenueFrom The Town Hall | New York City, NYDuration01:59:01HostGarrison Keillor

Description

The tree is lit and the skaters are circling the ice atRockefeller CenterasA Prairie Home Companionrings in our third week of broadcasting live fromThe Town Hallin the heart of New York's theatre district. With winter upon us, join in as world-renowned performerYo-Yo Maand theAssad Brothersjoin forces for a hot trio performance that is sure to keep out the cold, while the vocal stylings of jazz greatsInga SwearingenandConnie Evingsonwill add fuel to the fire. Also cozyin' up with us,The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, Royal Academy of Radio ActorsTim Russell, Sue Scottand sound effects man Mr.Fred Newman, plus all the holiday happenings from "the little town that time forgot and the decades cannot improve."

Tags

Rundown - December 12, 2009Music Information - December 12, 2009Cafe Boeuf - December 12, 2009Guy Noir - December 12, 2009Rhubarb - December 12, 2009The Lives of the Cowboys - December 12, 2009Yule - December 12, 2009

Rundown

Segment 1
00:00:00 - Logo
00:00:12 - Tishomingo Blues
00:02:50 - Christmas Blues- GK/ band
00:05:52 - Yule script
00:09:06 - GK talks with Yo-Yo Ma
00:10:57 - Zita- Yo-Yo Ma, Assad Brothers and Gary Raynor
00:15:25 - Cowboys script
00:24:11 - I Can't Take You Nowhere - Connie Evingson and Shoe Band
00:26:54 - Powdermilk Biscuit Break/Hanukkah in Santa Monica- GK/Shoes

Segment 2
00:30:16 - S'Vivon/ God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/Gigue
00:34:36 - There's A Bright Side Somewhere- Pat Donohue, Inga Swearingen, Connie Evingson, GK and Shoe band
00:38:35 - Ode to Joy - Inga Swearingen and audience
00:42:00 - Guy Noir script (with Inga and Connie)
00:50:11 - A Lenda do Caboclo - Yo-Yo Ma and the Assad Brothers
00:53:42 - GK talks to Yo-Yo Ma and the Assad Brothers
00:56:36 - Vassourinhas - Yo-Yo Ma, Assad Brothers and Gary Raynor
01:00:20 - Intermission - Rosetta

Segment 3
01:04:00 - She is More to Be Pitied Than Censured (Christmas)- GK/ band
01:05:38 - Greetings
01:09:12 - My Favorite Things- GK/ Shoe Band
01:11:47 - Eastwood Place- Connie Evingson and band
01:14:07 - The Nutcracker- GK, Connie Evingson and band
01:17:38 - Summit Avenue Rag- Richard Dworsky, Shoe Band, Yo-Yo Ma

Segment 4
01:20:57 - The News From Lake Wobegon

Segment 5
01:35:37 - Visa Fran Jarna- Inga Swearingen and Shoe Band
01:39:25 - Rhubarb script
01:47:05 - GK thanks the Assad Brothers and Yo-Yo Ma
01:48:25 - Golliwogg's Cakewalk- Yo-Yo Ma and Assad Brothers
01:51:28 - Cafe Boeuf script, credits, cruise announcement, We Wish You a Merry Christmas

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