Segment 1
00:00:00 Logo
00:00:11 Hello Love/ If Not For You, opening credits- GK, Andra Suchy, band
00:04:35 America the Beautiful, Avon open talk- GK, Andra, band
00:07:22 Star Spangled Banner- GK, cast, live audience
00:09:00 Our Flag Was Still There- John McCutcheon
00:13:08 Avon Summer Sonnet- GK, Andra, Rich Dworsky
00:14:46 The Champions- Lake Wobegon Brass Band
00:17:20 GK talks with WWII vet Clarence Fischbach
00:20:53 GK talks with WWII vet Sgt. Ralph Lauer
00:26:16 National Emblem March- Lake Wobegon Brass Band
00:27:43 GK intros Charlie's Restaurant owner Bud Heidergerken
00:30:03 Powdermilk Biscuit Break/ Beer Barrel Polka- Shoe Band and Jerry Bierschbach
Segment 2
00:32:52 Back in the USA- Pat Donohue, GK Andra Suchy and band
00:35:20 Rhubarb script
00:39:10 Leigh Lenzmeier recites Joyce Sutphen's poem "St. Joe, the Angelus"
00:41:20 Lebensfrieden- GK and Vern Sutton with Richard Dworsky and Gary Raynor
00:43:33 GK talks with Father Steve Binsfeld
00:48:05 Life in the Finnish Woods- Jerry Bierschbach and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
00:50:30 Guy Noir script
00:57:32 GK intros Tarryl Clark, she recites "Barbara Freitchie" by John Greenleaf Whittier
01:01:10 Star-Spangled Banner/ Under the Double Eagle- Vern Sutton, John McCutcheon and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
01:04:31 Intermission - I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter"
Segment 3
01:08:05 Welcome Back to the 2nd half, Avon jokes, greetings
01:08:56 Hail Hail The Gang's All Here- GK, Andra, Vern and band
01:10:50 GK talks about Avon's stats, greetings
01:15:00 GK talks with Amy Klobuchar about 4th of July parades
01:18:42 GK talks with Pastor Steve Hilde
01:23:00 Flow Gently, Sweet Avon- GK, Vern, Andra, band
01:25:23 GK talks with Avon mayor John Grutsch, he recites "Topography" by Sharon Olds
01:27:55 GK talks with Jeanette Clancy, Avon Historian
01:32:15 GK talks with John McCutcheon
01:33:00 When I Grow Up- John McCutcheon and Shoe band
01:36:30 GK intros The St. John's Boys Choir
01:37:50 "Ein Jager Langs dem Weihr Ging"- St. John's Boys Choir
01:40:10 GK talks with the choir director
01:41:05 Blessing- St. John's Boy Choir
Segment 4
01:43:57 News From Lake Wobegon
Segment 5
01:53:20 I Think of You - GK, band, Andra
01:55:30 The Parting Glass, credits, William Tell Overture
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A Prairie Home Companion for July 4, 2009
July 4, 2009 35th anniversary broadcast with the Lake Wobegon Brass Band, The St. John's Boys' Choir, Vern Sutton, and Andra Suchy
Description
A show in celebration of A Prairie Home Companion's 35th Anniversary and the Fourth of July!With special guests: Rich Dworsky & the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, Sound effects man Tom Keith, The Lake Wobegon Brass Band, The St. John's Boys' Choir, Vern Sutton, Andra Suchy & a bunch of surprise guests, including Father Steve Binsfeld, Clarence Fischbach, Concertina player Jerry Bierschbach, and a whole lot more.