Segment 1
00:00:00 Logo (MPR)
00:00:13 Tishomingo Blues
00:02:30 GK opens, talks about Major League Baseball advertising, St. Paul banning smoking
00:04:43 GK brings out talent show contestants, they draw numbers for order
00:12:35 GK announces voting procedure for the contest
00:13:29 Teen script
Segment 2
00:16:08 Eliot Grasso - "O'Hare's Tilt"/"The Chiaroscuro Jig"/"Jig of Quills"
00:21:36 Band Playoff ("No Such Thing")
00:21:58 GK talks about the awards we are giving out tonight
Segment 3
00:22:24 Katie Hyun and Nathan Farrington with Andrew Staupe - Bottesini Grand Duo, 3rd movement
00:28:39 Band Playoff ("All I Wanna Do")
00:28:56 Powdermilk Biscuit Break
Segment 4
00:30:46 Sahara Smith - "It Don't Rain Much"
00:35:30 Band playoff (Don't Know Why)
00:35:45 Rhubarb script
Segment 5
00:39:42 Andrew and Noah VanNorstrand - "Quickbeam"/"Gondolin"
00:44:46 Band Playoff (Hey Ya!)
00:45:01 GK talks about voting procedure
Segment 6
00:45:36 Brooks E. Robertson - "Cannonball Rag"
00:49:43 Band Playoff ("Get the Party Started")
Segment 7
00:49:57 Mo Tian - "Rigoletto Paraphrase" (Liszt)
00:56:56 Band Playoff ("All-Star")
00:57:08 GK announces it's time to vote! And talks about the value of music in the schools.
Segment 8
00:58:44 Mo Tian - "Rigoletto Paraphrase" (Liszt)
01:01:33 "Forever Young" - GK, Sahara Smith, Shoe Band, and Eliot Grasso
01:05:33 Welcome back to the second half, greetings, Kid script
01:10:36 More Greetings
Segment 9
01:13:11 The News from Lake Wobegon
01:32:22 "Blackbird" - Rich Dworsky
01:35:00 GK announces finalists: Brooks E. Robertson, Andrew and Noah VanNorstrand, and Sahara Smith
Segment 10
01:36:50 Andrew and Noah VanNorstrand - "Megan's Mind"
01:41:11 Sahara Smith - "Twilight Red"
01:46:24 Brooks E. Robertson - "Eiffel Power"
Segment 11
01:50:36 Sauce script
01:52:00 GK presents Ray Marklund award to Eliot Grasso
01:53:53 Audience votes for winner: Brooks E. Robertson (2nd place to Sahara Smith, 3rd place to Andrew and Noah VanNorstrand)
01:57:00 Credits
01:57:33 "Monaghan Twig" closer - Andrew and Noah VanNorstrand and Eliot Grasso
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A Prairie Home Companion for May 8, 2004
May 8, 2004 Talent from Twelve to Twenty contest broadcast
Description
This week, we welcome the six finalists in our Talent from Twelve to Twenty contest. A double bass and violin duo from Philadelphia; a classical pianist from Providence; a singer/songwriter from Wimberley, Texas; a uilleann piper from Baltimore; a guitarist from Eugene, Oregon; and traditional-music-playing brothers from Fulton, New York, join us on our stage at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul.