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Prairie Home Companion

September 3, 2016      

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This show was a DELAYED BROADCAST
The Original Performance Date was 2016-09-02

This week: we're at the Minnesota State Fair in Falcon Heights, Minnesota with host Garrison Keillor and a live performance recorded at the Grandstand on Friday, September 2 for broadcast the next day. Guitar wizard Leo Kottke stops by with his rugged good looks and an arsenal of licks and inimitable style; Anoka, Minn.'s own Ellie Dehn excites the evening air with her stunning soprano voice, honed in Philadelphia, New York, California, Italy, Germany, and more; the Singing Sisters of Soul, Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele, are back to light up Dan Patch Avenue; Heather Masse's warm smooth voice can melt a butter sculpture; and the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers lead our Eleven-Thousand Voice Choir on some classic Minnesota tunes. Plus: the Royal Academy of Radio Actors, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred Newman will Make Livestock and Pronto Pups Great Again; music director and pianist Rich Dworsky marshals our blue-ribbon radio band (drummer Bernie Dresel, bassist Larry Kohut, Richard Kriehn on mandolin and fiddle, and Chris Siebold on guitar); and an update on the latest News from Lake Wobegon, where the dog days of summer have turned tail, and gorgeous fall weather is distracts us from what follows it. Grab a bucket of warm chocolate chip cookies and we'll see you just northeast of the Mighty Midway on Friday evening, or on the radio Saturday night.