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Lake Wobegon High School Centennial Show

November 10, 1984      Orpheum Theater, St Paul, MN

    see all shows from: 1984 | Orpheum Theater | St Paul | MN

Participants

Greg BrownButch Thompson TrioDale Warland Singers Garrison KeillorLake Wobegon Alumni Choir. Lake Wobegon High School Alumni Marching band Peter OstroushkoRobin and Linda Williams Kate Wolf


Songs, tunes, and poems

I cannot sing the old songs ( Garrison Keillor )
Carpentered march (Lake Wobegon High School Alumni Marching band   )
Moonlight serenade (Lake Wobegon High School Alumni Marching band   )
Boogie woogie (Lake Wobegon High School Alumni Marching band   )
American Overture (Lake Wobegon High School Alumni Marching band   )
Bugler's holiday (Lake Wobegon High School Alumni Marching band   )
Stars and Stripes Forever (Lake Wobegon High School Alumni Marching band   )
Give me your tired, your poor (Lake Wobegon High School Alumni Marching band   )
Glory hallelujah (Lake Wobegon High School Alumni Marching band   )
Wake up Lake Wobegon (Lake Wobegon Alumni Choir  )
Hallelujah (Lake Wobegon Alumni Choir  )
The Green Cathedral (Lake Wobegon Alumni Choir  )
Goodnight my summer (Lake Wobegon Alumni Choir  )
Wobegon I long to see you (Lake Wobegon Alumni Choir  )
To thee we pray (Lake Wobegon Alumni Choir  )
Lake Wobegon hymn (Lake Wobegon Alumni Choir  )
Norwegian song (Lake Wobegon Alumni Choir  )
Sweet and low (Lake Wobegon Alumni Choir  )
Juanita (Lake Wobegon Alumni Choir  )
Endearing young charms (Lake Wobegon Alumni Choir  )
Flow Gently Sweet Afton (Lake Wobegon Alumni Choir  )
Ave verum (Lake Wobegon Alumni Choir  )
Farewell to childhood (Lake Wobegon Alumni Choir  )
Since I Met You ( Greg Brown )
My Love Won't Fade Away ( Greg Brown )


Sketches, Sponsors, People, Places

Powdermilk Biscuits


'The News from Lake Wobegon'

Lake Wobegon teams used to be called 'Bulldogs'. When they changed the name to 'Leonards', they always lost. The LWHS was built in 1902 and the corner stone reads MCMII. GK thought that it meant, 'Middle Child Means Incredible Intelligence.' All of his relatives and grandparents went to LWHS. There is a bronze plaque listing the graduates who died in the wars. GK still imagines that he was sent in to substitute for Roger Hedlund and makes the basket to beat St. Francis with two seconds to go. The story of Miss Falconer, the choir director. Choir singing on Reformation Sunday at the Lutheran Church. Miss Falconer was devoted to Mozart. We would rehearse again and again. The confusion about the age of L WHS is a long boring story. Sonnet to Marva, the drum majorette. Norwegian Independence Day Kissing Donna Bunsen in the cloak room.


This show was Rebroadcast on

1985-06-29
1987-10-31
1989-11-18


Notes and References

1984.11.09 Star Tribune / 1984.11.10 St Cloud Times / 1984.11.10 Indianapolis News


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