Greg Brown, Butch Thompson Trio, Dale Warland Singers, Lake Wobegon Mandolin Orchestra. Dave Moore, Peter Ostroushko, Robin and Linda Williams,
La Adalita (Lake Wobegon Mandolin Orchestra ) Ragtime one-step (Lake Wobegon Mandolin Orchestra ) Hills of Manchuria (Lake Wobegon Mandolin Orchestra ) Victoria-Elizabeth waltz (Lake Wobegon Mandolin Orchestra ) Russian rag (Lake Wobegon Mandolin Orchestra ) God bless ye merry gentlemen (Lake Wobegon Mandolin Orchestra ) Adam and Eve (Robin and Linda Williams ) Traveling shoes (Robin and Linda Williams ) Oh Susanna ( Dave Moore ) Momma had a sick child ( Dave Moore ) Train-harmonica song ( Dave Moore ) The hen house ( Dave Moore ) Canned Goods ( Greg Brown ) The Holly and The Ivy (Dale Warland Singers ) No rose of such virtue (Dale Warland Singers ) Snow had fallen (Dale Warland Singers ) Personent Hodie (Dale Warland Singers ) The First Noel (Dale Warland Singers ) Benedicamus Domino (Dale Warland Singers ) Silent Night (Dale Warland Singers ) Away in a manger (Dale Warland Singers )
Bertha's Kitty Boutique Bigger Hammer Enterprises Chatterbox Cafe Pastor Ingqvist Powdermilk Biscuits Ralph's Pretty Good Grocery Sidetrack Tap Skoglund's Five and Dime Society of Believers Ule Seltzer
Sister Torvaldsen flew in from Phoenix because she missed snow. Bud got the old heavy Christmas decorations up. He's been campaigning for lightweight plastic. They were made by old HS shop classes out 3/4-inch plywood and they won't break even if dropped from a height. LW people don't throw things out until they're worn out. Mr. Bowser, the postman, hated Henry, his 15-year old Chevrolet. It started even on the very coldest mornings. Lack of maintenance encouraged it. Finally last year, something snapped, he took it out of town and ran it over a cliff. His new Ford, Betty, doesn't always start. Without nostalgia, Christmas can be depressing. Pastor Ingqvist delivered his 'True meaning of Christmas sermon.' He talked about redemption and the needy. He was depressed because his children wanted expensive junk gifts, like the video game 'Annihilation.' As he gave his 'True meaning' sermon, his four-year son cried. He admires the celibate Catholic clergy. He put the sermon aside and winged it for 10 minutes about the 3 wise men. They came from a great distance and one of them may have been Lutheran. Myrrh is really a casserole. --- Lake Wobegon is getting ready for Christmas and all the visitors that will come. Sister Thorvaldson — Senator K. Thorvaldson’s sister — arrived in town. (Their parents gave the children the first names Senator and Sister to just help them give them purpose in life.) Bud is getting out the town’s old Christmas decorations. They were made substantially (heavy) and putting them up is quite the task. But in Lake Wobegon, you didn’t replace anything that still has life in it. At Christmastime, we look for the wonder of it all. And if that is missing, it can be a somewhat depressing. Pastor Ingqvist was feeling a bit blue and was having trouble writing the annual sermon: “What is the meaning of Christmas?” His kids were pleading for many unnecessary items on their Christmas lists, and on one Friday night, Pastor drove to town to do shopping. There he stood in a packed store where kids were screaming and parents were giving in to their wishes. He piled up his cart as well and when he got home with the goods, he felt inspired to write his sermon. It became a startling fire-and-brimstone oration. After he delivered the first page of this heated diatribe, he caught himself and took a softer tone. Over the next couple of sermons, he focused on the story of the Three Wise Men and how he suspected that they were Lutheran, bringing gifts and living by faith.
The story of the C-Major Chord.
1985-12-28 1988-12-17
1984.12.09 Star Tribune