(GK: Garrison Keillor, SS: Sue Scott, TK: Tom Keith, TR: Tim Russell, RD: Rich Dworsky)
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SS: I was thinking it'd be nice to go to more concerts this fall - it seems like we never go to hear music anymore - did you see that the Early Music Consort is doing a program of 17th Century English courtship music at the college Saturday night?
TR: No, I didn't.
SS: It was in the paper - they're doing a whole suite of airs and dances for soprano and lute and viols. And there's a countertenor. Would you like to go?
TR: What night?
SS: Saturday night.
TR: Oh.
SS: Is that okay?
TR: Sure.
SS: I just thought it'd be nice to get out of the house. Maybe we could go out to dinner afterward. We could ask Annette and her husband. The poet.
TR: Right.
SS: It's the first concert in a series - Echoes of the Renaissance. We could go to that little vegetarian place that just opened, Leaves of Grass. I've heard they make a wonderful beet and ginger soup.
TR: Good. Let's go.
SS: Well you don't sound very enthused about it.
TR: It's fine.
SS: I thought you liked Renaissance music. You used to.
TR: It's fine. If you want to go, let's go.
SS: Well, I don't want to drag you off to something you hate.
TR: It's okay.
SS: Would you rather go to the poetry reading by -
TR: No.
SS: So you want to go hear the Early Music Consort?
TR: Sure.
SS: Good. Do you think I should wear my hair up or down? To the concert - Which way do you like it?
TR: I like it both ways.
SS: Which do you like better?
TR: They're both good.
SS: Which way? Up or down?
TR: I guess down.
SS: Oh. Are you sure?
TR: Up is good, too. I like up.
SS: You're just saying that.
TR: No, I do. I like up.
SS: Okay, I'll wear it up, if that's what you want.
TR: Good.
SS: But why didn't you say so in the first place?
TR: Well -
SS: By the way, do you notice anything different about my hair?
TR: Different about your hair?
SS: Yes.
TR: Now? (THREE BEATS) It's up?
SS: I mean, the color.
TR: Is it lighter?
SS: It's darker ...
TR: Darker! Right.
SS: I had it dyed auburn.
TR: Oh, sure. That's nice. I like that.
SS: You didn't even notice.
TR: I knew something was different.
SS: What else is different about me?
TR: (TWO BEATS) Is it above your waist or below?
SS: Just look. You'll see. Notice anything?
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TR (ANNC): Why Men Go Deer Hunting ... because when you're out in the woods with the guys, you're having a good time (TK: Have a beer. OPEN POP-TOP. TR: Thanks. TK: No problem. How about another brat?), you're sitting around the woodstove at the shack and shooting the breeze and no guy ever asks you ... (TK: Do you like my hair this way?) A message in the public interest from AHA, the American Hunting Association. (SHOTGUN BLAST)
(c) 1999 by Garrison Keillor