Music performed on A Prairie Home Companion, December 22, 2001
Shea's Performing Arts Center, Buffalo, New York

Performers:

Garrison Keillor, Sue Scott, Tim Russell, Alan Frechtman
The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
: Richard Dworsky, piano, keyboard, organ; Andy Stein, fiddle, tenor sax, bari sax; Pat Donohue, guitar; Gary Raynor, bass; Arnie Kinsella, percussion

Guests:

Stephanie Davis, guitar and vocals
April Verch, fiddle, step-dancing, vocals; with Benoit Legault, keyboard; Clint Pellitier, guitar; and Marc Bru, percussion
Carrie Mallonee, composer
The Buffalo Philharmonic Chamber Chorus Singers:
Dale Adelmann, conductor; Bettyalice Reihle, accompanist; Nancy Seel and Patrick Barrett, assistant directors; Soprano: Catherine Weyand, Patricia Hills, Janice Peters, Cindy Mayo, Nancy Seel, Nell Mohn, Shirley Ward, Linda Yund; Alto: Linda Kaumeyer, Marilyn Barber, Paula King, Marlene Zimpfer, Beth White, Andrea Copley; Tenor: Paul Litwin, Bruce Bell, Adrian Martinez, David Zwifka, John Collyer, Jim Owen; Bass: Patrick Barrett, Bob Kiersz, George Davidson, Bob Biniszkiewicz, Brad Felton, Dennis Scaringi.

TISHOMINGO BLUES (Opening theme)

Garrison Keillor, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: Spencer Williams; new words: Garrison Keillor
© 1917 Joseph W. Stern and Co.; © 1989 Garrison Keillor

BUFFALO SHUFFLE (SHUFFLE OFF TO BUFFALO)

Garrison Keillor, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: Harry Warren and Al Dubin
© M. Witmark & Sons
new words: Garrison Keillor © 2001 Garrison Keillor

WISE MEN BLUES

Pat Donohue and Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: Pat Donohue
© 2000 Pat Donohue

LIVES OF THE COWBOYS THEME

The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
m: Pat Donohue, Richard Dworsky
© 1994 Donahue/Dworsky

COWBOY SONG ("Lives of the Cowboys")

Garrison Keillor, Pat Donohue
w: Garrison Keillor
m: Pat Donohue
© 2001 Keillor/Donohue

BUFFALO PARENTS script underscore

Richard Dworsky
w/m: Richard Dworsky
© 2001 Richard Dworsky

CHRISTMAS CHOIR script underscore

Richard Dworsky
w/m: Richard Dworsky
© 2001 Richard Dworsky

TOP HAT, WHITE TIE AND TAILS (in "Christmas Choir" script)

Sue Scott, Richard Dworsky, Arnie Kinsella
w/m: Irving Berlin © 1935 Irving Berlin
new words: Garrison Keillor © 2001 Garrison Keillor

NU AR DET JUL IGEN

Buffalo Philharmonic Chamber Chorus Singers, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: traditional Swedish
choral part arranged by Philip Brunelle © 2001 Philip Brunelle

POWDERMILK BISCUIT THEME

Garrison Keillor, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: Garrison Keillor
© Garrison Keillor

TALIBAN script underscore

Richard Dworsky, Arnie Kinsella
w/m: Richard Dworsky
© 2001 Richard Dworsky

ANDY STEIN'S HOLIDAY HOEDOWN

Guy's All Star Shoe Band
Arranged by Andy Stein
© 2001 Andy Stein

ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH
w/m: traditional

"March" from THE NUTCRACKER SUITE
w/m: Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky

HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING
w/m: Felix Mendelssohn

"Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy" from THE NUTCRACKER SUITE
w/m: Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky

"Waltz of the Flowers" from THE NUTCRACKER SUITE
w/m: Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky

WHITE CHRISTMAS
w/m: Irving Berlin
© 1940 Irving Berlin

"Russian Dance- Trepek " from THE NUTCRACKER SUITE
w/m: Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky

WINTER WONDERLAND
w/m: Felix Bernard and Dick Smith
© 1934 Bregman, Vocco, & Conn

"Hallelujah Chorus" from THE MESSIAH
w/m: George Frideric Handel

WONDROUS LIGHT

Stephanie Davis, Garrison Keillor, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: Stephanie Davis
© Recluse Music (BMI)

WILLIAM GAGNON

April Verch and band
w/m: traditional Irish

AWAY IN A MANGER

April Verch and band
w/m: traditional

LOST BOY

April Verch and band
w/m: traditional Appalachian

ET BARN ER FODT I BETLEHEM (A CHILD IS BORN IN BETHLEHEM) in script

Garrison Keillor, Buffalo Philharmonic Chamber Chorus Singers, Richard Dworsky, Bettyalice Reihle, Cindy Mayo-soprano soloist
w: N.F.S. Grundtvig
m: traditional
Arranged by Paul Gerike © 2001 Paul Gerike

JOLLY OLD ST. NICHOLAS/ HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS (intermission)

Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: traditional/ Gene Autry and Oakley Haldeman
© 1947 Autry/Haldeman

ROSS REEL NO. 4

April Verch and band
w/m: traditional Brazilian

DUCT TAPE script underscore

Richard Dworsky
w/m: Richard Dworsky
© 2001 Richard Dworsky

JINGLE BELLS (under Greetings)

Richard Dworsky
w/m: traditional

THE CAROLERS AT MY DOOR

The Baltimore Philharmonic Chamber Chorus Singers
w/m: Carrie Mallonee
© 1989 Carrie Mallonee

THE GIFT

Stephanie Davis, Pat Donohue, Gary Raynor
w/m: Stephanie Davis
© EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI)

LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW

April Verch and band
w/m: Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn
© 1945 (renewed) Cahn Music Co. and Producers Music Publishing Co. (ASCAP)

JOHNNY JOHNSON'S CHRISTMAS PARTY

Garrison Keillor, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: Garrison Keillor
© 2001 Garrison Keillor

THE BEER BARREL POLKA (quote in "Johnny Johnson's Christmas Party")

Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
w/m: Lew Brown, Wladimir A. Timm, Jaromir Vejvoda, Vaclav Zeman
© Shapiro, Bernstein, & Co. Inc. (ASCAP)

LEISE RIESELT DER SCHNEE (SNOW FALLS SOFT IN THE NIGHT)

Buffalo Philharmonic Chamber Chorus Singers
w/m: Eduard Ebel

ERIE ICE CUBES script underscore

Richard Dworsky
w/m: Richard Dworsky
© 2001 Richard Dworsky

GUY'S SHOES (GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN)

The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
m: traditional
w: Pat Donohue
© 2001 Pat Donohue

SILENT NIGHT

Garrison Keillor, Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, Stephanie Davis, April Verch and band, live audience
w: Joseph Mohr
m: Franz Gruber