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A Swedish Christmas from 2002featuring Kristin Chenoweth and The Hopeful Gospel Quartet
The website features the touring schedule for the January through March period — a host of solo shows filled with stories and songs. Think of joining us in the new year! Event information » Listen to the December 14, 2002, showThis week, we travel back to 2002 for a holiday-themed show from The Town Hall on West 43rd Street in New York City, with singer Kristin Chenoweth, Rob Fisher on piano, the Hopeful Gospel Quartet, and Cindy Cashdollar joins the Shoe Band. Listen to the show. KRISTIN CHENOWETH was dancing as soon as she could walk, and her mother remembers her singing herself to sleep. Kristin said, “When I was about four, we were watching ballet on TV, and I said, ‘I want to do that.’” Brought up Baptist, she began her singing career in church and was so good at it she ultimately won a scholarship to the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, after graduating from Oklahoma City University. In Philly, she added an ‘n’ to her original name, figuring Kristi might be a little light for opera. She won a Tony Award for her role as Sally in the Broadway production of “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” — she studied her niece for characterization ideas. She has also appeared on Broadway in “Steel Pier,” and “Epic Proportions,” and Off-Broadway in “A New Brain,” “Scapin,” and the Encores! production of “Strike Up the Band.” THE HOPEFUL GOSPEL QUARTET is a more diverse group than your standard gospel quartet: a Virginia couple who have nearly created their own musical genre, called Americana by the record industry, and who are both still in their first marriage; a Colorado blues, country, folk, R&B and jazz singer who fits both the “belter” and the “warbler” label; and a serious taller-than-average bass singer from Minnesota who has written humorous books and been nominated for numerous awards. None are cousins or siblings to any others. The Hopeful Gospel Quartet is: Robin and Linda Williams, Mollie O'Brien, and Garrison Keillor. Growing up in Woodstock, New York, CINDY CASHDOLLAR, was captivated by Delta blues music and began learning to play the guitar when she was only eleven years old. This led to her mastering the dobro and steel guitar and, eventually, eight years playing with Western swing band Asleep at the Wheel. She has won five Grammy Awards, and she can be heard playing on Bob Dylan's Time Out of Mind (Columbia), as well as recordings by Manhattan Transfer, The Dixie Chicks, Lyle Lovett, Willie Nelson, and numerous others. A Year in Lake Wobegon “What I quickly came to appreciate was the universal truth in Garrison Keillor’s rich vein of stories. That they are set in Lake Wobegon is not incidental, neither is it absolutely necessary. Those truths, after all, are played out in the Lake Wobegons of our own experience wherever they may occur — whether in prairie hamlets, Sun Belt suburbs, or big-city neighborhoods.” —Tom Brokaw Get the CDs>>> A Prairie Home Companion RED SOCKS Peter Rosen once produced a documentary about Garrison Keillor titled The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes. What the title failed to realize is that Garrison not only wore red shoes onstage for the APHC shows, but he also wore a red tie and red socks to match. Now, you can wear a pair of Prairie Home socks and keep your feet warm on those cool winter nights. Knit jacquard socks are made with a woven imprint combining both the original logo and the microphone from the more recent logo. One size fits all. Get the socks>>> This is a FREE NEWSLETTER. If you want to help support the cost of this newsletter, click this button. Currently there are no added benefits other than our THANKS! Any questions or comments, add below or email admin@garrisonkeillor.com
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