Actress Sara Breeze performs with host Aaron Brown during a sketch in the Great Northern Radio Show on Dec. 14, 2013. PHOTO: Shelly Hanson
Last Saturday, Dec. 14, we broadcast our winter/holiday edition of the Great Northern Radio Show live from the Fosston Library Arts Center in Fosston, Minnesota. The show featured Reina del Cid and the Cidizens, Katie Wig, and several talented voice actors and guests from the surrounding community. Now that it’s done, I can officially say that it went very well.
It was a frigid night out on the edge of the prairie, and we were competing against a very important funeral in town (not a joke; an actual working problem we had to deal with). Still, we got an excellent audience in the small hall and the material seemed to land better than we could have expected. Lots of laughs. Great music.
If you missed it, fear not. You can hear the rebroadcast of the Fosston Great Northern Radio Show this Sunday, Dec. 22 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Northern Community Radio. http://www.kaxe.org/programs/gnrs.aspx“>The show is also available as a podcast. (Right click to save MP3). You can hear our holiday broadcast from last year in Bigfork on Tuesday, Christmas Eve, from 2-4 p.m., and the Fosston show on Christmas from 2-4 p.m., all on Northern Community Radio. Check with your independent public radio station in Minnesota for other broadcasts. Be sure to contact your local station if you’d like to hear the Great Northern Radio Show in your area.
Reina del Cid and the Cidizens rehearse before the Dec. 14, 2013 Great Northern Radio Show in Fosston. They performed a bluegrass version of “Auld Lang Syne” to conclude the live broadcast. PHOTO: Shelly Hanson
Singer/songwriter Katie Wig talks to host Aaron Brown during the Dec. 14, 2013 live broadcast of the Great Northern Radio Show in Fosston, Minnesota. PHOTO: Shelly Hanson
Students Alyssa and Morgan from Fosston High School perform a song during the Dec. 14, 2013 Great Northern Radio Show in Fosston, Minnesota. PHOTO: Shelly Hanson
Fosston High School music director Paul Peltier sings during the Dec. 14, 2013 live broadcast of the Great Northern Radio Show. PHOTO: Shelly Hanson
Erika Kooda, associate producer and voice actress, performs during a sketch in the Dec. 14, 2013 Great Northern Radio Show in Fosston, Minnesota, while actor Mark Christensen prepares. PHOTO: Shelly Hanson
Past episodes of the Great Northern Radio Show are available as free podcasts at the Northern Community Radio program page.
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