Over the Back Fence - Nov. 2012

Over the Back Fence

November 9, 2012

Theme: Pets

Host: Damon Prestemon

Preshow Music provided by: Praise Band

Song “Pink Panther” – Vocal Minority

Sponsor Interview – Coffee Street Fitness

Dr. Knowledge – Joel and Bonnie

Piano Duet – Bill and Heidi

Reading – Sandy W.

Song “Hound Dog” – Mark and Damon

Hero Pets – Carla, Glen, Karen

Song “Puff, the Magic Dragon” – Eric B.

Reading – Heidi

Unusual Animals – Eric T.

Dr. Knowledge – Joel and Bonnie

Sponsor Interview – B&B tour

Song “Tiny Tim Turtle” – Bonnie and Diane

Edith Ann – Krista

Dr. Knowledge – Joel and Bonnie

Singalong “How Much is that Doggie…” – Carolyn

How much is that doggie in the window (arf, arf)

The one with the waggley tail

How much is that doggie in the window (arf, arf)

I do hope that doggie's for sale

Diane’s Delectable Doggie Delight Giveaway

Poems – George

Dr. Knowledge – Joel and Bonnie

Song “One and Only” – Damon

Dr. Knowledge – Joel and Bonnie

Sponsor Interview – Associated Bank

Song “Alley Cat” – Barb and the Kitty Cats

Ole and Lena Jokes – George

Musical Guest – Rutabega Brothers

Jokes – Jerry and Rita

Song “May the Good Lord…” - Carolyn

Thank you so much for being a part of “Over the Back Fence” this year! We look forward to seeing you again next year!

Over the Back Fence - Oct. 2012

Over the Back Fence

October 12, 2012

Theme: Dreams and Nighttime

Host: Damon Prestemon

Preshow Music provided by: Special Export

Radio Call-in – Joel, Phil, Maureen

Braham’s Lullaby – Sandy K., Lynn, Barb

Poem – George

Radio Call-in – Bonnie

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes – Carolyn

Sponsor Interview – Rhino’s

Radio Call-in - Carolyn

Dream a Little Dream of Me – Vocal Minority

Poem – Krista

Radio Call-in – Dick

Musical Guest – Maria Kujawa

Legend of Dream Catcher – Sandy W.

Sponsor Interview – F&M Bank

Radio Call-in – Lynn

Did You Ever See a Dream Walking – Rita

Poems – Carla

Radio Call-in - Glen

Diane and Doris’ Delectable Dessert Giveaway

Once Upon a Dream – Back Fence Women

Eagle Bluff Haunted Ropes

Poems – Bonnie

Radio Call-in - Carla

Rutabega Brothers – Monster Mash, Constant Sorrow

Radio Call-in – George

Sing a long – All I Have to Do is Dream

Dream, dream, dream, dream (repeat)

When I want you in my arms, when I want you and all your charms

Whenever I want you, all I have to do is dream…

When I feel blue in the night, and I need you to hold me tight

Whenever I want you, all I have to do is dream…

I can make you mine, taste your lips of wine anytime night or day

Only trouble is, gee whiz, I'm dreamin' my life away

I need you so that I could die, I love you so and that is why

Whenever I want you, all I have to do is dream…

I can make you mine, taste your lips of wine anytime night or day

Only trouble is, gee whiz, I'm dreamin' my life away

I need you so that I could die, I love you so and that is why

Whenever I want you, all I have to do is dream…

Over the Back Fence - September 2012

Over the Back Fence

September 14, 2012

Theme: Rivers 

Host: Damon Prestemon 

Preshow Music provided by: Russ Guyer

Song “Shall We Gather at the River” – Sandy K, Lynn, Glen, Phil 

Song “Will the Circle be Unbroken” – Back Fence Gang 

Poem – Bonnie 

Song “Trouble in Mind” – Dave and Damon

Jokes – Robin and Barb 

Dr. Knowledge – Joel and Bonnie 

Song “Hard Times Come Again” Bony Lips 

Whistle – Joel 

Poem – George 

Song “Cross Wide Missouri” – Carolyn and Kay 

Sponsor – Olivia’s Attic 

Musical Guest – CBB Jazz Combo Jokes – Robin and Barb 

Song “Lazy River” – Back Fence Men 

Song “Muddy Water” – Back Fence Group 

Readings from Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn 

Song “Old Man River” – Dan Reading – Krista 

Song “When the River Meets the Sea” – Carolyn and Barb 

Interview about Mississippi River Trip – Pete 

Jokes – Robin and Barb 

Song “Proud Mary” – Carla, Phil, Dave, Damon 

Diane, Dave, and Dan’s Delectable Delights – Fishing Quiz 

Singalong “Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore” – Sandy W.

CHORUS: Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah Michael row the boat ashore, hallelujah

*My brothers and sisters are all aboard, hallelujah My brothers and sisters are all aboard, hallelujah

*The river is deep and the river is wide, hallelujah Milk and honey on the other side, hallelujah

*Jordan's river is chilly and cold, hallelujah Chills the body but not the soul, hallelujah

Please join us at our next show, “Nighttime and Dreams”, on October 12! Preshow music will be the barbershop quartet “Special Export”, and we welcome Maria Kujawa as our musical guest!

Over the Back Fence - August 2012

Over the Back Fence

August 10, 2012

Theme: Roaring Twenties 

Host: Damon Prestemon

Preshow Music provided by: Nick Danielson

Vaudeville Jokes – Phil and Kerry 

Song “Slap that Bass” – Back Fence Small Group 

Reading “Great Gatsby” – David and Carla

 Song “Always” – Lynn and Back Fence Women 

Dance in the 1920s – Jane 

Sponsor – Sons of Norway 

Poem “Roaring Twenties” – George 

Song “I Wanna Be Loved by You” – Barb 

Vaudeville Jokes – Lynn and Maureen 

Song “Somebody Loves Me” – Phil 

Poem – Krista Sponsor – Root River Vet Center 

Charleston Dance – Back Fence Gang 

Vaudeville Jokes – Robin and Dick 

Musical Guest – Michelle Lynn 

Poem and 20s Slang – Bonnie 

Song “Your Baby Ain’t Sweet Like Mine” – Val and Sandy 

Lanesboro Resolution for Rounding up Drunks – Jerry 

Prohibition – Pete Diane’s Delectible Dessert 

Song “Stout Hearted Men” – Rita and Back Fence Men 

Vaudeville Jokes – Carolyn and Bonnie 

Sing a long – Four Leaf Clover

I'm looking over a four-leaf clover That I overlooked before. 

One leaf is sunshine, the second is rain, Third is the roses that grow in the lane. 

No need explaining, the one remaining Is somebody I adore. 

I'm looking over a four-leaf clover That I overlooked before. (repeat)

Please join us at our next show, “Rivers”, on September 14! Preshow music will be Russ Guyer, and we welcome the CBB Jazz Combo as our musical guest!

Over the Back Fence - July 2012

Over the Back Fence 

July 13, 2012 

Theme: Protest! 

Host: Damon Prestemon 

Preshow Music provided by: Dave Williams

Song – Marching up to Freedom Land – Back Fence Gang 

Sponsor Interview – Niagara Cave 

Song – Sister Suffregette – Krista 

Poem – George

Song – Sufferin’ till Suffrage – Sufferin’ Sallys/Rutabagas 

Sponsor Interview – Churchill Condos 

Poem – Bonnie 

Song – Eve of Destruction – Bob

Protest Rap – LHS Boys 

Song – If I Can Dream – Rick 

Poem – Joel Diane’s Delectible Dessert Reading - David 

Song – Blowin’ in the Wind – Sandy and Dave 

Sponsor Interview – Riverside on the Root/RRO 

Musical Guest – Rutabaga Brothers 

Sing a long – We Shall Overcome

We shall overcome We shall overcome We shall overcome some day

Chorus: Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe We shall overcome some day

* We'll walk hand in hand * We shall live in peace * We are not afraid * We shall overcome

Please join us at our next show, “The Roaring Twenties”, on August 10! Preshow music will be Tom Schramm, and we welcome Michelle Lynn as our musical guest!

Over the Back Fence - June 2012

Over the Back Fence

June 8, 2012

Theme: Birds

Host: Damon Prestemon

Preshow Music provided by:

Highway 52 Bluegrass

Song – I’ll Fly Away – Robin, Sandy K, Barb, Tom, Walter

Poems/Stories – Bonita and Harvey

Sponsor Jingle and Interview – Lanesboro Library

Children’s Song – Lynn

Literary Guest – Al Batt

Song – The Bird that Didn’t Sing – Barb and Bill

Story – George Colbenson

Diane’s Delectible Dessert Giveaway – Joel’s birdcalls

Musical Guest – Dave Wilson

Poem – Bonnie

Song – Skylark – Carolyn and Over the Back Fence Gang

Monologue – Krista

Sing a long – When the Red, Red Robin – Gang

When the red, red robin comes bob, bob, bobbin' along, along. 

There'll be no more sobbin' when he starts throbbin' his old sweet song.

Wake up, wake up, you sleepy head!

Get up, get up, get out of bed!

Cheer up, cheer up the sun is red,

Live, love, laugh and be happy!

What if I’ve been blue, now I'm walking through

fields of flowers

Rain may glisten but still I listen for hours and hours.

I'm just a kid again doing what I did again, singing a song

When the red, red robin comes bob, bob, bobbin' along.

Don’t Hug Me – Lanesboro Community Theater

     (June 22, 23, 29, 30 at 7pm; June 24 & July 1 at 2pm)

Sponsor Jingle and Interview – Green Gables

Rutabega Brothers

Please join us at our next show July 13 for “Protest!” Preshow music will be the Tuition Daddies, and the Rutabega Brothers will be back as our musical guest!

Over the Back Fence - May 2012

Over the Back Fence

May 11, 2012  Theme: TV Shows

Host: Damon Prestemon

Preshow Music provided by: Clayton Severson

Song – Bony Lips and the Dusty Bottom Hill Dwellers

Game Show – contestants and scoring

Radio Active Theater – Game Show Skit #1

THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES

Poem – Bonnie

Sponsor Interview and Jingle: Cedar Valley Resort

Radio Active Theater – Game Show Skit #2

         GET SMART

Musical Guest – Take Note Choir from Rushford

Radio Active Theater – Game Show Skit #3

         MR. ROGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD

TV Theme Show Song – Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood

Edward R. Murrow Speech – Joel

Radio Active Theater – Game Show Skit #4

         CHEERS

Sponsor Interview and Jingle: Little River General Store

Radio Active Theater – Game Show Skit #5

         I LOVE LUCY

TV Theme Show Song – I Love Lucy

Fun with Food – Peggy

Radio Active Theater – Game Show Skit #6

         LAUGH IN

TV Theme Show Song – Mickey Mouse Club

Carnac the Magnificent – Dave R.

Sponsor Interview and Jingle – Pedal Pushers

Radio Active Theater – Game Show Skit #7

         ALL IN THE FAMILY

Diane’s Delectible Dessert

Radio Active Theater – Game Show Skit #8

         THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW

Game Show Wrap-up

Sing-a-long –

I'm so glad we had this time together,

 Just to have a laugh, or sing a song.

Seems we just get started and before you know it Comes the time we have to say, "So long,

So long.”   (ear tug)

Over the Back Fence - April 2012

Over the Back Fence

April 13, 2012

Theme: Moon

Host: Damon Prestemon

Preshow Music provided by: Tom Dukich

Song Blue Moon – Sandy, Robin, Barb, Dick

This Month in History – Maureen and Carolyn

Song Youth Musician – Heather Boyum

Sponsor Interview – Preston Foods

Jokes – Brian, Bob

Song I Don’t Want to Live on the Moon – Barb

Walk When the Moon is Full – Sandy

Song Youth Musician – Mike Holst

Sponsor Interview – Bluff Country Computer Works

Musical Guest – Maritza

Goodnight Moon and poems– Bonnie

Song Moon River – Back Fence Women

Sponsor Interview – Lanesboro Local

Accordion Quartet Ashokan Farewell – Bill, Barb, Tom, Pine, Joel, Bonnie

Diane’s Delectable Dessert Give Away

Radio Active Theater Pilsners or Sobriety – Joel, Robin, Phil

Sing-a-Long Light of the Silvery Moon –

By the light of the silvery moon,

I want to spoon, to my honey

I'll croon love's tune,

Honeymoon keep a-shining in June,

Your silvery beams will bring love dreams,

we'll be cuddling soon,

By the silvery moon.

Over the Back Fence - March 2012

Over the Back Fence

March 9, 2012

Theme: Green

Host: Damon Prestemon

Preshow Music provided by: Nick Danielson

Musical Guest – Larry and Melissa Schmidt

This Month in History – Maureen and Carolyn

Singing Library Lady – Lynn

Sponsor Interview – Huntington Electric

Song Scarborough Fair – Back Fence Women

Story – Bonnie

Song Greensleeves – Carolyn and Kay

Memories of Lanesboro – Don

Song It’s Not Easy Being Green – Damon

Radioactive Theater – King Midas

Song Somewhere That’s Green – Barb

Name That Green Thing – Damon

Song I Got A Pea – Sandy W. and Friends

Sponsor Interview – Tom Manion, Attorney at Law

Song Green Glens of Antrim – Kay

Jokes – Sandy K. and Val

Singalong When Irish Eyes are Smiling – Larry and Melissa

When Irish eyes are smiling

Sure it’s like a morn in spring

In the lilt of Irish laughter

You can hear the angels sing

When Irish hearts are happy

All the world seems bright and gay

And when Irish eyes are smiling

Sure they steal your heart away.

Over the Back Fence - Feb 2012

Over the Back Fence

February 10, 2012

Theme: Baby, It’s Cold Outside

Host: Damon Prestemon

Preshow Music provided by: Tom Schramm and friends

Song “Baby, It’s cold Outside” – Rhubarb Sisters and the Bethlehem Boyz

Sponsor Interview – Fillmore County Journal

Jokes – Lynn, Barb, Pete

Fun with Food – Peggy

Song “They Call the Wind Mariah” – Sandy, Tom

Mariah, Mariah, they call the wind Mariah

Lanesboro Community Theater – Moon over Buffalo

Song “Homeward Bound” – Carolyn

Poems – Bonnie

Musical Guest – Rhubarb Sisters

“In the Garden”

They proclaim to me and exclaim to me,

And they tell me they’ll be my own;

And the joys we’ll share as we harvest there

Are joys the world should know.

Abbott and Costello “Loafing” – Kerry and Joel

Sponsor interview – BP/ S & A Petroleum

Song “It Might as Well be Spring” – Barb

Poem “Cremation of Sam McGee” – Peter

Song “Minnesota Farming“ – “Ole, Lars, Jose”

This Day is History – Carolyn and Maureen

Sing-a-long “Edelweiss” – Back Fence Women

Edelweiss, Edelweiss

Every morning you greet me

Small and white, clean and bright

You look happy to meet me

Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow

Bloom and grow forever

Edelweiss, Edelweiss Bless my homeland forever