Over the Back Fence - November 2014

Over the Back Fence

November 14th, 2014

Theme: Lady Luck

Host: Damon Prestemon

Keyboard: Stela Burdt

Pre-show Music provided by: Michael Sailer

Emergency Exit: Karen and George

3 Min    Song “Luck Be A Lady” – Gary and Back Fence Gang

3 Min    Act - Wild & Crazy Guys – Pete and Robin

2 Min    Poem - George

3 Min    Song “The Gambler” – Back Fence Gang

1 Min    Bad Luck Betty  – Barb

7 Min    Rolling the Dice with our Sponsors – Gil B’s, Drury’s, Preston Foods

15 Min   Musical Guest – Mississippi Gypsies

6 Min    Skit “My Lucky Day” – Radio Active Players

3 Min    Song “The Sweet By and By” – Robin, Pete and Dee

4 Min    Lucky Thoughts - Don Bell

3 Min    Song “Viva Las Vegas” – Tod and Back Fence Gang

7 Min    Quiz “Try Your Luck” – Damon, Diane’s Delectable Dessert

3 Min    Sing Along “May The Good Lord Bless and Keep You” – Carolyn and Back Fence Gang

Fill your dreams with sweet tomorrows

Never mind what might have been

May the good Lord bless and keep you

Till we meet again.

May the good Lord bless and keep you

Till we meet, 

Till we meet again...

Over the Back Fence - October 2014

Over the Back Fence

October 10th, 2014

Theme: Sci-Fi

Host: Damon Prestemon

Keyboard: Rachel Storlie

Pre-show Music provided by: The Arnold-Bradley Band

Emergency Exit: David Storlie as Rod Sterling

3 Min Song “Science Fiction Double Feature” – Rachel & David and Gang

2 Min Promo Escanaba – Rachel & David S.

3 Min Song “Rocket Man” - Gang

1 Min Jokes – George and Bonnie

3 Min Sci-Fi Skit – Radio Active Theater Group

1 Min Sci-Fi Trivia - Lawrence

5 Min Improv “Sci-Fi songs” – Gang

3 Min Sponsor – Sally’s Hair To Dye For

3 Min Ghost Story - Bonnie

15 Min Musical Guest – Slick Newhouse Band

3 Min Sponsor – F&M Bank

2 Min Radio Talk “War Of The Worlds” – Sandy and Pete

2 Min Song “Somewhere out in the Universe” - Laura

3 Min Sponsor - Riverside On The Root

1 Min Jokes – George and Bonnie

2 Min Song “Purple People Eater” – Back Fence Gang

8 Min Quiz “Sci-Fi Theme Songs” - Damon

3 Min Sing Along “Fly Me To The Moon” – Gang

Fill my heart with song

Let me sing forever more

You are all I long for

All I worship and adore

In other words, please be true

In other words, I love you

Over the Back Fence - September 2014

Over the Back Fence

Over the Back Fence

September 12th, 2014

Theme: Lawrence Welk and friends

Host: Damon Prestemon

Keyboard: Rick Nance

Pre-show Music provided by: Accordionation

Song “Champagne Bubbles” - Back Fence Gang

Song History “Lennon Sisters” - Lynn, Laura, Bonnie, Sandy

Skit “Smothers Brothers” - Randy, Tony

Song “Tennessee Waltz” – Back Fence Gang

Poem “Rock and Roll Band” - George

Song “Old Devil Moon” – Small Group

Promo – Sara

Musical Guest – Naomi Karstad

Sponsor Interview - Coffee Street Fitness

Song “Beer Barrel Polka” – Back Fence Gang

Sponsor – Thomas M. Manion, Attorney at Law

Lawrence Welk memories - Don

Variety Show Theme Medley

Donny and Marie - Barb and Randy

Dinah Shore - Sandy

Hee Haw - George and Lawrence

Sonny and Cher – Tony and Lynn

Quiz “Variety Show Trivia” – Damon

Sing Along “Adios, Au Revoir, Auf Wiedersehen” – Gang                                                                  

Goodnight, sleep tight, and pleasant dreams to you

Here's a wish and a prayer that every dream comes true

And now 'til we meet again

Adios, Au Revoir, Auf Wiedersehn

"Good night!" 

Over the Back Fence - August 2014

Over the Back Fence

August 8th, 2014

Theme: Big Top

Host: Damon Prestemon

Keyboard: Rick Nance

Pre-show Music provided by: Tim Fast

Song “Join The Circus” – Back Fence Gang

Poem “Circus Coming To Town” – Lawrence

Song “Lion Tamer” - Teri

Circus History - Bonnie

Song “Who Will Love Me As I Am” - Stela and Barb

Circus Jokes

Sponsor - Thrivent Financial

Musical Guest – Rutabaga Brothers

Sponsor – Green Gables Inn

Song “Baby Mine” – Back Fence Women

Clown Skit

Song “Send In The Clowns”- Carolyn

Circus Trivia - Pete

Broken and Davis Comedy Minute

Sing-Along Song “The Man On The Flying Trapeze” - Gang

He floats through the air

With the greatest of ease.

The daring young man on the flying trapeze.

His movements are graceful

All girls he does please

And my love he has purloined away.

Over the Back Fence - July 2014

Over the Back Fence 

July 11th, 2014

Theme: Traditions

Host: Damon Prestemon

Keyboard: Rita Dalzell

Pre-show Music provided by: Paul Schmidt

National Anthem – Back Fence Gang

Poem “Home Away From Home” – George

Song “Morning Has Broken” Carolyn & Back Fence Gang

Story “At the Drive In” - Bonita

Sponsor – Bluff Country Computer Works

Song “Matchmaker, Matchmaker” – Laura, Elsa, Ruth

Special Guest - Al Batt

Musical Guest – RavensFire

Sponsor - Niagara Cave

Song “A Bicycle Built for Two” – Glen & Back Fence Men

Skit “Summer Vacations” - Jane, Val, Karen, Bonnie, Lawrence

Song “Kumbaya” – Back Fence Women

Story “Family Reunion” – Bonnie

Song “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” Back Fence Gang

Game “Charades” – Damon and Karrie, Diane’s Delectible Dessert

Sing Along “You Are My Sunshine” – Back Fence Gang

Over the Back Fence - June 2014

Over the Back Fence

June 13, 2014

Theme: Cowboys Show

Host: Damon Prestemon

Keyboard: Julie Ekstrom

Pre-show Music provided by:  Arnold-Bradley Band

Song “Don't Fence Me In” – Back Fence Gang

Cowboy Musings - Carla

Cowboy Joke - Richard

Song “Boil ‘em Cabbage Down”– Isabelle

Bull Riding - Clay

Song “Back in the Saddle Again” – Back Fence Cowgirls

Special Guest - Buffalo Bill & Friends

Musical Guest – Iowa Cowboy Orchestra

Quiz – Sponsors

Song “Cool Water” – Roger

The New Ranch Hand – Robin and Barb

Line Dancing – Jane

Dale Evans and Roy Rogers - Bonnie

Song “Home On The Range” – Carolyn and Gang

Art in the Park – Bill

Sing along “Happy Trails”– Back Fence Gang

Over the Back Fence - May 2014

Over the Back Fence

May 9, 2014

Theme: 9 to 5

Host: Damon Prestemon

Keyboard: Curt Peterson

Pre-show Music provided by:  Tom Schramm

Song “Nine to Five” – Back Fence Gang

Jokes - George

ExpoCulinaria - Terri

Song “Get a Job”- Back Fence Men

Skit “Job Interview” - Carla & Stephanie

Sponsor – Drury’s Furniture

Musical Guest - CBB Jazz Combo

Monologues from Studs Terkel’s “Working”- Lynn, Randy, Laura

Song “Manic Monday”- Lynn

Skit “Mr Tudball & Mrs. Wiggins”- Barb & Robin

Sponsor – Pedal Pushers Cafe

Song “Sixteen Tons” – Randy

Comedian - Sue Flemke

Song “Whistle While You Work/Heigh Ho” - Back Fence Gang 

Over the Back Fence - April 2014

Over the Back Fence

April 11, 2014

Theme: The 1940s

Host: Damon Prestemon

Keyboard: Maria Klingsheim

Pre-show Music provided by:  Drew Sorom/Patchy Ground Fog

Song – Back Fence Gang

Skit “Radio Days” – Back Fence Gang

Song “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” - Barb, Sam, Rachel

Victory Gardens  – Peggy

Song “Play a Simple Melody” - Robin, Sandy, Dick

Pippi Longstocking - Laura

Sponsor – “Bluff County Magazine” – Jason Sethre

Musical Guest - Rhubarb Sisters

Sponsor – Lanesboro BP / S&A Petroleum

Upcoming Events

Song “Stormy Weather”- Maria

Meanderings Of An Aging Soul - Bill

Spam Commercial - Bonnie & Sandy

Fibber McGee & Molly - George & Bonnie

Song “Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree” – BF Women

Trusty Tax Man - Pete

Song “When You Wish Upon a Star” - Back Fence Gang

Like a bolt out of the blue

Fate steps in and sees you through

When you wish upon a star

Your dreams will come through

See you on May 9th when our theme is “9 to 5”

Over the Back Fence - March 2014

Over the Back Fence

March 14, 2014

Theme: City Lights

Host: Damon Prestemon

Keyboard: Stela Burdt

Preshow Music provided by:  The Notorious Rutabaga Brothers

Mice skit #1 – Diane, Carla

Poem “Stoplight” – George

Song “Downtown” – Samantha and Women

Brokken and Davis Comedy Minute

Mice skit #2
Story “Pink Guitar”  – Sandy

Mice skit #3
Song “I See the Light” – Stela and Gary

Sponsor interview – Lanesboro Arts Center

Song “Summer in the City” – Back Fence Gang
Poem - Bonnie
Jokes – Dick & Karen
Musical Guest – Over the Waterfall

Mice skit #4

Song “Good Mornin” – Robin, Barb, Carla

Quiz “Sounds of the City and Country”

Mice skit #5

Sing along “Country Roads” – Tom, Teri and Gang
Country roads, take me home
to the place I belong.
West Virginia, mountain momma,
take me home, country roads.

See you on April 11 when our theme is “The 1940s”!