OVER THE BACK FENCE
March 9, 2018
Theme: IRELAND
Host: Damon
Prestemon
Music Director: Rachel Storlie
Pre-show Music: The Guilty Kilts
Emergency Exit: Bonnie & Joel
Song “Johnny Jump Up” – Back Fence Gang
Irish Sayings – Bonnie
& Joel
Song “When Irish Eyes” – JLee & Xena
Sponsor –
Granny’s Liquor, Lori Bakke
Jokes –
Kay & Val
Song “Song for Ireland” - Rachel
History of Ireland –
Sandy & Kay
Musical Guest –
Barbaro
A pot o’ gold Skit – Back
Fence Gang Leprechauns
Song “The Unicorn Song” – Shelly & Elsie
Sponsor –
Thrivent Financial, Walter Bradley
Pub Toast –
Diana
Song “The Parting Glass” – Back Fence Gang
Irish Sayings – Bonnie
& Joel
Song “Danny Boy” – Loni & Bill
Sing Along “Rattlin Bog” – Back Fence Gang
Ho, ro, the rattlin' bog,
The bog down in the valley-o.
Ho, ro, the rattlin' bog,
The bog down in the valley-o.
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OVER THE BACK FENCE
April 13, 2018
Theme: STARS
& PLANETS
Host: Damon
Prestemon
Music Director: Maria Klingsheim
Pre-show Music: Ben Hippen
Emergency Exit: Sandy
Song “I’m Sitting on Top
of the World” – Back Fence Gang
Reading “Pale Blue Dot” – David
Song “Twinkle, Twinkle Little
Star” – Val & Ayla
Sponsor – Pedal Pushers Café, Scott Taylor
Song “I’ll Follow the Sun” –
Back Fence Gang
Silent Sky – Commonweal Theatre
Musical Guest – Dan Israel
Jokes – Bonnie & Joel
Song “Venus” – Back Fence Men
News Update - Lanesboro
Community Theater
Song “Stars and the Moon” – Maria
Sponsor – Fillmore County Journal, Jason Sethre
Song “Starry, Starry Night” –
Kristin, Mike, and Xavier
Space Quiz - Damon
Sing Along
“Swinging on a Star” – Back Fence Gang
Would
you like to swing on a star
Carry moonbeams home in a jar
And be better off than you are
Or would you rather be a …
Carry moonbeams home in a jar
And be better off than you are
Or would you rather be a …
OVER THE BACK FENCE
May 11, 2018
Theme: Purple
Host: Damon
Prestemon
Music Director: Heidi Dybing
Pre-show Music: Mike Nadeau
Emergency Exit: Diana & Kay
Song “Sweet
Violets” – Xena, JLee, Shelly, & Elsie
Poem – Bonnie & Joel
Song “Barney,
the Purple Dinosaur” – Back Fence Gang
Sponsor – Old Barn Resort, Travis Dundore
Song “Purple
Rain” – Damon
Musical Guest – Savannah Smith
Jokes – Karen & Bill
Song “Deep
Purple” – Sandy, Kay, Jennifer, Jerry, Rita
Sponsor – Whalan Stand Still Parade, Dave Harrenstein
courtesy of Cedar Valley Resort
courtesy of Cedar Valley Resort
Song “Beyond
the Purple Hills” – Xena
Sing Along “Purple
People Eater” – Back Fence Gang
It was
a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater
(One-eyed,
one-horned, flyin' purple people eater)
A
one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater
Sure
looks strange to me
OVER THE BACK FENCE
June
8, 2018
Theme:
The Letter Z
Host: Damon Prestemon
Music
Director: Heidi Dybing
Pre-show
Music: Tim Cheesebrow
Emergency
Exit: Sandy & David
Song “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah” – Back Fence Gang
Broadcast Partnership – John
Song “Zorro” – Back Fence Men
Story “Travels with Austin” - Sandy
Sponsor – Singing Hammers Construction, Matt Spencer
Musical Guest – Namoli Brennet
Poem – David
Song “The Trolley Song” – Xena & JLee
Jokes – Brokken & Davis Comedy Minute
Song “Zoot Suit Riot” – Brandt
Sponsor – Anna V’s Bed & Breakfast, Steve Harris
Song “Zing Went
the Strings of my Heart” – Back Fence Women
Sing Along “Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity
Boom)” – Elsie
& Shelly
Oh, hot diggity, dog ziggity, boom
what you do to me
It's so new to me, what you do to me
Hot diggity, dog ziggity, boom what
you do to me When you're holding me tight
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OVER THE BACK FENCE
July
13, 2018
Theme:
Pirates
Host: Damon Prestemon
Music
Director: Heidi Dybing
Pre-show
Music: Maria Klingsheim
Emergency
Exit: Captain Jack Sparrow
Song “A Pirate’s Life for Me” – Back Fence Gang
Poem – Bonnie & Joel
Skit “Pirates
Who Don't Do Anything” – Xena, JLee,
Shelly, & Elsie
Sponsor – Great River Shakespeare Festival, Eileen Moeller
Promo “Music Man” – Lanesboro Community Theater
Musical Guest – Chris Koza
Poem – David
Skit “Captain Crunch” – Phil, Robin, & Jerry
Song “Davy Jones” – Xena & JLee
Jokes – Elaine & Mark
Song “Swab
the Deck Clean” – Commonweal Theatre Company
Sponsor – Lanesboro Public Library, Tara Johnson
Sing Along “Yo Ho” – Back Fence Gang
Yo
ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me
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OVER THE BACK FENCE
August
10, 2018
Theme:
Yard Sale
Host: Damon Prestemon
Music
Director: Heidi Dybing
Pre-show
Music: RavensFire
Emergency
Exit: Bonnie
Song “Yard Sale (Downtown)” - Back Fence Gang
Poems – Bonnie & Joel
Skit - Rollin’ Down the River – Back Fence Gang
Sponsor – Niagara Cave, Mark Bishop
Storytelling – Al Batt
Song – “Where Did You Get That Hat?” – Back Fence Men
Sponsor – Lanesboro Arts, Erin Lavelle, artist in residence
Musical Guest – The Singing Lawyers
Skit - $ Weirdest Yard Sale – Bill, Diana,
Audrey, Cyan & the Gang
Sing Along “Who Will Buy?” – Back Fence Women
Skit “Ole & Lars” – Phil, Robin & Bill
Song “Garage Sale” - Damon
Sing Along “Summertime, Summertime” – Back Fence Gang
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OVER THE BACK FENCE
September 14, 2018
Theme: Folks Named Smith
Host: Damon Prestemon
Music Director: Heidi Dybing
Pre-show Music: Tom Schramm & the LPs
Emergency Exit: Bonnie & Shelly
Song “People in Your Neighborhood” – Back Fence Gang
Jokes – "Ode to Smith" - Kay & David
Sponsor – High Court Pub, Louanne Hamann
Song “Along Came (Jones) Smith” – Back Fence Gang
Poems - Bonnie & Joel
Poems - Bonnie & Joel
Musical Guest – Joel Ward
Skit – “The Three Little Pigs” – David, Shelly & Company
Song “Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough” – Back Fence Gang
Sponsor – Merchants Bank, Ken Graner
Preview History Alive! Lanesboro 1918
Sing Along “God Bless America” – Back Fence Gang
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OVER THE BACK FENCE
October
12, 2018
Theme:
Seven Deadly Sins
Host: Damon Prestemon
Co-Host: Steph Davidson
Co-Host: Steph Davidson
Music
Director: Robyn Loewen
Pre-show
Music: GrassRun Band
Emergency
Exit: Joel & Jessica
Song “You’re so Vain” – Back Fence Gang
Poem – Kay,
Steph, Xena, JLee, Elsie, Bonnie, Shelly
Song “If I Were a Rich Man” – Back Fence Men
Sponsor – F & M Community Bank, Dan Christianson
Song “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow” – Xena &
JLee
Musical Guest – Lost Faculties
Skit – “The Seven Deadly Sins” – Back Fence Gang
Song “A Confession” – Elsie and the Sisters
Sponsor – The Bite, Chelsey Clausen
Song “I Cain’t Say No” – Back Fence Women
Poem - Bonnie
Sing Along “Hole in the Bucket” – Back Fence Gang
There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, dear
Liza,
There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, a hole
There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, a hole
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OVER
THE BACK FENCE
November
9, 2018
Theme:
British Invasion
Host: Damon Prestemon
Music
Director: Maria Klingsheim
Pre-show
Music: Nathan Davidson’s Lost Brits
Emergency
Exit: Elsie, Shelly, & Nick
Song “When
I’m 64” – Back Fence Gang
Skit
– James Bond Skit –
Back Fence Gang
Song “I
Go to Pieces” – Sandy & Glen
Sponsor –
Estelle’s Eatery & Bar
Song “Something
Good” – Xena,
JLee, Elsie, Shelly, & Casey
Beatlemania –
Bonnie & Joel
Song “I
Want to Hold Your Hand” – Karen & Bill
Musical
Guest – The Vintage Tones
Skit
- Doctor Who -
Diana
Song “The
Mother’s Lament” – Joel
Sponsor –
Thomas Manion, Attorney at Law
Song “Only
Want to Be With You – Xena & JLee
Jokes –
Sandy & Kay
Sing
Along “Those Were the Days” – Back Fence Gang
Those were the days my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we choose
We'd fight and never lose
Those were the days, oh yes those were the days
