January 18, 2003
 Rebroadcast January 3, 2004
 Live from the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota, with Cajun band and longtime Prairie Home favorite BeauSoleil and cellist Tony Ross.

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00:00Logo
02:31GK talks about how cold it is in Minnesota and how there is no snow, Light Rail
06:00John Henry - Pat Donohue and band
10:09Winter script
17:52All Shook Up - GK, Pat Donohue, band
20:15GK talks to BeauSoleil
22:23Mardi Gras - BeauSoleil
26:45Evangeline's Waltz - Beausoleil
30:40Powdermilk Biscuit Break
32:47A Toast to the New Year - Richard Dworsky and Tony Ross
36:09GK recites "Dilemma" by David Budbill, "Masterworks of Ming" by Kay Ryan, "As Befits a Man" by Langston Hughes, and "Riding Lesson" by Henry Taylor
38:14The Pleasure of Leisure - Richard Dworsky and Tony Ross
41:19Guy Noir script
52:59No Other Baby - Pat Donohue and band
57:35GK talks with BeauSoleil
58:44Tasso/ McGee's Reel- BeauSoleil
1:04:04Intermission - I Found A New Baby
1:08:19Greetings
1:11:45Self-Storage script
1:13:54Rhubarb script
1:16:33I Can't Get Her Off My Mind - Pat Donohue and band
1:21:49Conja - BeauSoleil
1:26:28Catchup script
1:29:25GK talks to Tony Ross
1:30:47Charlie's Waltz - Rich Dworsky and Tony Ross
1:33:35Monologue
1:49:14Sweet Georgia Brown - Guy's All-Star Shoe Band
1:51:17Cubano Bayou - BeauSoleil
1:54:57Credits
1:56:16Let Us Get Together

Photos from the show
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Michael Doucet Tony Ross
David Doucet of BeauSoleil Jimmy Breaux
Pat Donohue Michael Doucet of BeauSoleil

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