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Are you ready to party?   Tomorrow at 10 am the gates open at “Otter Tail County on Ice”.  The world’s largest tail gate party.  As an ambassador for Otter Tail County, my son Erik will be there directing traffic.  On Wednesday he was on Otter Tail Lake driving stakes into the ice for the tents that will house the food and drink.  He spotted a couple of fishermen and he stopped on his four wheeler to tell them about the big event that was to start on Saturday.   They told him that was the reason they were there.  Huge Johnny Holm fans, arriving four days early to the party.  For all the details, go to Otter Tail Lakes Country on Facebook.  The schedule of events is attached.

Live from Here this week is a rebroadcast of the season opener from the Palace Theatre in Saint Paul. Recent Grammy winner Chris Stapleton join Chris to sing “Broken Halos” and “Without Your Love,” Julien Baker performs “Appointments” and “Hurt Less,” and Laurie Kilmartin shared a few thoughts on motherhood. Plus: Chris Thile’s “Prescription“; Emily King sings “Good Friend”; Bertrand Falstaff Heine bumps into his rival, James; and from the Brooklyn-Based yuppies who brought you “Breathy Acoustic Covers of Pop Songs” comes “Breathy Acoustic Covers of Party Songs.” Tune in on your radio or your mobile device. The show will be back again, live, on February 24th with a broadcast from the Fitzgerald Theater.

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world”.  from “The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien