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My son Erik works for Otter Tail County in Economic Development. He sent this to me this morning:    Meet the music of OTC-ON ICE!  These five homegrown bands will be performing under the big tent, on the ice, next weekend on Otter Tail Lake:  Pert Near Sandstone, Tigirlily, the4onthefloor, Cindy Jo & Dirt Road Dixie plus Aaron Simmons & the Roadkill. 

 Kendra and Krista of Tigirlily grew up in the small North Dakota town of Hazen. Recently, they moved to Nashville but remain “Midwest girls at heart!” When asked about their upcoming performance on a frozen lake they responded, “It is going to be an absolute blast. The band is phenomenal, and we will be playing everything from originals to 80’s hits. This is a brand new “show” experience for us as well, being out on the ice, so we can’t wait for February to come.”  Tigirlily will be performing on Saturday, Feb. 9th at 6:00 pm. You don’t want to miss this!

Pert Near Sandstone, will be playing Saturday the 9^th at 8:00 p.m. Guitarist Nate Sipe describes the band’s music “as modern string band music, informed equally by old-time American folk music and the popular music that we grew up on, which includes everything from Bob Dylan to Young MC. We have been deeply influenced by the West Bank Minneapolis folk scene dating from the 60’s through today, as well as other contemporary Minnesota musicians.” Nate has a local connection: he grew up spending walleye opener on nearby East Battle Lake. Be sure to catch Pert Near’s show.

For more information and to purchase tickets,  go to otconice.com   I have booked a room at Thumper Pond for next Saturday night.  I hope to see you there.

Live from Here this week is a live show from Los Angeles with special guests Andrew Bird, Jenny Lewis and the very funny Sarah Silverman.  You can listen on your radio or smart phone or you can watch it on YouTube.   Stay warm.  I know, I told you the same thing last week, I goofed up.

“The time to be happy is now; the place to be happy is here; the way to be happy is to make others so.”  Robert Ingersoll