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“Otter Tail County on Ice” was a huge success.  About 1,500 folks did not let the 20 below temperatures keep them from having a party.  Yes, Minnesotans are crazy.  To prove the point and to raise money for the Vets Art Project, my brother Bill is going to participate in the Elk River Shiver Plunge on Lake Orono in Elk River tomorrow.  The forecast is for temps in the teens for the afternoon event.  Please consider going to the link below to pledge any amount to help pay for the Marine Corps and the Air Force paintings.  For details on the art project go to www.vetsart.org.    To pledge dollars for the project follow this hot link:  http://ifoundconnections.org/where-to-give/veterans-art-project-fund/Donate-to-the-Veterans-Art-Project-Fund.html   Just type “Polar Plunge” in the note line.

Live From Here this week is a look back to the beginning of the season with an October rebroadcast from the Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul. The Preservation Hall Jazz Band joined Chris for “So It Is” and “Santiago,” and teamed up with Rachael Price for “They All Laughed”; Margaret Glaspy played “Emotions and Math” and “Love Like This”; and George Saunders led a reading from his book Lincoln in the Bardo. Plus: another episode of the game show Don’t Talk!, there is a look back at First Drafts of Famous Songs, and you can get a taste of a few soon-to-be-classic “porch sayings.” Hear it all, along with Chris Thile‘s Song of the Week, “Calvin and the Ghosties,” and even more on your favorite public radio station or your mobile device.

Tomorrow night I will be working a table at the College of St. Benedict Fine Arts Center.  Syndee Winters is presenting “Lena: A Moment with a Lady” a tribute to Lena Horne, at 7:30.   Syndee has performed on Broadway and it is going to be a wonderful show.  I have two tickets that can be at Will Call for the first person to respond to this note.

“Great results cannot be achieved at once, and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step.”  Samuel Smiles