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FUNDING FOR OFF 90 IS PROVIDED, IN PART, BY
THE MINNESOTA ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND
AND THE CITIZENS OF MINNESOTA.
CRUISING YOUR WAY ON THIS EPISODE OF OFF 90:
DRAMA UNFOLDS WHERE THE ROOT RIVER BENDS.
STEP BEHIND THE SCENES OF LANESBORO'S COMMONWEAL THEATRE.
HARMONY'S BETTY DOWE PASSES ON THE TRADITION OF NORWEGIAN ROSEMALING.
AND IN 1876, NORTHFIELD FOILED A JESSE JAMES BANK ROBBERY.
FIND OUT HOW THE CITY STILL CELEBRATES TODAY.
IT'S ALL JUST AHEAD OFF 90.
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HI. I'M BARBARA KEITH.
THANKS FOR JOINIG ME ON THIS EPISOE OF OFF 9.
PROFESSIONAL QUALITY PRODUCTIONS IN THE HEART OF BLUFF COUNTRY.
LANESBORO'S COMMONWEAL THEATRE
HAS BEEN BRINGING PLAYS TO LIFE SINCE 1989.
AND, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT LOCATED IN AN URBAN CENTER,
THE COMMONWEAL IS WELL KNOW FOR A HIGH STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE.
IT'S ALSO HOME TO A NUMBER OF PROFESSIONAL ACTORS
FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY.
SO, SIT BACK AND ENJOY AS WE DIM THE LIGHTS.
WE ARE A PROFESSIONAL REGIONAL THEATRE IN A SMALL TOWN.
IT'S A VERY TOUGH BUSINESS TO BE IN.
WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL, AND YET IT'S A STRUGGLE EVERY YEAR.
WE SAY THAT IF YOU GIVE US TWO HOURS WE'LL AFFECT YOU ON SOME WAY.
WE'LL EITHER MAKE YOU LAUGH,
WE'LL CHALLENGE YOU, WE MIGHT MAKE YOU THINK, WE MIGHT MAKE YOU CRY.
BUT WE WILL TAKE YOU OUT OF YOUR EXISTENCE FOR A COUPLE HOURS
AND WITH OUR STORY SHOW YOU AN ASPECT OF HUMANITY.
YOU MAY NOT HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT PRIOR TO COMING.
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EVERY COMPANY MEMBER REALLY PUTS FORWARD BETWEEN
40 AND 80 HOURS OF WORK IN A GIVEN WEEK.
AND THAT'S ACROSS THE BOARD.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE LOVE BUT WE RECOGNIZE THAT THAT LOVE BRINGS SACRIFICE,
AND IT'S THAT SACRIFICE AS WELL AS THE GENEROSITY OF PEOPLE
WHO SUPPORT THE THEATRE THAT MAKES IT POSSIBLE.
THERE ARE LOTS OF PROPS AND PRETTY COSTUMES AND A SET BEHIND ME.
IT'S THE ACTOR AND THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF THE ACTOR
THAT WE TRY TO BRING TO A PERFORMANCE AND TO OUR AUDIENCE.
AND OVER TIME THE AUDIENCE HAS GROWN TO REALLY ACCEPT
THIS AESTHETIC AND EMBRACE REALLY FULLY.
IT'S BEEN GREAT.
STEPH, MAYBE WE ONY NEED A BOW ON THIS EN.
THIS PLAY IS VERY SELDOM DONE, I BELIEVE, THIS MAY BE THE NINTH OR TENTH PRODUCTION,
IN NORTH AMERICA INCLUDING CANADA.
WHEN YOU TURN TO GO, TE FIRST TIME, TURN DON STAGE, NOT UP STAG.
THERE MULTIPLE STORY LEVELS WITHIN THE SHOW. BUT THE MAIN STORY IS TWO SHOP CLERKS WHO BICKER
AND ARGUE AND THEY JUST CAN'T STAND EACH OTHER, AND IT TURNS OUT THAT FOR A YEAR AND A HALF
THEY'VE BEEN CORRESPONDING, WRITING ANONYMOUS LOVE LETTERS TO ONE ANOTHER.
THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM, AND OLDER GENTLEMAN WHO RUNS THE SHOP
WHO'S BEEN MARRIED FOR YEARS, WHO, WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE A WORKAHOLIC
AND MAY BE MARRIED TO HIS JOB AND HE FINDS OUT HIS YOUNGER WIFE IS HAVING AN AFFAIR.
SO WE WATCH AS THE YOUNGER LOVERS DISCOVER WHO THEY ARE AND DISCOVER THEIR BRAND NEW LOVE
FOR EACH OTHER AND AS WE WATCH THAT WE SEE THE OLDER MORE ESTABLISHED LOVE
THAT IS NOW GOING THROUGH TRAUMA AND TUMULT.
AND HOW THESE TWO WORK IT THROUGH AND THEN WHAT THEY BRING AND WHAT THEY TEACH TO THE OTHER.
I REALLY LOVE THIS PLAY.
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WELL, IN SOME WAYS WE'RE DIFFERENT AND SOME WAYS WE'RE SIMILAR.
SHE'S A LOT MORE HESITANT TO CALL PEOPLE OUT AND SHE'S REALLY MORE HESITANT TO GET ANGRY
THAN I WOULD BE AT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO HER, NOT THAT I'M AN ANGRY PERSON.
BUT SHE, I'M JUST MORE, I'M A CONFIDENT WOMAN IN 2011
AND THIS IS A WOMAN WHO'S LIVING IN 1937,
SO GENDER RULES ARE TOTALLY KIND OF DIFFERENT
AND HOW PEOPLE OPERATE IN SOCIETY IS DIFFERENT AT THAT TIME.
SHE JUST WANTS TO DO HER BEST AND SHE WANTS TO GET ALL OF HER WORK DONE
AND SHE WANTS TO CHECK EVERYTHING OFF HER LIST IN A PROPER WAY
AND SO THERE HAVE BEEN, IT'S BEEN INTERESTING TO FIND WAYS THAT WE ARE SIMILAR
AND WAYS THAT WE ARE DIFFERENT.
LET'S DO THIS. LET'S O GET INTO COSTUM,
LET'S PRESET YOUR QUIK CHANGES IF YOU HAE ANY. AND YOU D.
THIS IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY, THE COMMONWEAL THEATRE BEING A RESIDENT ENSEMBLE.
IT'S A CHANCE TO KIND OF BE IN ONE PLACE AND WORK WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE
OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, OPPOSED TO KIND OF BEING IN A LARGER CITY
WHERE MAYBE YOU'RE CONSTANTLY SEARCHING FOR THE NEXT JOB.
I REALLY FELL INTO THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY. I CAME HERE THINKING IT WAS JUST ANOTHER THEATRE
IN ANOTHER TOWN AND I'D BE HERE FOR A LITTLE BIT AND I WOULD MOVE ON.
I MEAN I HAVE A HOME HERE. MY WIFE, WHO WORKS FOR THE COMPANY,
WE MET HERE AND MARRIED. WE HAVE A YOUNG SON, WHO IS AT HOME RIGHT NOW
AS ACTORS THEY TELL YOU, YOU CAN'T HAVE THOSE THINGS.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO MOVE AROUND SO MUCH,
YOU HAVE TO MAKE SO MANY SACRIFICES FOR YOUR CAREER,
BUT THIS HAS PROVEN TO BE SUCH A SPECIAL COMMUNITY,
SUCH A SPECIAL THEATRE COMPANY THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THOSE THINGS
THAT THEY SAY YOU CAN'T HAVE.
AT SEVEN WE'RE GONNA O A DRESS TONIGHT WEE GONNA STAT
PROBABLY WITH WORKIG A FEW OF THE PRP CHALLENGE.
AND WE'LL LOOK AT COSTUMS AND I DON'T THINK WE'L START A RUN MUCH BEFOE EIGHT, SO THANK.
HAVE A GOOD DINNR BREAK, THANK YO.
I HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF HAVING REALLY HIGH STANDARDS PARTICULARLY OF MYSELF.
ALL RIGHT, LES STRIKE IT AND TRY T AGAIN, SORRY GUY. CAN I SEE YOU MARI?
BUT, I FEEL, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THAT IDEA THAT, WE ARE A VITAL PART OF THE COMMUNITY,
THAT THERE'S NEVER A MINUTE OR A SHOW OR A PERFORMANCE
THAT WE CAN AFFORD TO HALF-***,
FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD.
70% OF THE PEOPLE WHO'VE GONE THROUGH OUR APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
ARE ENGAGED IN PROFESSIONAL THEATRE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THE MODEL I THINK IS VERY MUCH DRIVEN FROM MY CONCEPT OF HOW THEATER SHOULD FUNCTION,
THAT IS A RESIDENT ENSEMBLE PEOPLE WORKING WITH EACH OTHER OVER LONG PERIODS OF TIME,
DEVELOPING A SKILL SET, DEVELOPING A COMPANYWIDE AESTHETIC, A STYLE, IF YOU WILL.
AND TOTALLY BASED IN THE COMMUNITY AND RESPONDING TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE REGION IN WHICH WE LIVE.
GOOD EVENING LADIS AND GENTLEMEN. THAK YOU ALL SO MUCH FR JOINING US HEE
AT THE COMMONWEL THEATRE FOR TONIGHTS PERFORMANCE F PARFUMERI.
I THINK IT'S OUR WILLINGNESS TO EMBRACE THE NOTION OF THEATRE AS SERVICE AND THEATRE
AS GIVING AND CONNECTING.
MY BODY KIND OF FILLS WITH A LITTLE BIT OF PRIDE AND THERE IS
A DEEPLY SATISFYING EMOTIONAL RESPONSE,
NOT WHEN THE PRODUCTION STARTS,
BUT AT THE END OF AN EVENING WHEN AN AUDIENCE IS SIGNALING
WITH THEIR APPLAUSE OR THEIR LAUGHTER OR THEIR CONVERSATION.
THE FACT THAT THEY'VE SPENT THE TWO HOURS AND THAT IT WAS WORTHWHILE
FILLS ME WITH TREMENDOUS SATISFACTION.
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IN OUR NECK OF THE WOODS CHANCES ARE YOU'VE SEEN SOME EXAMPLES
OF AN OLD STYLE OF NORWEGIAN DECORATIVE PAINTING KNOWN AS ROSEMALING.
BUT YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF WORK GOES INTO CRAFTING
THESE BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS.
GOOD THING BETTY DOWE OF HARMONY IS MAKING SURE TO PASS ON
THE ROSEMALING TRADITION TO HER STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
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ROSEMALING IS STRICTLY A NORWEGIAN ART FORM.
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PEOPLE THINK THAT IT'S PAINTING ROSES, BUT ROSEMALING IS PAINTING FLOWERS,
SCROLLS, IT'S A VARIETY OF THINGS.
IT IS A FANTASY PAINTING.
YOU TAKE A FLOWER AND YOU MARRY IT WITH ANOTHER FLOWER AND ANYTHING GOES.
I MEAN, YOU HAVE SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL, IMAGINARY CREATIONS.
MY NAME IS BETTY DOWE AND I TEACH NORWEGIAN ROSEMALING.
HISTORY SHOWS THAT IT STARTED IN ABOUT 1750
AND THE NORWEGIAN MEN WOULD SAIL TO VARIOUS COUNTRIES AND BRING BACK IDEAS.
FOR INSTANCE, THEY WOULD BRING BACK THE IDEA OF THE TULIP FROM THE DUTCH.
AND THE HATCHING AND DARK COLORS FROM THE ORIENT.
AND IN NORWAY, ROSEMALERS WOULD TRAVEL FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE AND DO ROSEMALING.
ROSEMALING JUST ABOUT DIED OUT AND WHEN THE YOUNG PEOPLE CAME TO AMERICA
AND WHEN THEY CAME, THEIR FIRST CONCERN WAS TO MAKE THEIR LAND,
AND VERY LITTLE ROSEMALING WAS DONE.
IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS SO MUCH HISTORY AND THE ROOTS GO BACK,
IT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE THIS SO THAT IT DOESN'T DIE OUT
LIKE IT ALMOST DID IN NORWAY.
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THE BEST THING ABOUT ROSEMALING IS THE TEACHING.
WHEN I TEACH BEGINNERS CLASSES, THE FIRST THING WE DO IS TO PRACTICE BRUSH STROKES.
AND ROSEMALING IS NOTHING BUT BRUSH STROKES.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE DOING ROSEMALING EVERYTHING IS S AND C STROKES.
AND IF YOU LEARN THAT YOU CAN DO ANYTHING.
AND WHEN YOU'RE DOING IT, IT'S THIN AT THE TOP, PRESSURE, PRESSURE,
THIN, THIN , PRESSURE, PRESSURE, THIN.
THERE'S NOTHING LIKE HAVING A CLASS AND WATCHING THESE PEOPLE
THAT HAVE NEVER HAD A BRUSH IN THEIR HAND, TAKE THAT BRUSH AND,
BY LISTENING TO WHAT YOU SAY, DO IT, AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING,
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY THEY WILL LOOK AT IT AND THEY'LL SAY,
OH MY GOSH, THIS LOOKS GOOD.
I'M HALF IRISH AND HALF GERMAN AND THE ONLY REASON THAT
I'M IN ROSEMALING IS BECAUSE I ACCIDENTALLY STUMBLED INTO IT.
JUST THE LOVE OF THE NORWEGIAN ART AND THE NORWEGIAN HISTORY.
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WHEN I ROSEMAL, IT'S MY OWN LITTLE WORLD, YOU MIGHT SAY.
AND AS I'M PAINTING, I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT THE PIECE.
YOU HAVE TO SORT OF CONCENTRATE ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND
NOT THINKING ABOUT TOMORROW OR THE NEXT DAY.
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I ENJOY AND HAVE A LOVE FOR ROSEMALING BECAUSE OF THE COLOR
AND WHEN I SEE A PIECE, THE EXCITEMENT, AND YOU PAINT SOMETHING
AND THE NEXT WEEK YOU'RE ON SOMETHING ELSE.
AND IT'S NEVER THE SAME.
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IT'S ALWAYS NEW AND IT'S SOMETHING WHERE I CAN DESIGN AND CREATE AND PUT SOME OF ME IN IT.
I HOPE I 'M HELPING TO PRESERVE THE NORWEGIAN CULTURE.
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IN 1876, SEVERAL GUNMEN RODE INTO NORTHFIELD HOPING TO ROB A BANK.
BUT THE TOWNSFOLK HAD OTHER PLANS.
JESSE JAMES AND HIS GANG WERE NOTORIOUS THE COUNTRY OVER
FOR THEIR EXPLOITS: A STRING OF ROBBERIES SPANNING SEVERAL STATES
BUT IT ALL CAME TO AN END IN NORTHFIELD
WHEN THE TOWNSPEOPLE DECIDED TO FIGHT BACK.
MORE THAN 130 YEARS LATER, NORTHFIELD IS STILL CELEBRATING THAT VICTORY
WITH THE DEFEAT OF JESSE JAMES DAYS.
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IN 1876 JESSE JAMES, FRANK JAMES, BOB, JIM, COLE YOUNGER, CHARLIE PITTS,
BILL CALDWELL, AND ANOTHER RAIDER CAME IN TO ROB THE BANK,
AND THEY HAD BEEN ROBBING BANKS ALL OVER THE MIDWEST.
LET'S GO GET SOME MONEY OUT OF THE BANKS AND THE STAGE COACHES AND THE TRAINS.
AND PEOPLE JUST GAVE UP.
BUT WHEN THEY CAME TO NORTHFIELD, IT WASN'T LIKE THAT AT ALL.
AND SO, WHEN THEY RODE INTO TOWN, THEY COME WALKING INTO THE BANK,
THREE OF THEM, DEMANDING MONEY.
IN THE MEAN TIME, A MERCHANT TRIED TO GET TO THE BANK AND HE SAW
WHAT WAS GOING ON AND HE YELLED, GET YOUR GUNS BOYS, THEY'RE ROBBING THE BANK.
AND SO, THE DOCTORS, THE DENTISTS, AND THE TOWNSPEOPLE, THE MERCHANTS DID GO GET THEIR GUNS.
ALL THE RAIDERS OUTSIDE NOW, FIVE OF THEM WERE SHOOTIN' EM UP,
TELLING PEOPLE TO GET OFF THE STREET.
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THE DEFEAT OF JESSE JAMES DAYS CELEBRATION HAS BEEN A,
ONE OF OUR TREMENDOUS ANNUAL EVENTS. IT'S OUR KEY SIGNATURE CELEBRATION IN TOWN.
PREPARATION FOR THE CELEBRATION IS YEAR LONG.
STARTED AS A SMALL, SMALL FESTIVAL AND IS JUST GROWN EVER SINCE THEN.
SO IT'S CELEBRATED EVERY YEAR, THE WEEKEND AFTER LABOR DAY.
YOU KNOW, AT NORTHFIELD WE'RE 35 MINUTES AWAY FROM TWO AND A HALF MILLION PEOPLE
SO THERE'S NEVER A SHORTAGE OF CROWDS TO COME DOWN HERE.
WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE HUGE, HUGE CROWDS THAT COME.
THIS YEAR THE WEATHERS BEEN BEAUTIFUL, IT'S GONNA BE A BIG, BIG WEEKEND.
I'M WAYNE EDDY, I'M THE GENERAL CHAIRMAN OF THE DEFEAT OF JESSE JAMES DAYS
FOR THE YEAR 2011, THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME I'VE BEEN CHAIRMAN OR CO-CHAIRMAN.
AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY A THRILL TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR VOLUNTEERS
AND PUT ON A SHOW LIKE WE PUT ON IN NORTHFIELD , MINNESOTA.
IN 1948, A GROUP OF GUYS GOT TOGETHER AND SAID
LET'S HAVE A CELEBRATION, LET'S CALL IT JESSE JAMES DAYS.
WE HAD ONE RAID, IT LASTED ONE DAY, NO CARNIVALS AND ALL THAT,
AND IT GREW AND THEN ABOUT 1960, THE LIGHT WENT ON AND
WE STARTED CALLING IT DEFEAT OF JESSE JAMES DAYS.
IT JUST TURNED INTO A HUGE, HUGE PARTY, BUT IT'S JUST A LOT OF FUN.
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THE JOKE IS, YOU CAN'T QUIT UNLESS YOU FIND A REPLACEMENT OR YOU DIE.
OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S YOUR JOB. SO I'VE BEEN THE PR GUY FOR MANY, MANY,
WELL, ALL 43 YEARS.
BUT THERE ARE HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS,
IN ALL THOSE YEARS THAT HAVE BEEN CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS GREAT THING.
I JUST CAN'T LET GO. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET TO RUN A PARADE,
AND WHEN YOU GET TO ROB A BANK ON HORSEBACK, AND YOU GET TO BE AT THE CARNIVAL,
GET A FREE RIDE, AND GO TO THE, WHAT I LIKE TO CALL THE PART OF TOWN WHERE THEY HAVE
ALL THE VENDORS, THE GRAZING AREA, YOU GET A FREE DONUT HERE OR THERE.
AND UH, I'LL TELL YA, IT'S JUST IN MY BLOOD.
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ONE OF THE NICE THINGS ABOUT OUR CELEBRATION IS THAT WE ARE THE LARGEST,
ALL VOLUNTEER, CELEBRATION IN MINNESOTA.
NOT ONE PERSON ON OUR COMMITTEE MAKES ANY MONEY AND OUR OBJECT IS TO HAVE
CLUBS LIKE THE ROTARIANS AND THE LYONS, AND THE JAYCEES, AND THE CHURCHES,
AND THE ATHLETIC CLUBS ALL GET INVOLVED SELLING DONUTS OR SELLING RAFFLE TICKETS
OR SELLING POP OR CARRYING BANNERS THROUGH THE PARADE.
PLANNING FOR THE ORGANIZATION TAKES PLACE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AND THE CELEBRATION ITSELF IS INCORPORATED WITH THEIR OWN BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
AND MANY OF THE INDIVIDUALS THERE ARE MEETING EVERY WEEK.
PLANNING DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE CELEBRATION. AND BESIDES THAT,
THERE'S OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE PIECE
OF THE CELEBRATION THAT THEY TAKE PART IN.
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IT'S A VERY, VERY BUSY WEEKEND WITH EVERYTHING FROM BICYCLE RUNS,
AND WALKS AND ALL THE WAY TO RAID REENACTMENTS.
WHICH IS THE HIGHLIGHT OF OUR EFFORT HERE.
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THIS IS MY 42ND YEAR HOLDING THAT BANK UP.
IN THE EARLY DAYS YOU, YOU JUST DID, WE JUST DID ONE PERFORMANCE.
NOW WE DO EIGHT.
NONE OF US RIDE IN ALL EIGHT OF THE PERFORMANCES BUT IT IS JUST AS EXCITING TODAY
AS IT WAS IN 1970, FOR ME.
AND IT'S EQUALLY EXCITING FOR ME TO WATCH NEW RIDERS COME IN AND WATCH MY KIDS,
WE JUST RETIRED MY 86-YEAR-OLD FATHER FROM THE BANK RAIDS,
MY MOM DIDN'T WANT HIM GETTING SHOT OFF HIS HORSE ANYMORE.
BUT NOW, YOU KNOW, THE YOUNGER RIDERS COMING IN, SO, YEAH.
IT'S, IT'S A THRILL.
THRILL OF A LIFETIME.
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WE ABSOLUTELY WANT EVERYTHING TO BE AS ORIGINAL AND ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE,
THE NUMBER OF GUNSHOTS THAT WE FIRE.
WE'RE, WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO THE NUMBER THAT WE FIRE. WE DON'T JUST GO OUT THERE,
YOU KNOW, GO HOLLYWOOD, WE'RE VERY ACCURATE WITH THE COUNT.
RESEARCH IS WHAT IS REALLY KEY AND IS WHAT REALLY MAKES OUR CELEBRATION
AND THE REENACTMENT WHAT IT IS.
RIGHT DOWN TO THE MINUTEST LITTLE DETAILS THAT WE, THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH.
NOW SOMETIMES IT IS HARD TO PORTRAY THOSE MINUTE DETAILS BUT SOMETIMES IT WORKS OUT.
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WE HAVE OVER 100,000 PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY OVER THAT WEEKEND,
SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE, ENJOYING FOOD AND LODGING HERE AND SHOPPING,
YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
SO THAT IS, THAT SPILLS OVER INTO THE RETAIL SECTOR OF ALL THE EATING PLACES,
YOU KNOW, THE LODGING PLACES, SO THERE'S FINANCIAL BENEFIT FROM THOSE VISITORS, AS WELL.
THERE'S A LOT OF, LOT OF BENEFITS.
CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS BENEFIT, OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES BENEFIT,
AND IT LITERALLY PUTS NORTHFIELD ON THE MAP IN A LOT OF WAYS THAT WE,
THAT WOULD BE HARDER TO GET OUR NAME, I GUESS, OUT THERE AND ON THE MAP IF IT WASN'T FOR,
THIS PIECE OF HISTORY THAT WE REENACT.
HISTORY HERE IS VERY IMPORTANT, WE PRESERVE IT, WE RESPECT IT.
IT'S KIND OF THE OLD STORY IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU CAME FROM, HOW DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING?
BUT THERE IS A PRESERVATION OF HISTORY HERE THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
THAT'S ALL FOR THIS EPISODE. SEE YA NEXT TIME OFF 90.
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FUNDING FOR OFF 90 IS PROVIDED IN PART BY
THE MINNESOTA ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND
AND THE CITIZENS OF MINNESOTA.