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The Thanksgiving Hour (Evergreen) Live from Hawaii with Don Ho

From: Public Radio WorldWide - PRWW.org
Series: Public Radio Worldwide Holidays
Length: 58:56

One-Hour In-Depth History of Thanksgiving Special with Listener-Provided Jokes and Lively Music Most Fitting for Your Listeners' Holiday-Time Enjoyment Read the full description.

Tthdonho200x20015kxgif_small AVAILABLE TO ALL LPFM, NON-COMMERCIAL & PUBLIC RADIO STATIONS WORLDWIDE See Piece No. 14938 -- for This Year's Version from Hawaii with Don Ho! -- The Thanksgiving Hour -- both a news-friendly version AND an actual news-hole version are available below. Your listeners will hear an in-depth history of Thanksgiving in North America ? including the revealing of some little-known facts of the holiday. Lively and several patriotic and other fitting pieces of music are timely interspersed ? at just the right moments. And, yes -- listener-provided Turkey jokes in the listeners' own voices makes this program a perfect addition to your station's Thanksgiving offerings to your listeners. The history section covers the North American Thanksgiving holidays of both Canada and the United States and reveals a Thanksgiving celebration in Canada that preceded the 1621 Pilgrim celebration by some 43 years! Interpretive readings are made by network announcer Norman Barry. The program moves along well and most listeners say, "Wow, I never knew those things about Thanksgiving before!" The hour is over before most people realize it. The conditions in England that made the Pilgrims want to come to America are covered along with other interesting historical information about this timely holiday of North America. The program is planned for a return audience in 2006 and with an intent of creating desire in all of your listeners to become members of your public radio station. The Patriotic Medley in the music list includes the following four tunes: 1. ''This Is My Country'' Don Raye/Al Jacobs, Shawnee Press, Inc., Warock Corporation (ASCAP); 2. ''God Bless America'' Iving Berlin, Williamson Music Co.; 3.''This Land Is Your Land'' Woody Guthrie, Ludlow Music, Inc.; 4.''America The Beautiful'' Samuel Augustus Ward, Sam Fox Publishing Company, Inc.

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Piece Description

AVAILABLE TO ALL LPFM, NON-COMMERCIAL & PUBLIC RADIO STATIONS WORLDWIDE See Piece No. 14938 -- for This Year's Version from Hawaii with Don Ho! -- The Thanksgiving Hour -- both a news-friendly version AND an actual news-hole version are available below. Your listeners will hear an in-depth history of Thanksgiving in North America ? including the revealing of some little-known facts of the holiday. Lively and several patriotic and other fitting pieces of music are timely interspersed ? at just the right moments. And, yes -- listener-provided Turkey jokes in the listeners' own voices makes this program a perfect addition to your station's Thanksgiving offerings to your listeners. The history section covers the North American Thanksgiving holidays of both Canada and the United States and reveals a Thanksgiving celebration in Canada that preceded the 1621 Pilgrim celebration by some 43 years! Interpretive readings are made by network announcer Norman Barry. The program moves along well and most listeners say, "Wow, I never knew those things about Thanksgiving before!" The hour is over before most people realize it. The conditions in England that made the Pilgrims want to come to America are covered along with other interesting historical information about this timely holiday of North America. The program is planned for a return audience in 2006 and with an intent of creating desire in all of your listeners to become members of your public radio station. The Patriotic Medley in the music list includes the following four tunes: 1. ''This Is My Country'' Don Raye/Al Jacobs, Shawnee Press, Inc., Warock Corporation (ASCAP); 2. ''God Bless America'' Iving Berlin, Williamson Music Co.; 3.''This Land Is Your Land'' Woody Guthrie, Ludlow Music, Inc.; 4.''America The Beautiful'' Samuel Augustus Ward, Sam Fox Publishing Company, Inc.

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Review of The Thanksgiving Hour 2005

Interesting, informative and entertaining would be my description of this program. The precise timing of interjecting music and humor to the historical facts made the program flow smoothly. Each time that I heard the turkey gobble, it brought a smile to my face. The graphics were amazing! I look forward to hearing more programs like this in the future.

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Review of The Thanksgiving Hour 2005

Outstanding Program! Top Quality! This is radio the way it should be!

This program exemplifies the kind of lively, timely, well-researched program I like to hear! Par excellence on the hosting!

The musical pieces were expertly fit into the program and very well balanced for a program with exceptionally good flow. The live USAF performance recordings were perfect for the day. The new releases aired in the program were exceptional.

In short, the presentation of this program cannot be beat. This is the best program I've heard in a long time.

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Review of The Thanksgiving Hour 2005

That was a great show. I learned a lot about the history of Thanksgiving. You must have done alot of research (and work) to put all that together. Music was good too -- excellent in fact!

I did not know that Canada also had a Thanksgiving celebration as you revealed they do. Your revealing of the reason for the Pilgrims real desire to leave England and other parts of Europe and their establishment of the first church in America is something not widely known and was very meaningful for me to hear.

Your discovery of the two new pieces of music by Nancy Osborne were delightful to listen to. The live patriotic orchestrations by the various United States Air Force Bands were perfect for the day -- and the insertion of the swing medley certainly livened up things toward the end of the program -- at just the right spot.

I have never heard a barbershop quartet as sensational as the fellows you had on your program. They are the best I've ever heard -- and I have heard a lot of barbershop quartet in my days. That final number by the Boston Pops and the singing group with them doing "God Bless America" really ended the show with a favorable impact! Wow! You're getting five stars from me on this one!

Broadcast History

Distributed by ThanksgivingHour.org for Thanksgiving 2005

Station: KBYI, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming
Broadcasts at a power of 100,000 watts to Southeastern Idaho and parts of Wyoming and Montana.
Air date: 24-November-2005 at 12 Noon
Frequencies:
100.5 Rexburg; Idaho Falls, Blackfoot, ID
91.9 West Yellowstone, MT
103.9 Freedom, WY
104.9 Afton, WY; Jackson, WY; Pocatello, ID
105.5 Dillon, MT
107.3 Burley, ID

Station: KZQX, Texas
Broadcasts from Chalk Hill, Kilgore & Longview.
Air date: 24-November-2005 at 1:00 P.M.
Frequencies:
104.7 Chalk Hill, TX
105.3 Kilgore, TX
101.9 Longview. TX

Station: WCPN, Ohio
The All-Day Brain Food
90.3 WCPN -- Cleveland State University

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Transcript

THE THANKSGIVING HOUR
FROM HAWAII
BILLBOARD & NEWSHOLE VERSION TRANSCRIPT
Copyright 2006, by Stephen L. Gilbreath

0:00:00 -- 0:59:00: [BILLBOARD]:

WELCOME TO THE THANKSGIVING HOUR -- THIS YEAR FROM HAWAII WITH SPECIAL GUEST DON HO.

[DON HO] ALOHA!

DURING THIS HOUR -- YOU WILL HEAR SOME GREAT THANKSGIVING MUSIC INCLUDING SOME FROM OUR SPECIAL GUEST WITH WHOM WE WILL BE TALKING THRU OUT THE SHOW -- HAWAII'S MASTER DON HO.

[DON HO] OH, THAT'S GREAT!

AND, YOU WILL HEAR NOT ONLY THE LITTLE-KNOWN DETAILS AND TRUE HISTORY OF THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYS OF AMERICA -- BOTH CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES -- BUT YOU WILL ALSO HEAR DON HO'S RESPONSES TO THE QUESTIONS I WILL ASK HIM LATER ABOUT THANKSGIVING IN HAWAII AND THE HAWAIIAN PEOPLE'S FEELINGS ABOUT BEING A PART OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

AND YOU WILL HEAR DETAILS ABOUT EXACTLY WHY THE PILGRIMS SET SAIL FROM ENGLAND FOR THE UNITED...
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Timing and Cues

(A one-page Clock Outline in MS-Word format is provided in File Attachments -- "

For a non-hole program version, contact producer

00:00:00 IN CUE: [Dialogue]

00:00:57 -- "First the News Headlines"

00:00:59 -- Silent

00:01:00 -- Hole for NPR News

00:06:00 -- Segment A of Program runs until harp gipe (harp glisp) at 29:59

(Out cue: "Harp Glisp")

00:30:00 -- Support Public Radio Promo (You can cut out here for your own one-minute break piece).

00:31:00 -- Segment B of Program runs until close at 58:59

(Out cue: -- "DON HO WISHES YOU ALOHA!" -- that comes after, at the conclusion of, the Boston Pops and Tanglewood Choir singing "God Bless America."

00:59:00 -- Silent
END (OUT COLD)

Musical Works

Peggy LEE / William SCHLUGER, "I Love Being Here With You";
Katherine Lee BATES / Samuel Augustus WARD, "America the Beautiful";
TRAD., "Turkey In The Straw";
Norman GIMBEL / Eddie HEYWOOD, "Canadian Sunset";
George M. COHAN, Patriotic Medley "Give My Regards To Broadway," "I'm A Yankee Doodle Dandy," "Over There," "You're A Grand Old Flag";
Lowell MASSON, "Nearer My God To Thee";
Woody GUTHRIE, "This Land Is Your Land";
John Philip SOUSA, "The Star Spangled Banner";
USAF Patriotic Medley:
Don RAYE, "This Is My Country";
SMSgt Mark CARSON / MSgt Ed TELEKY / MSgt Sheila KLOTZ, USAF, "Drum Cadence";
Cole PORTER, "It's De-Lovely";
Medley -- Salute to Miller:
Jerry GRAY, "A String Of Pearls";
Harry WARREN, "At Last";
Erskine HAWKINS / William JOHNSON / Julian DASH, "Tuxedo Junction";
Joe GARLAND, "In The Mood";
Irving BERLIN, "God Bless America"

Musical Works

Title Artist Album Label Year Length
I Love Being Here With You Nancy Osborne(Peggy Lee & William Schluger 1961) Hot Swing Cool Jazz. Entourage Studios 2005 02:15
Turkey In The Straw The United States Air Force Strings, Washington, D.C.(Traditional (One of the earliest American Ministrel Songs), Arr. SMSgt. (Ret.) Robert Walters) Collage. USAF CD, Catalog number BOL 0006, 18-26-May-2000 2000 00:40
Canadian Sunset Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra, Eddie Heywood on piano (Norman Gimbel & Eddie Heywood) 45 RPM. RCA Victor 7'' 1956 01:01
You're A Grand Old Flag The United States Air Force Concert Band, Ceremonial Brass & Singing Sergeants, Washington, D.C.(George M. Cohan/Arr. MSgt. Jari Villanueva) Espirit De Corps, America's Ceremonial Music. USAF CD, Catalog number BOL-9805, 5-10-November-1997 1997 00:48
Nearer My God To Thee The United States Air Force Concert Band, Ceremonial Brass & Singing Sergeants, Washington, D.C.(Lowell Mason/Arr. TSgt. Paul Rawlins) Espirit De Corps, America's Ceremonial Music. USAF CD, Catalog number BOL-9805, 5-10-November-1997 1997 01:17
This Land Is Your Land The United States Air Force Band and Singing Sergeants, Washington, D.C. Songs of Democracy. USAF CD, Catalog number 9808, 9-12-June-1998 1998 01:49
I Love Being Here With You Peggy Lee (Peggy Lee & William Schluger 1961) Peggy At Basin Street East. Collector's Choice CD, Catalog number 617742029420BT, 12-Nov-2002 1961 00:21
Canadian Sunset Big Wally Combo (Norman Gimbel & Eddie Heywood) (Live 2005). (Public Radio Worldwide Recordings) 2005 00:08
The Star Spangled Banner Acoustix, The Patriotic Barbershop Quartet (John Philip Sousa/Lyrics altered and appended by David Wright for Acoustix) Acoustix: Stars And Stripes. Intersound Records CD, Catalog number 3476, 30-May-1995 1995 01:39
Patriotic Medley The United States Air Force Concert Band, Ceremonial Brass & Singing Sergeants, Washington, D.C. (Colonel Lowell E. Graham, Commander/Conductor) Espirit de Corps, America's Ceremonial Music. USAF CD, Catalog number BOL 9805, 5-10-November-1997 1997 02:50
Drum Cadence The United States Air Force Concert Band, Ceremonial Brass & Singing Sergeants, Washington, D.C., Colonel Lowell E. Graham, Commander/Conductor; Percussion section: SMSgt Mark Carson, MSgt Ed Teleky and MSgt Sheila Klotz Espirit De Corps, America's Ceremonial Music. USAF CD, Catalog number BOL-9805, 5-10-November-1997 1997 00:38
Tiny Bubbles Don Ho (Leon Pober) Don Ho ''GOLD''. Honey Records & Tapes, Inc., CD, Catalog number 00007 HRCD 1990 00:28
Tiny Bubbles Don Ho (Leon Pober) A Night In Hawaii With Don Ho. Honey Records & Tapes, Inc., CD, Catalog number HR 200001 CD 1988 01:40
In The Mood US Air Force Band: Airmen of Note, Captain Gene Egge, Director (Joe Garland, Shaprio, Bernstein & Company Inc.) AIRMEN OF NOTE 50th Anniversary (Fifty Years of the Airmen of Note). USAF CD, Catalog number BOL-9907 1974 01:11
The Following Sea Don Ho (Jeri Sullivan) A Night In Hawaii With Don Ho. Honey Records & Tapes, Inc., CD, Catalog number HR 200001 CD 1988 01:07
Tiny Bubbles Don Ho (Leon Pober) Don Ho ''GOLD''. Honey Records & Tapes, Inc., CD, Catalog number 00007 HRCD 1990 00:10
God Bless America The Boston Pops Orchestra with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, Chorus Director (Irvin Berlin) The Green Album, The Boston Pops Orchestra. Sony Classical Catalog number SK 48224 CD 1991 01:30

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