"Alaska Home Companion—Sutton"
November 12, 2016
On Saturday evening, November 12, 2016, the Valley Arts Alliance produced the Season 5 Sutton episode of Alaska Home Companion—A Frontier Variety Show!, a rendition of a live radio broadcast from the golden age of Alaskan radio, with skits, music, and dance acts, similar to the popular Prairie Home Companion radio show on NPR.
Alaska Home Companion—A Frontier Variety Show! features interesting stories by Alaskans about the best, the worst, and the silliest of everyday living in Alaska.
The Season 5 Sutton episode featured Between 2 Berms, Guy d'North—Private Eye, Mark Twain, Political Yoga, Ms. DeMEANor, Miss PFD 2015 and news from lake Willowa. This episode was “sponsored” by Grasshopper Aviation, Perfect Joints, and a variety of old-time Alaskan merchants.
Featured guests introduced by Randi Perlman were the Borealis Dancers, consisting of Georgie Hollander, Cindy Montgomery, and Heather Pelletier; Dave Glenn; Pam Huyck; Marta Kopperud; Becky McLaughlin; Grover Neely; Dave Norman; Niki Pease; Randy Robinson; Hillary Saffran; Bill Schmidtkunz; Scott Sterling; John and Joe Stroup; and Pat and Sean Wake.
The Production Crew included Nancy Bertels; Josh Fryfogle; Eric and Carmen Summerfield; and Kathi VanZant; and Mike Chmielewski of KVRF 89.5FM.
The Season 5 Sutton episode of Alaska Home Companion—A Frontier Variety Show! was held in the beautiful Sutton Public Library and Community Resource Center in Sutton, and was broadcast live by Radio Free Palmer on 89.5 FM, and is available on their website. The Season 5 Sutton episode is another example of bringing our community together through the arts!