"ALMANAC"'S NEXT.

♪♪ >> Eric: I'VE PUT ON A FEW POUNDS.

YEAH.

IT'S MINNESOTA HISTORY TIME, LAST WEEK CATHY TOOK US BACK TO MAY OF 2015 WHEN WE REPORTED SOMETHING ON THE SHOW AND TOLD YOU TO PAY ATTENTION BECAUSE IT WOULD BECOME A FUTURE INDEX FILE QUESTION.

AND THAT TIME IS NOW.

HERE ARE THE DETAILS.

IT'S SPRINGTIME IN MINNESOTA.

SOMEONE OR SOMETHING TRAVELS SOUTH TO A PLACE RARELY VISITED BY MIDWESTERNERS.

2015 IS THE FIRST TIME THIS PARTICULAR THING HAS DONE THIS IN NEARLY TWO DECADES.

OUR QUESTION FOR YOU: WHO OR WHAT AM I?

ALWAYS UP FIRST, CALLERS WITH THE WRONG ANSWERS.

>> "I BELIEVE THE ANSWER IS THE GREAT GRAY OWL.

>> "IN SPRING OF 2015, MANY MINNESOTANS WHO WERE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS LEFT THE STATE AND WENT SOUTH.

THE STATE LOST MORE POPULATION THAN IT GAINED DURING THAT PERIOD.

LOVE THE SHOW!

THIS IS FRITZ IN SLEEPY EYE."

>> "THAT HAD TO BE SID HARTMAN, BECAUSE HE WAS A TRAVELING MAN, HE GOT AROUND!"

>> "THE ANSWER TO THE INDEX QUESTION: A MOOSE ALMOST MADE IT TO IOWA, AND I BELIEVE IT GOT HIT BY A CAR.

THANK YOU, BYE."

>> Eric: NO, NO, NOT EVEN CLOSE BUT WE WILL GIVE YOU KIND OF A B MINUS FOR EFFORT.

TURNED OUT THE ONLY RIGHT ANSWER WE RECEIVED WAS BY E-MAIL FROM A FORMER MEMBER OF OUR "ALMANAC" FAMILY, INTERN DALE!

>> "HI!

IT'S BEEN A WHILE.

I WAS A PRODUCTION VOLUNTEER/INTERN BACK IN 2005.

REACHING OUT TO SAY MY GUESS FOR THE INDEX FILE QUESTION IS THE MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA PLAYED IN CUBA AND WAS THE FIRST AMERICAN SYMPHONY TO DO THAT IN QUITE A WHILE.

I'M CURRENTLY RESIDING IN AUSTINTOWN, OHIO -- THIS IS DALE BUT TRY TO WATCH FAITHFULLY ONLINE AND KEEP UP WITH MINNESOTA EWS AND EVENTS.

THANKS FOR PRODUCING AN ENTERTAINING AND INFORMATIVE SHOW WEEK AFTER WEEK.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!"

UNQUOTE.

THANKS, DALE.

SO GLAD YOU'RE STILL WATCHING AFTER ALL OF THESE YEARS.

AND, YES, THE MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA TRAVELED TO CUBA IN WHAT THE "NEW YORK TIMES" CALLED A GROUNDBREAKING TOUR.

NEWS OUTLETS AROUND THE COUNTRY REPORTED THAT THE CONCERTS SIGNALED A THAWING BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.

HERE'SRE NICE SHOT OF THE MAESTRO CONDUCTOR OSMO VANSKA.

WE HAVE JUST ENOUGH TIME LEFT FOR SOME SHOW-ENDING MUSIC FROM THE ARCHIVES.

AND IT IS A REAL TREAT.

THIS WEEK IN 2006 WE HAD A GAMELAN ORCHESTRA ON THE SHOW.

IT TOOK UP A LOT OF SPACE SO W MOVED IT NEXT DOOR TO STUDIO A.

LET'S ENJOY LISTENING AND WATCHING AS WE ROLL THE CREDITS.

SEE YOU NEXT WEEK AND BE CAREFUL.

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