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Minnesota Sounds and Voices

Rochester: Carillon bells ring out from Mayo Clinic tower

Rochester: Carillon bells ring out from Mayo Clinic tower

Rochester is home to one of three carillons in the state. The massive instrument lives Mayo Clinic's Plummer Building bell tower. Rain or shine, snow or sleet, Mayo's resident carilloneur and his understudies play 30-minute sets eight times each week.

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Fort Snelling: Gun powder, fuses and the boom of a cannon

Fort Snelling: Gun powder, fuses and the boom of a cannon

When Fort Snelling was an actual workaday fort, soldiers never fired the cannon in battle. But these days, soldiers fire the old gun all the time. In this audio feature, you can hear how reenactors use period equipment to set off a big boom.
by Marc Sanchez

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Richfield: Pickin' party at the strip mall music shop

Richfield: Pickin' party at the strip mall music shop

Bluegrass, country, Cajun, Celtic, and Tejano music might not be the first thing you think of when you see the strip mall located near 66th Street and Penn Avenue South in Richfield, but that's what you'll find at the Homestead Pickin' Parlor.
by Marc Sanchez

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St. Paul: Skilled hands make a wooden canoe

St. Paul: Skilled hands make a wooden canoe

In an old warehouse in downtown St. Paul's Lowertown, Dennis Davidson and George Weed make canoes the old-fashioned way. They cut, plane and tap planks onto a hull in a trance-inducing rhythm. Their finished products are marvelous watercraft.
by Marc Sanchez

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Stillwater: Up up and away

Stillwater: Up up and away

Scott Aamodt has been piloting hot air balloons for more 20 years, and he still enjoys the view. Check out the sights and sounds as he voyages up and away.
by Marc Sanchez

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Rollag: Preserving the power of steam

Rollag: Preserving the power of steam

In the tiny community of Rollag, about 20 miles east of Moorhead, people are crazy about one thing: steam. This is where steam-powered locomotives, tractors, boilers, diggers and other vintage machines live on.
by Marc Sanchez

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