Last night’s storms by-passed Northfield once again. (The boys of KYMN joke that we’re protected by a high-pressure bubble whenever storms head our way.) When the sirens went off at…
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This is a new version of a familiar image in Northfield. What is it? And what does it remind you of?
St. Olaf’s Memorial Chime Tower was featured on MPR’s new Minnesota Today service this week in a Minnesota Sounds piece titled Northfield: Memorial wind chimes ring through St. Olaf.
A wooden tower on the quad at St. Olaf College houses 21 sets of wind chimes. Built in 2003, the tower and its chimes memorialize students who have died while attending the college.
The chimes are tuned to D, the key of the hymn "Beautiful Savior." On windy days, the sound of the chimes reaches almost every corner of campus. Pastor Bruce Benson tells the story of the college’s memorial wind chimes and what their sounds signify.
When the sun came out on Tuesday, I took some photos of the Memorial Chime Tower. I tried to capture the sounds but the noise of jets, trains and nearby construction machinery kept interfering.
There’s a poem on a placard attached to the tower, written by Mac Gimse, Professor Emeritus of Art. I found the text of it online in his speech for the Delta Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at St. Olaf College on April 21, 2006:
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I took this video last week of Anna Balfany, daughter of NDDC board member Anastasia Balfany, performing her new song, ‘4pm to 10,’ during Jessica Paxton’s All Wheel Drive show on KYMN 1080 AM. She’ll be performing it live on Bridge Square, tomorrow and Friday for the 2010 Taste of Northfield.
Anna wrote and performed a song called ‘The Taste’ for last year’s Taste of Northfield. See the video and lyrics:
We got a wedding announcement card from Cameron Nordholm and Morgan Weiland last week. As we note on our Locally Grown About page, “we’re indebted to former KRLX news director…
Former RepJ reporter Bonnie Obremski contacted us last week. She and hubby Josh Rowan are working on the Rebirth of a Sailing Sloop in upstate New York. Well, Josh and…
Some local musicians have formed a band called Prefab Modular and are performing Saturday night at Butler’s Steak and Ale, 8-11 pm.
The likely members: Peter Diggins, Steve Jennings, Mike Legvold, Alisa Leonard, and Craig Wasner. More details available on the Butler’s blog here.
Here’s a 2006 video clip of the Prairie Creek Band playing on the deck of the Contented Cow. It features vocalist Alisa Leonard and guitarist Peter Diggins. The song: Runaway, by Del Shannon:
Musician Lori Williams (alto sax, piano, vocals with new band ‘Lore’) accosted Dean Kjerland in the middle of Division St. tonight, plastering the back page ad for Riverwalk…