The Pecka Band of Lawton, ND will be the featured guest at Pioneer 90.1’s annual Saturday Morning Barn Dance Christmas Party. The event takes place in the commons area of Northland Community and Technical College’s Thief River Falls Campus on Saturday December 13 from 8 am to noon.

Pioneer 90.1 will broadcast the event live, with a video webcast online at www.radionorthland.org.

This marks the eighth year that the Barn Dance Christmas Party has been hosted by Ron and Elsie Shereck of Tabor. The couple has announced that they will step down from their long-running polka and old-time music broadcast later this month.

The Pecka Band includes accordions, trumpet, sax, and drums.

The event is a fundraiser for Pioneer 90.1, Northland’s listener-supported public radio station. A freewill offering will be taken at the door.

Watch Live here:

Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream

Live from Northland Community & Technical College, Thief River Falls – Saturday – 8 am to noon

Watch by clicking play below. Note: The ads on this video webcast are not from Pioneer 90.1.

Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream

The tradition is back! Dress to impress in your holiday worst! Join us Wednesday, Dec 10th at 11 am in the Northland Community & Technical College East Grand Forks campus commons for cider, cookies, and a chance to win gift cards to the Northland bookstore! The sweater that hurts the the most eyes will win the prize.

Korean War veteran John Roseland of Newfolden, MN shares his recollections in this home recording made in the early 1990’s.

Cathy Erickson, host of the Monday Night Variety Show, heard every Monday from 6 – 11 PM on Pioneer 90.1, will take her show “live” to the Commons area of Northland Community and Technical College in Thief River Falls on Monday, November 24, from 7 p.m. – 10 p.m.

This live show is open to the public and will be a fund-raiser event for Pioneer 90.1, helping the station to meet expenses not covered by grants and NCTC. This past summer the station had a large expense due to problems at the tower located west of St. Hilaire.

Area musicians will be featured during the live broadcast, including Dick Miller from Goodridge; Bob Skoglund from Holt; Lois & Lois from Middle River; Joe Smidt from Grand Forks; Maury Finney from East Grand Forks; and MORE!

A silent auction is planned during the evening and listeners are invited to bring pies or other items for the auction.

There will also be door prizes and refreshments during the evening.

Pioneer 90.1 FM features a wide variety of programming and all programming will benefit from your support of the live broadcast Monday, November 24th. See you there!