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the Guthrie has an important story to
tell about an idea that became a reality

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and grew and actually changed the
community

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this is an astounding lively place
whenever I go elsewhere I talked about

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the Twin Cities as Paris on the Prairie

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this is an informed and educated
community that sees the need understands

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the need for great art where do you keep
the archives of this activity how did

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that happen I heard a great talk by one
of the Dayton brothers about his view of

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how that happened all that stuff should
be preserved because this is in a way

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miraculous looking at these beautiful
scrapbook and we felt this immediate

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connection to the people of 1910
you know like early in the orchestra's

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life they made it possible for us to
tell the Minnesota Orchestra story in

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2003 so for me it's very much a real
kind of pragmatic element to preserve

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your history it's not some kind of
abstract concept there there is really

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not an effective written language for
dance that isn't practical use for dance

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company so videotape is the way we keep
track of what we do those videotapes are

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getting older and they're falling apart
so archiving those is one of the biggest

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things that dance is an art form has to
deal with most companies don't have the

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resources to actually get this done
having our materials at the University

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of Minnesota libraries is really crucial
there's something that of great worth

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here it's where we did the work we have
had we number have had a very active

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relationship with the University of
Minnesota

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over the 36 years of this theaters
history you know there's something

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special about it could be the universe
damn you sir I don't think that I'm

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exaggerating when I say that three or
four times a week I receive calls from

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students from high schools universities
both from this area and across the

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country asking me where they can get the
history of the Guthrie Theater and so to

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be able to point to the University of
Minnesota archives is really essential

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