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09/22/2009
IT'S A BIG WEEK FOR MEMBERS OF A LEGENDARY LOCAL SINGING GROUP. MILLIE AND THE SADDLE PALS WILL BE INDUCTED INTO THE MID AMERICA MUSIC HALL OF FAME THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE I-90 EXPO CENTER NEAR SHERBURN. SPOKESPERSON FOR THE GROUP IS MILLIE KITTLESON WHO HAD THIS COMMENT ABOUT THE HONOR SAYING SHE AND THE GROUP WERE VERY HAPPY AND OVERWHELMED.
MILLIE ALONG WITH HUSBAND TRUMAN AND BROTHERS IN LAW NORMAN AND TED KITTLESON AND OTHER PAST MEMBERS CAP KURSETH AND ROY HEALEY AND KENNY MEYER UNTIL HE LEFT TO ENTER THE AIR FORCE FORMED THE BAND AROUND 1950. MILLIE TALKED ABOUT THE HUMBLE BEGINNINGS OF THE GROUP THAT LED UP TO THEIR BIG BREAK. SHE SAID THE 6 MEMBERS MADE ABOUT 8 DOLLARS PER PERFORMANCE BEFORE LANDING A JOB SINGING ON KSUM RADIO.
MILLIE AND THE SADDLE PALS WERE ON THE KSUM AIRWAYS FOR ABOUT 7 YEARS AND EVENTUALLY WERE ON ONCE A WEEK IN 6 OTHER AREA RADIO STATIONS. SATURDAY'S INDUCTION CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE FROM 7:30 PM TILL MIDNIGHT AT THE I-90 EXPO CENTER. ANOTHER GROUP BEING INDUCTED ON SATURDAY HAS LOCAL TIES. CLUTCH AND THE SHIFTERS WHICH CONSISTED OF AT LEAST TWO FAIRMONT RESIDENTS AT ONE TIME- GARY PETERSON AND CHRIS NOLTE ALONG WITH PATRICK RASMUSSEN OF JACKSON- AMONG OTHERS WILL ALSO BE INDUCTED AND SOME OF THE SURVIVING ORIGINAL GROUP MEMBERS WILL BE PLAYING TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES. WE'LL HEAR MORE FROM MILLIE ON THIS SATURDAY'S HALL OF FAME INDUCTUION AS THE WEEK GOES ON.
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ROD HALVORSEN
© 2009 KSUM.
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