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There's many times it's just Jesus and me down here,

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and when I'm having a tough day and I need a little quiet and

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a little meditation.

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This is how I unwind.

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I have this old general store with a pipe organ

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piano and we sing Christmas carols.

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It's a living Norman Rockwell.

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I tell people about it.

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They say,

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Well,

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what goes on there?

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What kind of program do you have?

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I said,

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we don't have a program.

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It's a free for all.

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I said,

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whoever shows up can share whatever musical talents and gifts they have,

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and

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yeah,

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only the Lord knows who's gonna sit up to this organ and or go over to the piano and

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oh yeah,

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it's,

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it's.

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It's a learning experience every time the doors open.

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It brings a lot of people back

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to their childhood

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and a sense of community,

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which

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You know,

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people

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are really hurting for.

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I moved to Nora 51 years ago.

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Then I had a chance in 1985 to buy this corner of the,

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of the corner.

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And which got me the store and the house I live in now.

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Music is the universal language.

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We live in a very disposable culture nowadays.

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Old things mean nothing to most young people.

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The organ was built in 1907 and the store incidentally is 1907 vintage.

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It's just a sense of historically of a gathering together

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of family and friends and a sense of community.

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You know,

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it's Christmas gatherings.

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Well,

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this is a Christmas gathering.

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It's touched people's lives a lot more than I ever dreamed.

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I always say this is one of the best kept secrets in the,

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in the state of South Dakota.

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Well,

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Nora used to be quite the little place.

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There used to be a creamery across the road.

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There was original,

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the original

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first store at Nora was across the road north there,

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and then,

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uh,

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you know,

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for

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up until 1962,

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this is where people came and could get most of what they needed to live out

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in the country and not have to drive to Sioux Falls or Sioux City like today.

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The sign says 5 because back in the day when they donated that sign,

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there was a couple that lived next door with 2 kids,

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so that's where the 4,

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and then me,

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I was the 5th 1.

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Well,

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now Luke,

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he lives there alone,

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and so it's just Luke and I,

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and we've never changed the sign.

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God wants you here,

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you'll be here.

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If not,

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that's fine.

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I want people to feel significant,

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get them to sing,

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play the piano,

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play the organ,

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and my goal

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that everybody that comes through that door

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feels like there's somebody.

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Huh.