Download a photo of the Shadows dance team.
Download a photo of Bob Bormann.
GRANITE FALLS, Minn. — Pioneer Public Television’s Postcards program will present a special in-studio performance of the Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson Boyd state champion Shadows dance team on Thursday, April 4 at 7 p.m. The episode will also contain a story about Madison resident Bob Bormann who witnessed the explosion of the largest nuclear bomb ever detonated by the U.S. The episode will be rebroadcast on Sunday, April 7 at 7:30 p.m. and on Monday, April 8 at 1:30 p.m. The stories will also be available for online viewing through the station’s website: www.pioneer.org/postcards.
A few weeks before their triumphant performance at the 2019 State Dance Team Tournament, the Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson Boyd Jazz Dance Team — “The Shadows” — visited the new Pioneer studio in Granite Falls to record their routine. Head Coach Lisa Johnson shares about the team's special bond and dedication that brought the team to the state championship. Dancers Josie Munsterman, Lydia Aafedt and Grace Johnson are interviewed for the story.
Madison Marine Corps veteran Bob Bormann was aboard to the USS Curtiss when it was assigned to a top secret mission to the Marshall Islands and the Bikini Atoll in 1954. He shares his story of being present at the Operation Castle and Operation Wigwam nuclear tests; including the testing of Castle Bravo, a thermonuclear weapon with a yield 1000 times stronger than the bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The experience came at a price, however, and Bob has had to deal with cancer seven times in the years since witnessing the “most beautiful and most horrible” thing he has ever seen.
About Postcards
Postcards is produced by Dana Conroy with videography and editing by Kristofor Gieske and Ben Dempcy. The program is made possible by contributions from the voters of Minnesota through a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Production sponsors for the program include Shalom Hill Farm, Explore Alexandria Tourism and the Lake Region Arts Council.
About Pioneer Public Television
Established in 1966, Pioneer Public TV is an award-winning, viewer-supported television station dedicated to sharing local stories of the region with the world. For more information visit: www.pioneer.org.
