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Performing Patsy: South Dakota singers and the legacy of Patsy Cline

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The life of country music legend Patsy Cline has inspired more than one holiday performance in South Dakota this year.

Kaija Bonde played the singer for more than a decade in the traveling production of “Always Patsy Cline.” Now Alex Newcomb Weiland is singing the songs of Patsy Cline in a holiday tribute show.

The singers talked with SDPB’s Lori Walsh.

“Holiday for Fiddles” is at the Performing Arts Center in Rapid City on December 6. “Christmas Without You” is a Patsy Cline tribute show. That’s December 12 and 13 in Sioux Falls.

Lori Walsh is a special correspondent with SDPB and host of the "In the Moment" podcast.