At the efforts of Principal Cellist Barbara Hedlund, Garrison Keillor agreed to come and graciously offered his time and talent for a highly successful Champaign Urbana Symphony benefit concert under the direction of Maestro Steven Larsen at the Krannert Center in April 2008.
Presenting Garrison Keillor a historic UI Quilt created and sold by the CUSO Guild with the late Executive Director Joe Dingee, Board President Byron Balbach, Garrison Keillor, Maestro Larsen, & Barbara Hedlund