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seafarer62 · 12-11-2008, 11:23 PM

My wife and I saw the Omnitheatre film, "Mysteries of the Great Lakes" at the Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul.

There was less of the "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" used than what I would have thought. The melody was used as a motif at spots throughout the film. The only vocal used was towards the beginning of the film in which verse 6 was sung in its entirety. (Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings......) The soundtrack uses the version on the Summertime Dream album. That familiar 12-string guiding the melody line is as fresh to me as when I first heard it on AM radio in 1976. Except that it sounds much better on digital !!

The film had maybe 30 seconds on shipwrecks, mentioning the Edmund Fitzgerald but no underwater photography of the wreck.

The central feature of the film was a group's attempt to save the sturgeon. The work has a really interesting storyline involving the conservation officer's relationship with a particular sturgeon. Amazing creature.

All in all- we gave it two thumbs out but would have appreciated more of Gord.

Just received the April 18 tickets for Sault St. Marie..... no word yet on sales for March 22 in Minneapolis.

John- Minnesota

12-11-2008, 11:23 PM	#1
seafarer62 Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Forest Lake, MN USA Posts: 286	Mysteries of the Great Lakes My wife and I saw the Omnitheatre film, "Mysteries of the Great Lakes" at the Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul. There was less of the "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" used than what I would have thought. The melody was used as a motif at spots throughout the film. The only vocal used was towards the beginning of the film in which verse 6 was sung in its entirety. (Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings......) The soundtrack uses the version on the Summertime Dream album. That familiar 12-string guiding the melody line is as fresh to me as when I first heard it on AM radio in 1976. Except that it sounds much better on digital !! The film had maybe 30 seconds on shipwrecks, mentioning the Edmund Fitzgerald but no underwater photography of the wreck. The central feature of the film was a group's attempt to save the sturgeon. The work has a really interesting storyline involving the conservation officer's relationship with a particular sturgeon. Amazing creature. All in all- we gave it two thumbs out but would have appreciated more of Gord. Just received the April 18 tickets for Sault St. Marie..... no word yet on sales for March 22 in Minneapolis. John- Minnesota