21. German American Corener: WELK, Lawrence welk welk, lawrence. Born to Germans from Russia immigrants, lawrence welk grew up in the Midwest; it was is lifelong dream to tour the country playing http://www.germanheritage.com/biographies/mtoz/welk.html

Visit the German Corner Home Page Privacy Statement German Corner Website German-American Mall ... Next Page WELK, Lawrence. Born to Germans from Russia immigrants, in a sod farmhouse near Strasburg in south-central North Dakota, Lawrence Welk was always drawn to music. In his autobiography Wunnerful, Wunnerful he wrote, "my earliest clear memory is crawling toward my father who was holding his accordion. I can still recall the wonder and delight I felt when he let me press my fingers on the keys and squeeze out a few wavering notes." By the time he turned 17, Lawrence knew he could never be a farmer and that he really wanted to make music his life's work. In exchange for a $400 accordion, to be purchased by his dad, he agreed to stay on the farm and work for four more years. On his 21st birthday, March 11, 1924, he left home to pursue his dream. He had little money and couldn't speak English, but what he did have was his accordion, his talent, and an overwhelming desire to succeed. His legendary life's work had just begun. After delighting television viewers and concert-goers for four generations, the legendary Lawrence Welk Show is live again on stage in Branson, Missouri. Featuring some of the best-loved singers, dancers and musicians from the Lawrence Welk television show, as well as a sampling of new talent, it's a heart-warming reunion of the Welk Musical Family that you know and love.

22. Welk, Lawrence welk, lawrence. band leader Birthplace Strasburg, ND Born 1903 Died 1992. Information Please® Database, © 2005 More on lawrence welk from Infoplease http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0159376.html

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23. Welk, Lawrence --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia welk, lawrence (1903–92), US entertainer. lawrence welk was born on March 11, 1903, in Strasburg, ND He formed a small band in 1927 and soon was http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article?tocId=9314117

24. WELK MUSICAL FAMILY.COM Long running variety show running currently on public television stations. Features include show information, pictures and humor about the bandleader and his musical family. http://www.welkmusicalfamily.com

WELKCOME TO WELK MUSICAL FAMILY.COM This site....www.welkmusicalfamily.com....is NOT and I repeat NOT affliated with The Welk Group, Welk Resorts, Ranwood Records, Welk Music Group or any other related holdings.This is just merely a pipsqueak little fansite created by an average Welkie...for all Welkies, to pay homage and admire the Champagne Genius and his Musical Family...so please don't hurt me. THANK YOU SO MUCH...YOU'RE ALL WUNNERFUL FOLKS IN CYBERSPACE This page was last updated on August 11, 2005 CLICK HERE TO START HAVING A WUNNERFUL TIME!

25. Welk, Lawrence --  Encyclopædia Britannica welk, lawrence American bandleader and accordion player, whose effervescent brand of “champagne music” was featured for more than 30 years on his successful http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9001396

Home Browse Newsletters Store ... Subscribe Already a member? Log in Content Related to this Topic This Article's Table of Contents Lawrence Welk Print this Table of Contents Shopping Price: USD $1495 Revised, updated, and still unrivaled. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (Hardcover) Price: USD $15.95 The Scrabble player's bible on sale! Save 30%. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Price: USD $19.95 Save big on America's best-selling dictionary. Discounted 38%! More Britannica products Welk, Lawrence  Encyclopædia Britannica Article Page 1 of 1 Lawrence Welk born March 11, 1903, Strasburg, N.D., U.S. died May 17, 1992, Santa Monica, Calif. Welk, Lawrence... (75 of 250 words) var mm = [["Jan.","January"],["Feb.","February"],["Mar.","March"],["Apr.","April"],["May","May"],["June","June"],["July","July"],["Aug.","August"],["Sept.","September"],["Oct.","October"],["Nov.","November"],["Dec.","December"]]; To cite this page: MLA style: "Welk, Lawrence."

26. Lawrence Welk Biography and TV shows. http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0919785/

Home Top Movies Photos Independent Film ... Register to personalize All Titles My Movies Names Companies Keywords Characters Quotes Bios Plots More searches Tips IMDbPro.com free trial Showing page 1 of 17 categorized combined sorted by ratings sorted by votes titles for sale ... news articles on tv this week official site miscellaneous photographs sound clip(s) video clip(s) Lawrence Welk More photos Date of birth (location) 11 March Strasburg, North Dakota, USA Date of death (details) 17 May Santa Monica, California, USA. (pneumonia) Mini biography The accordion maestro provided nearly two decades of squeaky-clean music... (show more) Photo Gallery IMDbPro Professional Details Filmography as: Composer Actor Himself Archive Footage ... Notable TV Guest Appearances Composer - filmography Gleason ... aka Gleason: The Jackie Gleason Story (theme 1955-1970) ... aka Memories of Lawrence Welk (USA: repeat compilations title) ... aka The Dodge Dancing Party (new title) Filmography as: Composer Actor Himself Archive Footage ... Notable TV Guest Appearances Actor - filmography .... Host (1955-1992)

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28. WELK DRINKING GAME Offers rules for game played while watching The lawrence welk Show. http://www.welkmusicalfamily.com/drinkinggame.html

THE LAWRENCE WELK DRINKING GAME "The show is coming on girls....and I just got the six pack of the Bartles and James!" TAKE ONE SHOT OF BOOZE..... Whenever Lawrence says Wunnerful, Wunnerful If there is old folks dancing in the audience If any of the musical family is wearing bad 70's clothing If Cissy King flashes her underpants dancing When Joe Feeney's voice gets really high Whenever there is a camera close-up of the trombone section Whenever Jo Ann Castle looks at the camera during her piano number During any number George Cates conducts Whenever Lawrence flirts with any one of his female singers During any Sandi Griffiths, Gail Farrell, Mary Lou Metzger number Whenever Larry Hooper sings one of his novelty songs If Guy Hovis and Ralna English sing a country duet At any refrence to a cast member's family member in the PBS wraparounds Whenever Ken Delo flirts with the ladies in the audience At any sight of bubbles on the stage During any Myron Floren polka number with Bobby Burgess and Cissy King dancing If Charlotte Harris is singing in the chorus instead of the orchestra If Norma Zimmer's on the program but her solo is NOT one of the first three numbers in the show If Dianne Lennon sings a solo or duet without her sisters in a color episode TAKE TWO SHOTS OF BOOZE Whenever Lawrence introduces Ava Barber as "our Country Gal."

29. WELK, Lawrence : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia Of Popular Music MusicWeb Encylopaedia of Popular Music edited by Donald Clarke formerly the Penguin Encyclopaedia of Popular Music. http://www.musicweb-international.com/encyclopaedia/w/W45.HTM

Encyclopaedia now available on CD-ROM WELK, Lawrence A B C D ... Home

30. Johnny Zell Family lawrence welk's star trumpeter. Biography, recordings, and coming events. http://www.jazell.com/

from Lawrence Welk . . . The J o h n n y Z e l l Show Click here for New CD! For the finest in family entertainment! The Johnny Zell Family Story Well, Hi family! By the way, do you like the BUBBLES? I cant believe it. Summer, 2005 is upon us. Our brand new CD "Play That Trumpet" which we have just finished, is being received wonderfully. Yes, brand new! Look on this page and you will see the link for ordering it.! We are getting ready for our summer tour for 2005! It will be so neat to be together again. In addition to our shows and church services, we will actually hold dances on Friday nights complete with 3 dance contests with prizes! As we get closer to the dates, I'll put them on this web page so that we can all have another great time together! What a joy! Also, I went to Branson Missouri on Oct. 10 to tape my hosting of the Lawrence Welk Show for broadcasting on your local PBS station in March and April of 2005! The show will be featuring our brand new CD, "Play That Trumpet".

31. The NDSU Libraries: Germans From Russia welk Home Entertainment. lawrence welk The Early Years/ Collector’s Series July welk Music Group, Inc. The lawrence welk Show Salute to Cole Porter. http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/grhc/order/lawrence_welk/outofprint.html

Home Order Lawrence Welk Lawrence Welk Books, CDs, and Videotapes Updated: **Some items are limited quantity and out of print** Ranwood Records. Lawrence Welk: A Musical Anthology . Santa Monica, CA, 1992. Ranwood Records. On Tour with Lawrence Welk . Santa Monica, CA: 1984. (1 VHS Videotape, $20 each) Welk Home Entertainment. . Santa Monica, CA: 1988. (1 VHS Videotape, $30 each) Welk Music Group, Inc. The Lawrence Welk Show: County Fair . Santa Monica, CA: 1993. (1 VHS Videotape, $20 each) Welk Music Group, Inc. The Lawrence Welk Show: Salute to Cole Porte r. Santa Monica, CA: 1992. (1 VHS Videotape, $20 each) Welk Music Group, Inc. . Santa Monica, CA: 1992. (1 VHS Videotape, $20 each) Welk, Lawrence. Ah-One, Ah-Two! Life with My Musical Family . Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1974. (5 Hardcover with jacket, $35 each; 1 Hardcover without jacket, $30; 5 Softcover, $10 each)

32. Bob Ralston :: The Official Website Official site of organist from The lawrence welk Show. Biography, merchandise, performance schedules. http://www.BobRalston.com/

the place on the web for everything on the world-renowned organist from the Lawrence Welk TV Show We have revamped the Bob Ralston website! Words of Welcome from BOB RALSTON Check out the full 2005-2006 list of Bob Ralston's concerts. Coming soon - online shopping! Holland's newest sensation, 25-year-old concert pianist THOMAS ALEXANDER , will present a brilliant solo recital. Ongoing monthly concerts in Granada Hills with Bob Ralston playing the piano and organ featuring a different vocalist each month. Home Bio Concerts Shop ... Bob Ralston Site Design by Clever Pup

33. MSN Encarta - Lawrence Welk The show, which was renamed “The lawrence welk Show” in 1959, “The lawrence welk Show” was canceled in 1971, not for low ratings but for failing to http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761584516/Lawrence_Welk.html

MSN Home My MSN Hotmail Shopping ... Sign In Web Search: Encarta Subscriber Sign In Help Home ... Upgrade your Encarta Experience Search Encarta Upgrade your Encarta Experience Spend less time searching and more time learning. Learn more Tasks Find in this article Print Preview Further Reading Search for books and more related to Welk, Lawrence Encarta Search Search Encarta about Welk, Lawrence Advertisement Welk, Lawrence Encyclopedia Article Multimedia 1 item Welk, Lawrence (1903-1992), American accordion player and orchestra leader, noted for his immensely popular musical variety television (TV) program, “The Lawrence Welk Show” (1955-1982). Welk's so-called champagne music featured the accordion and organ and was distinctive for its lively style. Born to German immigrants in Strasburg, North Dakota, Welk studied the accordion while attending local public schools. He organized his first band in the 1920s and for 25 years traveled throughout the Midwest playing renditions of popular songs. He began receiving local and national radio exposure in the late 1920s. Welk received a booking in Los Angeles during the early 1950s, and there a local TV station began televising his performances. In 1955 the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), in need of low-budget programming, hired Welk for a Saturday night series, originally called “The Dodge Dancing Party.” The show, which was renamed “The Lawrence Welk Show” in 1959, featured a 27-piece band and a resident cast that gave solo and ensemble performances. Welk himself played the accordion, occasionally danced with a cast member, and made famous his musical cue, “a-one, a-two,” and his frequent comment, “wonderful, wonderful,” which he pronounced “wunnerful, wunnerful.” In 1956 Welk added a second TV series, “Top Tunes and New Talent” (1956-1958). “The Lawrence Welk Show” was canceled in 1971, not for low ratings but for failing to attract younger viewers. The program continued to be produced in syndication and was distributed widely to local TV stations until 1982. Welk wrote three autobiographies

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to Strasburg North Dakota We hope you enjoy our web site. Our motto is "Give Us the Opportunity to Serve You and Our People Will Give You Their Best" Lawrence Welk's home town The Strasburg Economic Development Corporation is actively seeking light industry and manufacturing to locate in our town. We have an excellent industrial park and also many incentives and options that we can offer to anyone who is interested. For more information click Here All information contained in this web site is owned solely by the city of Strasburg, North Dakota USA. Maintained by Image Marketing International

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Welk Resort San Diego vacationers and timeshare owners alike enjoy two 18 hole golf courses, a live theatre featuring Broadway style productions and musicals, distinctive dining at Mr. W's Restaurant, multiple swimming pools and spas, activities for adults and kids alike, 3 meeting rooms as well as award-winning villa suite accommodations. Nearby attractions include downtown San Diego, LegoLand TM, SeaWorld TM, The Wild Animal Park, the world famous San Diego Zoo, a number of exciting entertainment venues in Escondido and miles of spectacular southern California beaches just minutes away. Welk Resort Branson hotel guests enjoy top-notch entertainment acts at the theatre and from the restaurant to the pool and miniature golf, there's something for the whole family. Nearby are spectacular views of the Ozarks, lakes, golf, and shopping. At Desert Oasis relax after playing championship level golf and luxuriate in one of our many hot whirlpool spas. Complimentary parking, fitness room, business services, concierge, and laundry facilities are just a few of the extra amenities the property offers. Nearby on Palm Canyon Drive are art galleries, specialty shops, and trendy restaurants. Whether your stay is for business or pleasure, Welk Resorts is sure to be the perfect choice. Welk Home Confirmations Reservations Vacation Ownership ... San Diego Welk Resort San Diego 8860 Lawrence Welk Dr.

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37. Lawrence Welk's Desert Oasis - Palm Springs California, Family Vacation Rentals Spacious Vacation Rentals with Villa Style Accommodations, Cathedral Canyon Golf Courses, Pools, Tennis, Tours, Clubhouse activities, and Fine Dining. http://www.welkresort.com/palmsprings/

About Desert Oasis The Desert Oasis Resort is a first class destination resort offering luxurious one-bedroom villas, swimming, adult and kids activities, and golf and tennis nearby. Complimentary parking, fitness room, business services, concierge, security and laundry facilities are just a few of the extra amenities the property offers. Nearby on Palm Canyon Drive are art galleries, antique and specialty shops, and trendy restaurants. For weeklong and overnight stay information, click here. For more information about vacation ownership at Desert Oasis, click here. Accommodations Comfortably furnished one-bedroom units are beautifully appointed and feature complete kitchen facilities equipped with coffeemaker, dishwasher, microwave and refrigerator. Observe the enticing view of the aromatic garden or refreshing swimming pool from your balcony. Other amenities such as air conditioning, alarm clock radio, hairdryer, and an iron/ironing board, cable television, in-room safe, telephone with voicemail and a video player are included in each unit. Leisure Activities Available to all guests of our resort is a seasonal outdoor pool, along with a poolside bar offering drinks and eating snacks. After a day of playing championship level golf and tennis at the adjacent Cathedral Canyon Golf and Tennis facility or working out in our fitness room, enjoy sometime in our whirlpool spa. Adults can find many fun indoor recreational activities inside our adult recreation room. A game room and multitude of children's activities are offered for kids who visit the Desert Oasis Resort.

38. Footlight.com > Welk, Lawrence welk, lawrence Audio CD 22 classics from the soap bubble big band! This collection features 16 lawrence welk classics, digitally remastered! http://www.footlight.com/artist.cfm?artist_id=375

39. Lawrence Welk Show, The One of television s most enduring musical series, The lawrence welk Show, The final episode of The lawrence welk Show was produced in February 1982. http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/L/htmlL/lawrencewelk/lawrencewelk.htm

THE LAWRENCE WELK SHOW U.S. Musical Show One of television's most enduring musical series, The Lawrence Welk Show , was first seen on network TV as a summer replacement program in 1955. Although the critics were not impressed, Mr. Welk's show went on to last an astonishing 27 years. His format was simple: easy-listening music, what he referred to as "champagne music," and a "family" of wholesome musicians, singers, and dancers. The show ran on ABC for the first 16 years and was known in the early years as The Dodge Dancing Party. ABC canceled the show in 1971, not because of lack of popularity, but because it was "too old" to please advertisers. ABC's cancellation did little to stop Welk, who lined up more than 200 independent stations for a successful syndicated network of his own. Part of Welk's success can be attributed to his relationship with viewers. He meticulously compiled a "fever chart" which tallied pro and con comments received from viewers' letters. Performers with favorable comments became more visible on the show. In this way, the viewer also played an important role in his "family" of regulars. There were many show favorites throughout the years including the Lennon Sisters, who were brought to his attention by his son Lawrence Jr. who was dating Dianne Lennon in 1955. Other favorites included the Champagne Ladies (Alice Lon and Norma Zimmer); accordionist Myron Floren, who was also the assistant conductor; singer-pianist Larry Hooper; singers Joe Feeney and Guy Hovis; violinist Aladdin; dancers Bobby Burgess and Barbara Boylan; and Welk's daughter-in-law, Tanya Falan Welk.

40. Untitled Document I live in Buffalo, New York and am a long time fan of lawrence welk and the lawrence I started the lawrence welk Show Internet Fan Club on January 13th, http://welk.buffnet.net/home.html

Wunnerful, Wunnerful, Wunnerful! Hello Lawrence Welk Show Fans! My name is Gary Bacchetti. I live in Buffalo, New York and am a long time fan of Lawrence Welk and the Lawrence Welk Television Show. I started the Lawrence Welk Show Internet Fan Club on January 13th, 1997 with the idea that it would keep the show alive in our memories and "keep a song in our hearts". I am sure you found my site by typing in "Lawrence Welk" on the Internet to see what would come up. ...Then again, perhaps a friend told you about the thousands of members already enjoying the Lawrence Welk Television Show Fan Club on " BuffNET " - or maybe you heard about my club on Television, Radio, OETA, Newspapers, Zeldman.com, The Welk Resort, or Public Broadcasting (PBS). In any event, you are here because you have a serious interest in the man that brought us "wunnerful, wunnerful" entertainment for over 40 years! If you would like to be part of the " FREE " Lawrence Welk Show Internet Fan Club and exchange comments, thoughts, and wunnerful memories with other Lawrence Welk fans worldwide , just add your name below!

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