When the Jazz Arts Group Big Band takes the stage this afternoon to play music from Lawrence Welk's TV show, the tunes will be a blast from the past, not only for the audience but also the players.

There's a 1939 film clip that shows Lois Best Herman singing and smiling next to a very young Lawrence Welk as his orchestra plays on. "You see her natural personality on the video. That was my mom," ...

The Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet ...