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.
FARGO — Even at an early age, Taj Mahal was developing his unique “global concept” of culture, influences and history about everything from music to agriculture — and he owes that to his parents. The ...
Guy and Ralna, one of the most popular singing couples associated with the iconic, long-running television series 'The Lawrence Welk Show' since 1969, continue to entertain more than three million ...
Before he became a household name as the host of his own self-titled television show, Lawrence Welk was a hardworking bandleader shaped by the rural Midwest, European folk traditions, and the rhythms ...
I’m willing to bet "The Lawrence Welk Show," aired Saturday nights on NET, still draws a good number of viewers. Some of those regular viewers are people who mocked the show when they were kids.
Hip dude that I was in the early 1970s, I caught only glimpses of The Lawrence Welk Show on the tube on my way out of the house on Saturday nights. No doubt, to many Americans, Welk and his clean-cut ...
Myron Floren was 4 years old when he discovered the accordion in 1923. Floren — born on Nov. 5, 1919 — was living with his family on a small farm in Roslyn, South Dakota, at the time. A nearby farmer ...
The Welk Resort Theatre has reopened its doors with its Summer Variety Series. The theater, at 8860 Lawrence Welk Drive in Escondido, went dark in mid-March 2020 along with all other performing arts ...