After the homegrown portion of the program, Lawrence Welk and his orchestra took the stage to play music for dancing. Mayo Clinic Christmas parties had originally been held in the lobby of the ...

Myron Floren, the accordion virtuoso who came to fame in the mid-1950s as a regular on The Lawrence Welk Show, the “champagne” music program heard by millions of Americans, died of canc… ...

Lawrence Welk Village, 55 miles northeast of San Diego contains the Lawrence Welk Museum. The Welk Resort Theater is in Branson, Mo., and often features former members of the Welk orchestra.

None of the instruments were available, however, so he settled for learning to play trombone. In 1948, he joined the Lawrence Welk Orchestra, where he was a featured artist for 35 years.

Pete Fountain with the New Lawrence Welk Orchestra: Big Band Blues album review by Jack Bowers, published on August 1, 2001. Find thousands jazz reviews at All About Jazz!

Performers Gene and Judy Magden play the music of their youth at area churches, county fairs and retirement homes. Gene, a former singer with the Lawrence Welk Orchestra, and Judy, a longtime ...

When a police officer pulled over Barney Liddle a trombone player with then up-and-coming Lawrence Welk Orchestra who was rushing from a gig in Milwaukee to meet his wife in Chicago the officer ...

Steve Cooper was seven years old the first time he saw The Lawrence Welk Show on television. He’d already had a few piano lessons and proved to be a whiz at reading and transcribing music, and ...

ALGONA, Iowa (AP) — Richard “Dick” Dale, who played sax and crooned tunes for the famed Lawrence Welk orchestra, has died in his Iowa hometown of Algona. He was 88.

Lawrence Welk and his Orchestra will play at the "New" OAKS nightclub for one night only. Tickets are $2 per person. Rochester Dairy is now selling its chocolate drink in cans.

Gene, a former singer with the Lawrence Welk Orchestra, and Judy, a longtime bookkeeper, also participate at weekly jam sessions at the Betty Strong Encounter Center.