WELK MUSICAL FAMILY: easter sunday

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Sunday, April 24, 2011

Happy Easter everyone

It's a nice day for strolling to church.....

Today's service will be inspirational.....

.....and afterwards, lets go hunting for Easter eggs amongst the tulips.

But make sure you tiptoe please.

Sunday, April 04, 2010

Come join in the Easter Parade

Happy Easter everybody!

Just make sure you don't get a tummy ache from all those chocolate eggs!

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Caption This Easter edition

Just add your own caption to this picture below, by clicking on the comments link

Happy Easter!

Saturday, April 11, 2009

An Abbott the Rabbit haiku

Happy Easter weekend everyone!

Abbott the Rabbit

Is surrounded by bunnies

Pass the carrots please

Sunday, March 23, 2008

After three long weeks of pledges....were back to regular Welk programming and just in time for Easter!

From 1968, the Maestro is pleased to bring you an Easter Parade so here are some highlights....

The gang opens the show...dressed in their Sunday's best with "Easter Parade".

Here in the solo spot, the lovely and talented Andra Willis singing "Peace In The Valley".

Next up is Jack Imel in one of his most dramatic roles yet....as "Abbott the Rabbit".

Also, we have Jo Ann Castle and Bob Lido singing "Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet".
Among the other selections in this week's show include Sandi & Sally's "Peter Cottontail", Bob Ralston playing "Sunrise Serenade" on the piano, Myron Floren looking for "The Lost Chord" on his accordian, Natalie Nevins with "Bless This House" and great instrumentals by the band such as "Get Me To The Church On Time" and "On The Street You Live".

Great show from beginning to end, and compliemented well with Mary Lou's interview with Jo Ann herself!

In this interview, she talks about how she went from her birth name of Zeiring to Castle, more fun on the Welk show such as the ponytail bit and her twenty year relationship with beau Liv Biviano.

And just by hearing her talk, she's is having a ball!

Next week, it's a repeat...the Salute to Roses, a great one not to be missed. May you have a Happy Easter and don't get sick from biting the head off those chocolate bunnies.

Saturday, March 22, 2008

A haiku for Easter

Here's a special Welk haiku for Easter Sunday, hope this is tasty just like those chocolate eggs...

Peter Cottontail

Hops along the bunny trail

It's hot in the suit

Sunday, April 08, 2007

Easter Show 1980

Hope your Easter Sunday is off to a good start, this week's Welk episode is great proof of that. It's the Easter show, first aired on April 5, 1980 with wraparounds hosted by Ralna English. Here's the Maestro leading the singers and the band with the number, "Easter Parade."

During the course of the show, we are treated to several great numbers; such as Jim Turner's excellent rendition of "Peace In The Valley" on the guitar and Tom Netherton giving his all with "Rise Again". Also getting into the act is Guy & Ralna with one of their favorite spirituals, "Do Lord".

This week's show has several fine instrumentals, such as "It Might As Well Be Spring" which now is timely considering it still feels like winter here on the Eastern seaboard.

But I digress....back to the show,

The band played a great "Put On Your Old Gray Bonnet" with Arthur Duncan doing his taps to the cause and there's a great Johnny Zell trumpet solo with "My Tribute". And here's a little polka for you with Myron Floren and Joey Schmidt (of Napoleon, North Dakota) with the Happy Yodler Polka.

Everyone was in that Easter mood, the Aldridges and Otwells sang a nice "Put a Little Love In Your Heart", Ava Barber sang "A Tisket, A Tasket" with some vocal backing of "No, No, No, No" from the orchestra and Ken Delo sang about "April Showers".

Ken also puts on the bunny costume as he tried to steal some eggs during Anacani's number "Peter Cottontail" but she is wise to his scheme and all is well as you can see here.....

Bobby & Elaine do a very nice dance to "Put On Your Sunday Clothes" and Norma Zimmer sings about the "Old Rugged Cross." For the finale, the gang is led by choral director Bob Ballard for "God So Loved The World" followed by "Alleluia" with some nice work both brass sections of trumpet and trombones.