WELK MUSICAL FAMILY

This is it....the last day of 2006, and what a year it was! Here in the cyber champagne world, it has been a year of growth. Welk Musical F...

That's the way Jimmy Roberts likes to sing to the his most loyal fans....the ladies, and they love it of course! Only two days left in ...

From the 1970 New Years Eve show, Gail Farrell and Mary Lou Metzger are learning a new instrument....the coconuts! Sounds like something st...

How was your Christmas? For yours truly, the blogmeister...it's been fun and very much seasonal. I spent Christmas Day with my mother, f...

Here's Bobby Burgess and his daughter Becki from 1981, .... and here's Bob Lido with some really attractive reindeer..... Sandi Gri...

And now, here's a Welk holiday treat....the dolls in the toy shop come to life and sing, sing, SING!

Just a few shopping days left....and make sure you have them all wrapped, like Andra Willis is doing.

Ho Ho Ho.....Christmas is only five days away, here's some of our dancers doing the Parade of the Toy Soldiers, a Welk Christmas Tradit...

As much as I enjoy the Christmas season, the one thing I don't like too much are the incessant holiday-themed commercials shown on telev...

Christmas is just a week away, and what better way to get ready for it this week with a Welk Christmas Reunion from 1985, this week's of...

If you happen to be a young man with a deep baritone singing voice, and featured on the Lawrence Welk show with legions of female fans, life...

It will be eight days before Winter officially commences, just where are the birds are going this year? If you wanna know about some certain...

Looks like alot more nice folks are taking notice of this blog these days..... I got word that Welk Musical Family.com: THE BLOG got some w...

Jack Imel, Arthur Duncan and Bobby Burgess getting ready for a dance-off, who will win? And who will get served? You be the judge!

Here's another vintage video treat for all you Ralna English fans. If you liked her when she sings, "How Great Thou Art", ...

If you ever wondered where the "sparkle" in the Champagne Music comes from, you can bet your bottom dollar that it must have come ...

.....and it is still pledge time for my local PBS stations, WGTE and WBGU. WGTE aired "Precious Memories" again this evening, and ...

Today is Ken Delo's birthday, he's very special not because he can sing, dance and make people laugh...but for the webmaster, he hai...

Here's another gem from the early days of the Welk show, we get to meet the Maestro's band as the music makers introduce themselves!...

Something nice for the Christmas season, Janet Lennon and Aladdin playing daughter and father as they great ready to celebrate the holidays...

Here's another vintage commercial featuring one of our Welk stars, this one is Champagne Lady Norma Zimmer for Deep Down arthritis cream...

To get your Mondays going well, and a good start to a new week....let Bob Smale work his magic fingers at the piano. Born and raised in Oak...

Just don't forget to get some stamps! Also, be sure they are the right ones....LOL Yesterday, we got "Precious Memories" in m...

Today is the first of December, and we have duo birthdays in the Musical Family to celebrate! Dianne "Dee Dee" Lennon, of the Lenn...

Here's a real treat, an actual Geritol commercial from the late 1970s featuring Ralna English followed by the Maestro himself! And yes...

From 1969, the audience is out on the dance floor with that Champagne Music playing oh so freely....and if you notice the girl in pink to y...

Calcutta, as Welk fans know, became the Welk Orchestra's first very big hit single which reached Number One on the music charts in 1961....

And let Arthur Duncan show you how! He's even got Lawrence interested in learning a new step or two.

This week, the good folks from public television land gave us "This Colorful World" straight from the Land of Champagne and Polkas...

It's the day after Thanksgiving, which means today is Black Friday; However, it's also a day of celebration....Johnny Zell's bir...

I hope everyone is having a wunnerful Thanksgiving, although the football was left to be desired so far....the food and the family were gre...

Welk fans everywhere! For this Christmas season, you can own this lovely holiday CD by the Aldridge Sisters with the Billy Andrusco Trio, it...

This is from an early 1960s episode of the Welk show, here's the Maestro getting things started. Can any of you guess who is the artist ...

Here's Bobby Burgess and Elaine Balden painting the old town red with a few dance moves....just a little putting on the ritz.

You'll remember the classic sitcom "My Three Sons." It was produced by Don Fedderson, who also produced the Welk show, but als...

It's everywhere....even on the band's outfits! Love that bright orange jackets and pants! With Myron Floren at the accordian and Bo...

I told you the time would come....and it's today! My pictures and concert write-up for the 2006 Forever Blowing Bubbles concert in East...

Today has been fun, the Bucks beat Michigan 42-39 to play for college football's national championship, and this week's Welk episode...

The Game To End All College Football Games is today, and here in the state of Ohio....this one is a doozy. This blogmeister's predictio...

If there was ever the standard-bearer of excellent trumpet players from the Welk orchestra, Norman Bailey would fit the bill! The native of...