WELK MUSICAL FAMILY

Today is a double Champagne birthday worth celebrating! It's Cissy King..... .....and Neil Levang and here's a birthday haiku t...

Since this is the New Year, the Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena is on right now, and speaking of the parade.... On this day in 1972...

Here it is, the first post of 2008.... Now comes the fun part, planning on what to accomplish for the next 366 days (Leap Year folks!) A...

Well, this is it my friends.....my last post of the year HA HA HA.....a little New Year's joke To help ring in 2008, here's a haiku ...

For the last scheduled Welk episode in 2007, what a great way to finish up the year than with a Musical Tour of Southern California which or...

In reference to my previous post....I forgot to add the debuts of "Lawrence Welk TV Treasures" and "Ralna English: From My He...

I can't believe that this year is just about over with! With 2008 looming on the horizion....let's look back at 2007, from a Welk po...

And this week, I give you a Neil Levang haiku.... He's from North Dakota With a guitar in tow Play solo of "Wheels"

.....and I feel thirty pounds heavier after all the holiday munchies, which is time for me to get in shape! At least until New Year's Ev...

In fact, I will bring you three haikus for this merry occassion....starting with this one, Gather 'round the tree Mister Welk sings Jin...

This time, the Musical Family celebrate Christmas from 1972....and it's also this week's show from public television! Here's t...

Right now, let me play the ghost of Christmas past and look back at a few scenes of the Musical Family celebrating the holiday season! Thi...

And this week before Christmas....it's a seventeen syllable tribute to Jo Ann Castle! Rock and roll on the keys Jo Ann Castle knows hon...

And now on the lighter side, can you ever picture either the Curt Ramsey Quintet, Sandi & Sally, the Lennon Sisters or Gail, Ron & M...

Looking into my record vault, here's a rare vinyl that is pleasant music guaranteed.....it's the Ranwood Records release of Tanya Fa...

Well, it took a lot of wheeling and dealing...plus some divine intervention as well...and I was able to get a copy of the "Musical Tour...

A very visual stunning clip from this Lawrence Welk Show episode from December 1975, here's Ken Delo and friends, dressed in bright cana...

Talk about perfect timing, the snow if falling here in Toledo which leads us to this week's episode titled "Winter" from Decem...

Due to the overwhelming popularity of this fine blog, I decided to launch a second one! This one is called THE CHAMPAGNE PHOTO BLOGGER It...

And away we go..... Lawrence and Myron Playing the accordian It's time to polka

Have you always wondered how the Welk stars talked and sang on camera with such good diction? Perhaps they watched this industrial short, ...

Just in time for this Christmas season, here's Tanya Falan with her boys teaming up with Anacani for this holiday favorite from 1973!

Here's a great way to beat those Winter blues....I just some fun puzzles to my Welkgirls.com page! For those who like a good crossword ...

On this Saturday.....we in the Toledo area were treated to "Lawrence Welk: God Bless America" It's two hours full of patriot...

Today is Ken Delo's birthday, an audience favorite with Welk from 1969 to 1982. In honor of his special day, here's a birthday haiku...

And now, another one of my famous Champagne haikus....this week, the Lennon Sisters. Here's four sisters, Dee Dee, Peggy, Kathy and Jan...

I don't know how many folks do it, but boy am I exhausted.....thank God Christmas only happens once a year. Just returned from Michigan...

From the YouTube treasure vault, here's two clips of Sandi & Sally. This one is their first ever appearance on the Welk show from ...

If the weather here was a lot more warmer....say like in Arizona or the Florida Keys, then there would be more holiday cheer for yours truly...