Showing posts with label St. Patrick's Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label St. Patrick's Day. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Salute to St. Patrick's Day '79

Yeah, I know that St. Pattie's Day was over a week ago, but last Saturday's episode was a sight for green eyes, especially after three weeks of pledge drives and no Welk.


Highlights from the show include.....


Jack Imel looking at the lunch menu.....


Joe Feeney wearing a green hat.....


.....and Bob Lido with his Hotsy Totsy Boys going green, period.

ST. PATRICKS DAY - March 17, 1979

1. IT'S A GREAT DAY FOR THE IRISH - Jimmy, Arthur, Norma, Barbara, David, Sheila, Joe, Sherry, Mary Lou, Sandi, Gail, Guy, Ralna, Roger, Ken, Kathie, Tom, Ava, Larry, Anacani & Myron on the accordion
2. GALWAY BAY - Joe Feeney with Myron Floren on the accordion
3. LIKE BE GORRA - the orchestra
4. HARRIGAN - Ava Barber
5. A TRADITIONAL IRISH REEL - danced by Barbara Boylan and Bobby Burgess

  
6. CLANCY LOWERED THE BOOM - Ken Delo and the cast
7. TOO-RA-LOO-RA-LOO-RAL - Guy Hovis and Ralna English
8. UNIDENTIFIED NUMBER - the orchestra
9. HI LILI, HI LO - Norma Zimmer
10. DANCING THE DEVIL AWAY - Myron Floren at the accordion with Bobby and Barbara dancing


11. DANCE AROUND A STACK OF BARLEY - the orchestra
12. IF YOU'RE IRISH, THIS IS THE PLACE FOR YOU - Jack Imel and Mary Lou Metzger
13. SHAMROCKS, SHILLELIES & SHENANIGANS - Anacani 
14. ALIVE, ALIVE-O - Tom Netherton with Bob Ralston at the piano
15. GREEN GREEN - Sheila and Sherry Aldridge with David and Roger Otwell


16. DID YOUR MOTHER COME FROM IRELAND? - Kathie Sullivan with Bob Ralston at the organ
17. HOW ARE THINGS IN GLOCCA MORRA? - Bob Ralston at the piano
18. MISS ANNE ROONEY - tap danced by Arthur Duncan
19. KATHLEEN - Jimmy Roberts with Bob Ralston at the organ
20. I'M LOOKING OVER A FOUR LEAF CLOVER - Gail Farrell, Sandi Griffiths and Mary Lou Metzger with Bob Lido and his Hotsy Totsy Boys

 
A delightful episode I must say. It will bring out your inner Irish and go green!

Next week is another new one, a salute to Norma Zimmer from 1965 which is one to watch.

So until next time, keep a song in your heart and don't forget to speak softly and carry a big shillelagh!

 
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Saturday, March 17, 2012

Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral and then some.....

So, how is your St. Patrick's Day so far?

It's still pledge time in Toledo, but to pass the time....as well as Irish cheer....here's a YouTube clip of Joe Feeney with Lawrence at the accordion singing one of the most popular of lullabies from the Emerald Isle.

 
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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

May the blessing of light be on you....


....and may your feet be filled with rhythm when you dance.
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Let's join Guy & Ralna with a traditional Irish blessing


May the roads rise to meet you
May the wind be at your back
May the sun shine warm upon your face
The rain fall soft upon your fields
And, until we meet again
May God hold you in the palm of his hand


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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

St. Patrick's Day

Top of the morning to ya....

Enjoy your Irish coffee with your corned beef and cabbage.....

And if you do drink green beer, please drink responsibilty!


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Saturday, March 15, 2008

Beware the Ides of March

Cause' stuff like this will happen.....

....and St. Patrick's Day is only two short days away.

Actually, on the Ides of March....back in ancient Roman times, dictator and nice guy Julius Caesar was betrayed by friend Brutus and assassinated by his fellow Senators in the Roman Senate.

Maybe I'll have a Little Caesar's Pizza and some Orange Julius in observance of this day....while watching televised US Senate preceedings on C-SPAN.

Also, this is the last week of pledges....WGTE has no Welk (regular show or PBS special) scheduled so I'll just put in one of my DVDs of Welk shows.

I wonder if the Maestro and his musical family ever considered doing a "Salute to Ancient Rome" episode?


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Saturday, March 17, 2007

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone! Just remember to wear your green today or you may run the risk of getting pinched!

Back home, the snow has returned but no as much as the folks in the Northeast and Pennsylvania are getting. That just makes the smell and taste of that corned beef and cabbage even better to my pallette!

This week is the last of the current pledge cycle on public TV, and tonight is an encore presentation of "Lawrence Welk's TV Treasures". I'll be watching it again, and perhaps I'll find out something that I may have missed the first two times around.


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Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Picture of the day (3-14-07)

St. Patrick's Day is only three days away....so here's Bob Ralston and Buddy Merrill wearing their green jackets while playing some of that "Calcutta".
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Thursday, November 02, 2006

Ava and the Maestro

No, Ava Barber has not dressed as a bar maid this past Halloween...she is with Lawrence on the 1979 St. Patrick's Day show about to sing her number titled, "Harrigan, That's Me".

And it is true, country gals do have a little Irish in them!
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