LAWRENCE WELK HOLIDAY SPECIAL -
GREAT MOMENTS & MEMORIES
PBS Compilation - 1994
Hosts: Bob Allen, Myron Floren, Jo Ann Castle,
Bobby Burgess, Norma Zimmer, Gail Farrell, Ron Anderson, Mary Lou Metzger, Ken
Delo, Sandi Griffiths
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"Jingle Bells" (montage through clips of every decade) |
Whole cast, ending with stars in the studio for the 90s segment |
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PART 1 |
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"Sleigh Ride" |
Myron Floren on accordion (1965) |
| Unidentified
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orchestra with Jack Imel ringing the bells (1963) |
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"The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" |
danced by Jack Imel and his 5 children (1965) |
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"Up on the Housetop" |
Larry Hooper (1965) |
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"The Christmas Song" |
Dick Dale |
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"The Happy Wanderer" |
Myron Floren on accordion with daughter Heidi on organ, sung by Jimmy, Kenny, Charlie, Curt |
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"The Happy Wanderer" |
Myron Floren on accordion as Bobby Burgess dances with daughter Becky (1978) |
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"Up on the Housetop" |
Myron Floren on accordion as Bobby Burgess dances with daughter Becky (1981) |
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"The Happy Wanderer" |
Myron Floren on accordion, danced by Bobby Burgess & Barbara Boylan (1978) |
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"Carol of the Bells" |
danced by Bobby Bugess & Cissy King, sung by Jimmy, Kathie, Ken, Sandi, Gail, Larry, Mary Lou, Joe (1977) |
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"Jingling" |
danced by Bobby Burgess & Elaine Niverson (1981) |
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PART 2 |
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"Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" |
Jo Ann castle on honky tonk piano (1965) |
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"Oh Tannenbaum" |
Dick Dale with Kathy & Janet Lennon with Dick Cathcart on trumpet, Bob Havens on trombone and unidentified clarinetist (1963) |
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"Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" |
Bob Lido with Frank Scott at the piano (1963) |
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"The |
Joe Feeney with Bob Ralston at the organ (1963) |
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"Frosty the Snowman" |
Jo Ann Castle on the honky tonk piano (1963) |
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"O Holy Night" |
The 4 Lennon Sisters (1965) |
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"Sweet Little Jesus Boy" |
Guy Hovis (also on guitar) & Ralna English (1975) |
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"Ring Those Christmas Bells" |
danced by Arthur Duncan as Jack Imel and Bob Ralston ring the bells |
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"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" |
Jo Ann Castle on the honky tonk piano (1985) |
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PART 3 - CHILDREN OF WELK STARS |
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"Here Comes Santa Claus" |
Bob Lido with Cissy, Gail, Ralna, Salli, Ken, Bob R., Bobby (1971) |
| "Christmas in Killarney"
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Joe Feeney and his 4 oldest children (1965) |
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"All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" |
Timmy Feeney as sister Kathleen accompanies him on guitar (1972) |
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"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" |
Randy and Diane Ralston on piano with Bob Ralston on harpsichord (1972) |
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"Joy to the World" |
Randy and Diane Ralston on piano (1977) |
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"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" |
Mary Ann Cuesta on flute (1977) |
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Unidentified |
Debbie Staples on piano and Sheryl Staples on violin (1977) |
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"Deck the Halls" |
Heidi Holt on piano (1977) |
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"December the 25th" |
Ken Delo and chorus, danced by Bobby Burgess & Cissy King (1974) |
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"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" |
Sandi |
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"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" |
Sandi Griffiths and daughter Jenni (1974) |
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"Jolly Old St. Nicholas" |
Sandi Griffiths and daughters Jenni and Ami (1977) |
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"Away in a Manger" |
Sandi Griffiths and children Jenni, Ami & Benjamin (1980) |
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"My Little Lady Make Believe" |
Ken Delo to daughter Kimberly (1972) |
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"All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" |
Ken Delo singing for puppet as children Kimberly and Kevin watch (1974) |
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"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" |
Ken Delo and children Kimberly and Kevin (1977) |
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"Silver Bells" |
Kimberly and Kevin Delo with assist from Ken Delo |
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"Oh to Be a Child Again" |
Ken Delo and Sandi Griffiths with Jo Ann Castle on piano in studio (1993) |
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"We Wish You a Merry Christmas" |
children featuring Cheryl Merrill |
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PART 4 |
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"The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" |
danced by Bobby Burgess, Jack Imel, Cissy King, Arthur Duncan, Mary Lou Metzger (1974) |
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"Jingle Bells" |
Christine Mack (Donna Welk Mack’s daughter) (1972) |
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Unidentified classical piece |
Christine Mack on piano (1977) |
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"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" |
Tanya Falan with sons Lawrence III and Kevin (1974) |
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"Rock-a-Bye Baby" |
Lawrence’s grand-children: Jon, David, Laura, Robbie Fredricks (1967) |
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"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" |
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"Merry Christmas (from our House to Your House)" |
Lawrence dancing with Mary Lou Metzger (1985) |
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"Susie Snowflake" |
Gail Farrell and Mary Lou Metzger (1971) |
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"Hark, the Herald Angels Sing" / "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" |
Ken, Sherry, David, Sheila, Roger, Mary Lou, Joe, Jimmy, Norma, Guy, Ralna, Jim, Ava, Michael, Kathie, Ron, Gail, Tom (1981) |
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"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" |
Gail Farrell, Ron Anderson & Michael Redman (1985) |
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"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" |
Bob Havens on trombone, Johnny Zell on trumpet and Skeets Herfurt on clarinet (1985) |
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PART 5 |
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"White Christmas" |
Norma Zimmer & Jimmy Roberts with Gail, Dick, Ken, Mary Lou, Guy, Ralna, Bobby, Cissy, Joe, Tanya (1972) |
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"T’was the Night Before Christmas" |
Norma Zimmer with sons Mark and Ron (late 60s) |
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"Ave Maria" - |
Norma Zimmer with Ken, Larry, Dick, Guy, Jimmy, Joe (1979) |
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Excerpts from the Nutcracker Suite |
orchestra (1981) |
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"The Hallelujah Chorus" |
Ava, Kathie, Sandi, Gail, Ralna, Mary Lou, Norma, Anacani, Joe, Guy, Ken, Larry, Tom, Curt, Dick, Jimmy with Bob Ralston at the organ, choir directed by Bob Ballard (1977) |
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"Let There Be Peace on Earth" |
Guy Hovis & Ralna English (1985) |
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"Oh, Come All Ye Faithful" |
orchestra and chorus: Joe, David, Roger, Arthur, Jim, Michael, Guy, Bobby, Jimmy, Norma, Ralna, Anacani, Mary Lou, Sheila, Sherry, Gail, Elaine, Ava, Sandi (1985) |
