LAWRENCE WELK: MILESTONES AND MEMORIES
A Musical Family Reunion
March, 2001
ACT 1 - THE NETWORK TELEVISION YEARS (1955-1971) |
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"Milestones and Memories" |
whole cast |
"Say It with Music" |
whole cast |
"Beer Barrel Polka" |
Myron Floren on accordion |
Al Jolson Medley (Swanee, I’m Sitting on Top of the World, You Made Me Love You, Sonny Boy, Rock-a-bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody, Toot Toot Tootsie, My Mammy) |
The Lennon Sisters (Dee Dee, Kathy, Janet, Mimi) |
"Night and Day" |
Bobby
Burgess dancing with his 3 dance partners Barbara Boylan, Cissy King &
Elaine Balden |
"After You’ve Gone" |
Big Tiny Little on the piano |
"The 12th Street Rag" |
Jo Ann Castle and Big Tiny Little on pianos |
ACT II - GETTING STARTED AND THE BIG BAND ERA (1930-1950) |
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"My Blue Heaven" |
Pete Fountain on clarinet |
"Jazz Me Blues" |
Pete Fountain on clarinet, Jack Imel on drums, Bob Havens and Barney Liddell on trombones, Johnny Zell on trumpet, Richard Maloof on bass, Big Tiny Little on piano |
"It Had to Be You" |
Tanya Roberts |
"What a Little Moonlight Can Do" |
Gail Farrell, Ron Anderson & Michael Redman with Henry Cuesta on clarinet |
"There’ll Be Some Changes Made" |
Dick Dale |
"With a Song in My Heart" |
Guy Hovis singing to Former Champagne Ladies Lois Best, Jayne Walton, Helen Ramsay, Roberta Linn |
"If I Loved You" |
Norma Zimmer |
"Sing, Sing, Sing/ The Clarinet Polka" medley |
Henry Cuesta on clarinet and Jack Imel on drums |
ACT III - THE SYNDICATION TELEVISION YEARS (1971-1982) |
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"That’s Entertainment" |
whole cast |
"California Dreamin’" |
Sheila & Sherry Aldridge and David & Roger Otwell |
"It Don’t Mean a Thing if It Ain’t Got That Swing" |
Arthur Duncan (singing and dancing) |
"Hawaiian Wedding Song" |
Ken Delo |
"Everything is Beautiful" |
Clay Hart (also on guitar), Sally Hart, Sandi Griffiths, Gail Farrell, Mary Lou Metzger & Jack Imel |
"Only You" |
Guy Hovis & Ralna English |
"Chukos Suaves" |
Anacani (singing and dancing) |
"My Heart Will Go On" (Tribute to Lawrence Welk) |
Jo Ann, Tom, Ralna, Guy, Joe, the Lennon Sisters and whole cast |
ACT IV - THE PUBLIC TELEVISION YEARS (1987- present) |
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"The Wind Beneath My Wings" |
Ralna English |
"Cumana" |
Jo Ann Castle on piano |
"Southern Nights" |
Ava Barber |
"Elvira" |
Jim Turner (also on guitar), Guy Hovis, David & Roger Otwell |
"My Tribute" |
Tom Netherton |
"Rhapsody in Blue" |
Bob Ralston at the piano with orchestra |
"America the Beautiful" |
Joe Feeney and whole cast |
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ACT V - MUSICAL FAMILY REUNION |
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Extended medley: |
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1) Together Wherever We Go |
The Lennon Sisters and whole cast |
2) Friendship |
Mary Lou, Gail, Ron, Michael, Sandi, Ken |
3) A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening |
The Lennon Sisters |
4) Funny How Time Slips Away |
Dick Dale |
5) Memories Are Made of This |
David & Roger Otwell (also on guitar) |
6) Hey Good Lookin’ |
Ava Barber |
7) Cuddle Up a Little Closer |
Roberta Linn |
8) April Love |
Tom Netherton |
9) Besame Mucho |
Anacani |
10) Blue Tango |
Bobby Burgess dancing with Barbara, Cissy & Elaine as whole cast sings |
11) Call to the Post |
Johnny Zell on trumpet |
12) Baby Face |
Ken Delo with musicians Johnny Zell, Bob Havens, Richard Maloof, Big Tiny Little, Jack Imel |
13) Basin Street Blues |
Lennon Sisters with Pete Fountain on clarinet |
14) Crazy |
Ralna English |
15) I Can’tStop Loving You |
Guy Hovis & Ralna English |
16) Oh Lonesome Me |
Sheila & Sherry Aldridge |
17) You Are My Sunshine |
Cissy King, Ron Anderson and whole cast |
18) Rocky Top |
Clay & Sally Hart |
19)You Belong to Me |
Tanya Roberts |
20) Beyond the Sea |
Henry Cuesta on clarinet |
21) Mack the Knife |
Arthur Duncan singing and dancing with Janet Lennon |
22) In the Mood |
Jack Imel on the marimba |
23) The Music Goes Round and Round |
Mary Lou Metzger with Richard Maloof on tuba |
24) I’m Getting Sentimental Over You |
Barney Liddell on trombone |
25) Danny Boy |
Joe Feeney |
26) Teach Me Tonight |
Jo Ann Castle |
27) Fascination |
Charlotte Harris on cello |
28) That’s What Friends Are For |
Gail Farrell (also on piano), Tom Netherton & whole cast |
29) Will the Circle Be Unbroken |
Ralna English, Gail Farrell and whole cast |
30) In the Sweet By and By |
whole cast |
31) Adios, Au Revoir, Auf Wiedersehn |
whole cast |
ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCES
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"Yes Sir, That’s My Baby/ |
danced by Bobby Burgess and Barbara Boylan |
"The Entertainer" |
danced by Bobby Burgess and Cissy King |
"American Patrol" |
danced by Bobby Burgess and Elaine Balden |
"I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" |
Sandi Griffiths and Sally Hart |
"Downtown" |
Sandi
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"Don’t Sleep in the Subway" |
Sandi Griffiths, Gail Farrell and Mary Lou Metzger |
"You Gotta Have Heart" |
sung and danced by Jack Imel and Mary Lou Metzger |
"You Are So Beautiful" |
Clay (also on guitar) and Sally Hart |
"Everything is Beautiful" (reprise) |
Clay (also on guitar), Sally, Sandi, Gail, Mary Lou, Jack |
"Sixteen Tons" |
Jim Turner (also on guitar) |
"Somewhere My Love" |
Charlotte Harris on cello, Bob Ralston on organ |