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| Dave
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 Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 9:17 pm Post subject: Welcome to the Welk Forums |
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Welcome to our forums. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to make the Welk Forums a better place for you. The Welk Forums were just created on Saturday, November 3 so we're just taking the shrink wrap off.
If something doesn't work, please let us know. We can change the format, add new forums, delete forums . . . .
BTW, the avatar I'm using is a photo of yours truly when I was in First Grade way back in the . . . . well, it was a long time ago. It was taken back in the days when Lawrence Welk was still on ABC and broadcast in black and white. My grandparents would watch The Lawrence Welk Show every Saturday night. Every now and then I'd spend the night at their house and watch the show with them. And, like you, I'm still watching. |
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| Stanley Sabal
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| Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 9:37 am Post subject: |
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"Lizhen to that studio audieance applauze at your picture Davvph. My Gootness, you getting more applauze than me" as Mr. Welk would of said ! Of course, judging by your picture, Dave, we both are in the same age era .... too old for acne and just right for AARP !  I will be visiting this site often. Can I roll in the Bubble Machine and play some Myron Floren Polkas and ask "those wunnerful ladies in the audieance do tag me while polga dancing butuh don't knock me down" ?
Again, Dave, congrats on this site and best wishes !
--Stan Sabal
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I host a radio program called "Musical Memories" and play Welk music often. Visit our website for more information : www.radioharborcountry.org |
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| Dave
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| Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 9:58 am Post subject: |
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Stan,
Thanks for being the first member of The Welk Forums. We'll get this thing off the ground and into the air yet!
I have visited your webpage and it is "wunnerful, wunnerful."
I'm going to add a list of Welk-related links to the intro. page in the next couple of days and your site will be there. |
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| Stanley Sabal
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| Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 10:11 am Post subject: |
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"thang youah Davvph for those nize commends !" 
---Stan Sabal
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I host a radio program called "Musical Memories" and play Welk music often. Visit our website for more information : www.radioharborcountry.org |
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| Jewels033
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| Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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| I just joined. I want to see if I can manage to navigate this site. Looks like it will be a good one. |
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| Stanley Sabal
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:46 am Post subject: |
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Hi Jewels033 !
"Welkome" to this chat. Grab your bubble machine and let the Lawrence Welk Show live forever!
--Stan
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I host a radio program called "Musical Memories" and play Welk music often. Visit our website for more information : www.radioharborcountry.org |
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| JBfunky
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:50 am Post subject: |
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I've just joined, this is very nice indeed!
I cannot wait for more to join up, and have everyone talkin'
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"Now here's a medley of songs from World War Eye" |
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| Dave
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:10 am Post subject: |
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| JBfunky wrote: | I've just joined, this is very nice indeed!
I cannot wait for more to join up, and have everyone talkin' |
A medly of songs from World War Eye.
Let's see . . . that would have to include . . . .
Ober der, Ober der
Send da word-uh, send da word-uh
Ober der
Dat da yanks are coming, da yanks are coming
Da drumsss rum tumming everywhere-uh . . . . |
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| Dave
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:12 am Post subject: |
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| Jewels033 wrote: | | I just joined. I want to see if I can manage to navigate this site. Looks like it will be a good one. |
Thanks for joining Jewels. I think you'll find the forum is easy to use. Tell your friends.
Glad to have you here! |
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| Stanley Sabal
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 11:55 am Post subject: World War Eye Era Songs |
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"Nowah poys, I wanna git a really good sound from you while you play this World War Eye nummer, so pee on your toes and don't miss a note" Mr. Welk giving instructions to the band. Imagine, the Welk Show in High Def format on PBS stations ! Little did Mr. Welk know that his simple TV Show would last forever !
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| Dave
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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I believe that unique accent was a genuine asset to Lawrence - it helped make him who he was. Everyone on the show was great - but, somehow, it just wouldn't have been the Lawrence Welk Show if Lawrence spoke accent-free, standard American English.
Our old family doctor had a heavy German accent (he was born in Berlin) but he spoke nothing like Lawrence. In fact, I never heard anyone talk like Lawrence Welk - and I think that was part of the mystique. He had a wonderful personality and that accent just made him all the more fascinating.
I really feel grateful to have grown up in an era when we were entertained by people like Lawrence Welk, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Jackie Gleason and, perhaps the greatest showman of them all, Walt Disney. |
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| JBfunky
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 12:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Dave wrote: | I believe that unique accent was a genuine asset to Lawrence - it helped make him who he was. Everyone on the show was great - but, somehow, it just wouldn't have been the Lawrence Welk Show if Lawrence spoke accent-free, standard American English.
Our old family doctor had a heavy German accent (he was born in Berlin) but he spoke nothing like Lawrence. In fact, I never heard anyone talk like Lawrence Welk - and I think that was part of the mystique. He had a wonderful personality and that accent just made him all the more fascinating.
I really feel grateful to have grown up in an era when we were entertained by people like Lawrence Welk, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Jackie Gleason and, perhaps the greatest showman of them all, Walt Disney. |
That plus his stage charisma helped too....he was born and blessed with the pure love and joy of entertaining the folks, and we are all thankful for sharing it with the world!
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| Dave
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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| JBfunky wrote: |
That plus his stage charisma helped too....he was born and blessed with the pure love and joy of entertaining the folks, and we are all thankful for sharing it with the world! |
You're right. Putting that show on week after week had to be hard work. But the enthusiasm Lawrence showed was obvious every time the camera was on him. You could tell he was enjoying every minute of it and that nothing was more important to him than pleasing his audience.
I rememberd how sad I felt when he retired back in 1982. It was like I wouldn't get to see my grandfather anymore. |
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| Stanley Sabal
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| Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 5:59 pm Post subject: Lizzz-hen to-ah Dat Applauz ! |
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"Latees and Gentalmun anuh our Wunnerful Welk Forum Au-dee-ants, I am so grade-phull that PBS allowz my show to live foor-always ! Thang you-ah, for-ah sush ah wunnerful suppord ! Please, folgs, comm-onn, post a reply cuzzzuh our frient, Davph, really wanna hear from you tonighd !"
---Lawrence Welk, if he was still with us today, would of stated this.
Dave, hope my "Welk-ism" dialogue does not upset anyone ... I am doing this out of my true admiration for Mr. Welk !
My best,
Stan Sabal
(always, Keep a Musical Memories in your heart)
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| Marvin
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| Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Stan, is your radio show available as an MP3 podcast? I would love to hear it. |
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