A Valentine Memory: The Night my Mother Danced with Lawrence Welk

A Valentine Memory

    What a charmer he was, Mr. One And-A-Two. Lawrence Welk, whose music was upbeat, light and unvarying, was a Gentleman. He made every Lady in the room feel like Lady, and he visited our living room every Saturday night. Each show followed the same format: music from the band, with performances by singers and dancers, and dancers. At the end Mr. Welk joined the dancers on the ballroom floor, where some of the women sported bubble hairstyles in a curious shade of...