Lawrence Welk Tribute To Illinois from 1968 - Jo Ann Castle hosts

This show first aired on August 3, 1968
The VHS recording transferred here appears to be from 1994.
2:30 Chicago - the orchestra and the whole gang
5:20 Summertime - Norma Zimmer
7:40 The Beer Barrel Polka - Myron Floren on accordion with Richard Maloof on tuba
10:55 Windy - Sandi Griffiths & Salli Flynn
13:19 Moonglow - (the theme from Picnic) - danced by Bobby Burgess & Cissy King
15:55 There Ain't Gonna Be No Another Time - Lynn Anderson
19:00 The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down - Jo Ann Castle on the honky tonk piano
21:50 Beautiful Dreamer - Natalie Nevins with Bob Ralston at the organ
23:40 In the Good Old Summertime - danced by Arthur Duncan
26:14 The Waltz You Saved for Me - Charlotte Harris on cello with string section
28:20 My Kind of Town - danced by Bobby Burgess, Jack Imel & Arthur Duncan
30:55 Peoria - Bob Lido, Larry Hooper, Charlie Parlatto & Kenny Trimble
34:20 Waitin' for the Evening Train - Andra Willis
36:16 Rock Island Line - Larry Hooper
38:20 What a Wonderful World - Joe Feeney
43:45 Cry Me a River - Tanya Falan (Welk)
46:10 You Only Hurt the One You Love - Bob Havens on trombone
48:10 On the South Side of Chicago - Steve Smith
51:30 Gettysburg Address & America the Beautiful

[@user-qv6lb5vy4b]

Louey Armstrong's What A WonderfulWorld still popular in the 2000s!!

[@douglasthompson9482]

God Bless America and God Bless The Lawrence Welk Show.

[@n.elliottnoorlun8304]

My Saturdays are EXTRA sweet when I can step back to the good old days and the Welk shows we watched together as a family!!! > ;-)

[@LawrenceWelkLPs]

Mine too!

[@douglasthompson9482]

Sandi and Sally are absolutely gorgeous

[@goldstein321]

I was a pre- teen when this show aired (1968). And even then, I could feel that our way of life ( our Family values, our Christian Faith, Our Love for America, Character Education in schools and at home, Respect for the adults and to one another) started to loosen up. Something dark and sinister begun to infiltrate our society, from big cities to medium towns, East and West. And IT has not done yet.

[@larkpraise]

Great show! Loved Steve Smith...what a crooner...and Sandi and Salli....so young!

[@Gwendys_Nostalgia]

I love that Lynne Anderson song 15:55

[@lydiaozuna3751]

As always, thank you for this treasure of musical pleasure! :)

[@LawrenceWelkLPs]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@timothyhughes1904]

Nicely done. Everything about it was lovely and dream-like.

[@user-qv6lb5vy4b]

Porky and Bess from Gershwins tunes from the southern US 1930s play theatre!!

[@jessecoffey4737]

CORRECTION: The song Jo Ann Castle played in this show was "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down", not "Flowers on the Wall."

[@LawrenceWelkLPs]

Thanks - I'l make the correction

[@67leighton]

Originally aired on 3 August 1968 (host segment is from 1994, I believe). LW announces this as a salute to Illinois on its 150th birthday.

[@kathyfowler7511]

33:07❤️

[@robertminard6357]

Just curious, I don't recall "Bubbles in the Wine " ever being played again ,once the show went into syndication. Was this a rights issue with the ABC network?

[@PRSINPSCA]

And country folk said Lynn was too "pop". If that wasn't country I don't know what is...

[@lilchopstixz2161]

Where’s the Lennon sisters here?

[@67leighton]

They had left the show five months earlier.

[@dickiegreenleaf750]

What does this show have to do with Illinois

[@67leighton]

Opening song and a few others, either what they’re about or where they’re set, are part of what Welk called a salute to the 150th birthday of Illinois

[@user-qv6lb5vy4b]

Lawrence welks legacy was that he was an equal rights American!!

[@njpete987]

Where are the black people? I don't see any.

[@67leighton]

???

[@lilchopstixz2161]

Theirs a African American rap dancer, Arthur Duncan in the cast. While in the audience they don’t usually pan the camera over at the audience often