10 Tho News-Review, Roieburg, Ore. Tua. Jon. 31, 1956
'Champagne' Accordion Strikes Keynote On lawrence We!k Show
The accordion is an amazing in
strument, but did you ever hear of
one that produces champagne?
"Champagne Music" that is, as
played on the Lawrence Wclk Show
every Saturday night at 7 p.m. on
KP1C, Channel 4, and the ABC
Television Network.
As a toddler, Lawrence fell in
love with his father's old-fashioned
instrument; as a thirteen year
old he played for community and
church affairs, and when he form
ed his first orchestra it consisted
of drums and, you guessed it
an accordiou.
"The Biggest Little Band in
America" as the aggregation was
justifiably known by the year 1927,
was striving for a distinctive style.
The years passed, and Lawrence
Welk experimented with various
arrangements and groupings of in
struments in an effort to achieve
an instantly recognizable, but dif
ferent "personal stamp" for the
band. Needless to say, the accordi
on still occupied a favored posi
tion. Then, wilh the addition of a pianist-organist
to the group, t h e
bouncy effervescent style for
which it is famous developed. With
the accordion and the Hammond
organ featured, "Champagne Mu-
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, , , bubbly music
sic" was born, and immediately
taken to the heart of Ihe public
with overwhelming success.
And so it is that the sparkling,
bubbly, "Champagne Music" of
The Lawrence Welk Show has all
flowed from the accordion!
Each member of The Lawrence
Welk Show is a star performer.
LAWRENCE WELK maestro
of the band, long time favorite
creator of danceable rhythms,
and originator of "Champagne
Music." Since 1927 when his group
was known as the "Biggest Little
Band in America," the public has
responded to his distinctive styl
ings to give him scores of hit rec
ords, featured performances across
the country and on all major net
works, plus appearances in Para
mount movie shorts.
ALICE LON featured vocal
ist. Lovely to look at, as well as
to listen to. Alice Lon has been
singing her way to fame since the
age of six. She won the jol) as vo
calist for Lawrence Welk, pinnacle
of her career, in tn audition where
she was hired on the spot. Happily
married, wilh three small boys,
she finds plenty of time for both
her family and her role on the
show. '
MYilON-i'LOREN accordion
ist. Handsome, young Myron Flo
rcn early hitched his wagon to an
accordion, now a featured instru
ment in the "Champagne Music"
of Lawrence Welk, Off the band
stand, Myron is an avid do-it-your-self
fan around the house.
LA Hit Y HOOPER pianist-vocalist.
Larry is another example
of Lawrence Welk's habit of shar
ing the spotlight. It was at Welk's
insistence that Larry first sang a
number with the band. The happy
result? The crowd liked him, and
he adds singing to his piano play
ing frequently now.
ALADIN violinist. The lin
guist of the show, Aladdin sings in
ten different languages and excels
in a multitude of dialects. In addi
tion, he is an outstanding violinist.
and one of the best known names
in show business.
JIM ROBERTS vocalist. This
Irish tenor wanted a job with the
Husband-Wife Team Signed
By NBC-TV For Spectaculars
Motion picture Producer Lester Little Chickadee," starring Mae
Cowan and composer Ann Ronell
one of the top-ranking husband
wife teams in showbusiness, have
been signed by the National Broad
casting Company to create and pro-
Lawrence Welk show, so he simply I duce a number of coltr television
walked up during rehearsal and Spectaculars, it was announced to
asked. He got the job after his I day by Thomas A. AfcAvity, Vice
singing so impressed Welk that he j President in charge of the NBC
made him a permanent member i Television Network. .
of the group. je first show which Cowan and
ROCKY ROCKWELL trum-! Ronell will create-produce for the
pet. But fans, perhaps, remember j network will be an original musi-
nim better for his comic vocal
stints. Although he lays no claim
to vocal excellence, the several
numbers he does at every per
formance completely delight both'
his colleagues and the audience.
DICK DALE saxophone. Dick
was playing his favorite instru
ment long before he graduated
from Algona, Iowa, High .School
in 1943. Two years in the Navy
interrupted his career, then, after
a stretch with the famous Six Kat
Dutchmen of Minnesota, he joined
the Lawrence Welk group, where
he also sings from time to time.
BUDDY- HAYES bass fiddle.
He may not have been traditional
ly "born in a trunk," but Buddy
grew up with music in his parents'
vaudeville act. Before joining Law
rence Welk's orchestra, he worked
with Art Mooney, Stan Kenton,
and made the first multiple record
ings with Les Paul.
DICK K EISNER first violinist,
Dick brings a distinguished back
ground in classical music to the
Lawrence Welk show. Behind him
lie stints with the San Francisco
Symphony, Chicago Symphony, and
the American Broadcasting Com
pany orchestra, plus the honur of
a three year scholarship to the
American Conservatory of Mu:c.
He is the father of two children,
and his hobbies are model rail
roading and gardening.
240-Ton Pipe Threaded
Across Tho Willamette
PORTLAND m A 240-ton piece
of pipe was threaded through a
trench across the Willamette River
here Sunday.
Crews, using eight big bulldozers
and other equipment, installed the
16-inch pipe, encased in two inches
of concrete, in a trench 10 feet
under the river floor. It was a
preliminary step in Portland Gas
Se Coke Co.'s project to bring
natural gas to the city by Aug. 1.
Officials said the whole project
will cost about 4 million dollars.
The pipe will he part of a 6,000
foot system for taking natural gas
from the company's plant at Linn
ton, on the northwest edge of
Portland, to east Portland.
Later a pipe will be run from
Portland to Battle Ground, Wash.
It is at Battle Ground that Port
land Gas & Coke will tap the main
natural gas pipeline.
cal comedy "Oh! Susanna," based
on the lives and songs of Stephen
Foster and E. P, Christy, t h e
"Barnum" of early American
showbusiness. Miss Ronetl wrote
the musical score and lyrics for
"Oh! Susanna." The book was
written by Florence Ryerson and
the late Colin Clements, authors
of "Harriet," "Strange Bedfellows"
and other Broadway hits.
"Oh! Susanna' calls for four
stars two singing leads, a comic
lead and a dancing lead all to
be announced shortly.
In addition to "Oh! Susanna,"
the team of Cowan-Ronell will
write-direct-produce for NBC-TV a
musical play based on Ernie Pyle's
"The Story of G. I. Joe," award
winning -motion picture produced
by Mr. Cowan. Miss Ronell receiv
ed an Academy Award nomination
for her musical direction of t h e
film.
Telecast dates and times of the
Cowan-Ronell NBC-TV Spectacu
lars will be announced at a later
date.
"The productions which the team
of Cowan and Ronell will create
for us will all be prestige shows
handtailored for the network's spec
tacular productions, Mr. McAvny
said. "We believe that the varied
achievements and successes of
this team may well provide vehic
les which the other entertainment
media will want for their own at
future times.
Mr. Cowan's record has been a
double - duty one, combining
industry leadership with out
standingly successful mot i o n
picture productions. As an in
dependent producer, his cred
its of movie hits include: "My
U. S. Civilian Payroll
Decreases In December
WASHINGTON Ufi The federal
civilian payroll totaled 2,343,088 in
December, a decline of 18.470 jobs,
as compared with November, the
Senate-House Committee on Non
Essential Federal. Spending re
ported Monday.
Sen. Byrd (D-Va), committee
chairman, said this marked the
fourth consecutive monthly de
crease in U.S. employment and
brought the net decline for the
first six months of fiscal 1956 to
40,600. The fiscal year began last
July 1.
West and W. C. Fields; "Ladle
Retirement," with Ida Lupino and
Louis Hayward; "Commandos
Strike at Dawn," with Paul Muni
and Lillian Gish; "One 'Touch of
Venus." with Ava Gardner; To
morrow the World," with Frederic! j
March; me Mory or. u. I. Joe. "
starring Robert Mitchum and Bur
gess Meredith, and "Love Happv,"
with the Marx Brothers and Mar
ilyn Monroe.
Mr. Cowan, as the executive
manager of the Academy of Mo
tion Picture Arts and Sciences in
its earliest days, led the institu
tion to its nationwide prominence.
It was Cowan who first instigated
the yearly awards of merit in va
rious departments of film produc
tion. He also conceived and organ
ized the O. S. Army's film train
ing program during World War 11.
He founded ana headed for five
years the Motion Picture Research
Council, Inc., coordinating all re
search, standardization and em
ployee training for the movies.
Mr. Cowan also wrote and intro
duced into colleges across the coun
try the first courses on photoplay
appreciation and motion picture
techniques.
Miss Ronell was the first wom
an to compose background scores
for films and act as a musical di
rector in Hollywood. Her film
credits include "One Touch of Ve
nus," "The Story of G. I. Joe,"
"Main Street to Broadway and
"Love Happy." She also wrote bo!h
words and music for the Broad
way musical comedy ("Count Me
n ). Her popular song hits include
'Rain on the Roof," "Willow Ween
for Me," "Woman Behind the Man
Behind the Gun," "Who's Afraid
of the Big Bad Wolf," and "Baby's
Birthday Party."
Her latest song is "The Great
Adventure," written for the award
winning Swedish film of the same
title.
In collaboration with V i c k i
Batim she adapted the opera 'Mar
tha" for the American stage (1938).
This has been widely performed by
opera companies including the
New York City Center, the Holly
wood Bowl and the Chicago, S..
Louis and New Orleans Opera Com
panies.
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AN EXCITING, REALISTIC CONTEST marked Davy Crockett's return to television in,
November with the legendary story of "Davy Crockett and the Keelboot Race" present
ed on DISNEYLAND. Fess Parker (left) stared as the famous frontiersman with Buddy
Ebsen (right) enacting the role of Georgie Russel.
Married Couples On TV In State Of Perpetual Conflict
NEW YORK Wr The relationship
of husbands and wives, as viewed
on television, is becoming a boring
stereotype. In this version, holy
matrimony is a state of perpetual
conflict.
Of course there's plenty of con
flict in marriage. If marriage were
just one big sweet confection, the
whole institution might eventually
perish of diabetes.
So let me emphasize that I'm
not plugging here for a perpetuaV.y
sweet and totally unrealistic view
of matrimony on TV. I simply pro
test the deprcssingly large propor
tion nf TV drama and comedv that
tritely and with exaggeration ! effort to please the ladies, we
operas!
Rarely does television treat the
theme of marriage without banal
ity. Watch for these developments
on the next televised matrimonial
tangle you witness:
The wife is usually sensitive and
perceptive. The husband is usually
goodhearted but inclined to be
rather a slob because he's weak
or crass or misguided. Occasion
ally there's a reverse switch, but
in general wives are belter char
acters than husbands on TV. I
think it's the advertising agency
influence, which is enormous on
the scripts of many shows. In the
treats the theme of marriaue
Not a night passes that at least
one drama is not preoccupied with
the bustup or patehup of a mar
riage. And as for daytime soap
emprte as heels, eentleme:
At the denouement of this typi
cal marriage drama husband and
wife are reunited, thanks to some
"revelation" usually instigated by
the wife.
I've looked at quite a bit of day
time soap opera. If I were a worn-,
an I'd consider it a depressing
drug. Its conflicts are perpetuat
ed by gossip. Its ' plots revolve
around bustups and patchups. Yet
in some respects some soap operas
are more realistic than some night
time dramas. In them, for exam
ple, people do separate and get
divorced one woman on one pro
gram three times. Like people you
know in real life. .
Yet in general the marriage dra
mas of TV are not lifelike because
their solutions are contrived and
do not stem from true character
ization. The bickering is realistic
enough, heaven knows. But be
tween the bickering and the con
trived solutions I've had more than
enough of 'em.
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