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English has appeared on several TV talk shows and in one TV drama, Love With a Twist. Her recording How Great Thou Art was nominated for the Gospel Music Association's Dove award. Welk himself chose her after her appearance on the nationally broadcast television show. Balden was one of three finalists chosen from 35 other dancers at the audition. There have been three other dance partners for Burgess since then. "I was practically forced into hiring them," Welk later said.
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Floren stayed with the show until the end.īurgess and his first dancing partner Barbara Boylan joined the Welk show in 1961 after winning Welk's dance contest and creating a series of dance routines to go with the orchestra's new recordings. "The only people I hire are the ones who play better than I do," Welk told his managers. When Welk hired the virtuoso Floren in 1950, his bosses chided him for hiring an accordionist better than himself. of The Lawrence Welk Show and the publics fascination with the Welk stars. Lawrence Welk, US musician and bandleader, wearing a grey suit. Portrait of popular American bandleader Lawrence Welk holding an accordion and smiling. They will be accompanied by the Lawrence Welk Orchestra. This documentary about The Lawrence Welk Show features rarely seen footage. Lawrence Welk dancing with female cast member, other female cast and orchestra in background, The Lawrence Welk Show. The River Ridge show will feature fleet-fingered accordionist Myron Floren, his son-in-law, dancer Bobby Burgess, and Burgess' latest partner, Dallas native Elaine Balden, as well as singer Ralna English.