American orchestra leader Lawrence Welk was born one hundred twenty-one years ago, on March 11, 1903, the son of German immigrants from Odessa, in what is now Ukraine. Welk's Wikipedia page tells the story of the family's first winter, living in an overturned wagon buried in earth, and of young Lawrence's leaving school in the… Continue reading Ah One, Ana Two: Happy Birthday Lawrence Welk!
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