A number of featured performers in the entertainment industry were groomed early in their career by spending a summer, or two, participating in western North Dakota's "Medora Musical." However, after ...

For more than three decades, The Lawrence Welk Show was a staple in American living rooms, with its trademark champagne music and gentle humor. Hosted by North Dakota-born bandleader Lawrence Welk, ...

"And a one, and a two …" In 1971, after two decades on the air, ABC cancelled "The Lawrence Welk Show," a musical variety series led by the German-accented bandleader and accordionist Lawrence Welk.

His singing voice has lost some of its luster and his wing kicks don’t have near the height they used to, but 80-year-old Arthur Duncan has still got it. The tap-dancing star of “The Lawrence Welk ...