6/24/2023 0 Comments Lawrence welk orchestra salaries![]() ![]() Even here in Bangor I could go take some ballroom dance classes. I think that delightful, and it's still going on on a small scale. I remember June's perfume when she kissed me goodnight, and handed me over to the sitter. They used to get dressed up and dolled up on a Thursday night to go dance. There were social protocols if you wanted to dance with another's partner. Small combo playing dance music, no booze, or little, real dance music where you were intimate with your partner, and there was some cohesion. When my parents were young, and I was a whippersnapper, they went to a private dance club regularly, maybe two or three times a month. That sort of music, ballroom and the swing that came out of it, is gorgeous, and something has been lost with its passing, the passing of its culture, but his presentation on TV always set my teeth on edge. He was a big band leader in the forties IIRC, right up there with the Dorseys. It smelled of retirement homes and smaltz. At his TV persona and the entire schtick mind you, not at him as a person. My father really liked him I always cringed.
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