![]() The singing number below was just the kind of thing Saturday Night Live parodied so effectively with Kristen Wiig and the tiny hands singer (look it up). Watching the audience dancing during instrumental numbers was like looking back through a family photo album. Lawrence, himself, danced a waltz with Cissy to “Always”… which just happened to be the “first dance” at my husband’s and my wedding. This particular show was a tribute to the music of Irving Berlin. It’s a wonder we can see straight with all the eye rolling that went on (behind his back, of course) during those times. Our grandfather loved to turn it on when he was living with us. Certainly by the time this 1973 show was aired we were way too cool (in our minds) to watch Lawrence Welk. Apparently they still perform but, like us, they are now a trio. I just read the Wikipedia entry for The Lennon Sisters. ![]() It brought back so many memories: first, being encouraged by our doting great aunts that my three sisters and I were going to be the next Lennon Sisters when we sang for them. What a time capsule! I’m sorry that this is the second post in a row with photos taken from our television screen. and found a Lawrence Welk show on PBS from 1973. My husband was away at the Fall Festival Committee wrap-up meeting and dinner, so I was home alone. When we finished the basement, she requested a little hide-out under the stairway, just like Harry Potter’s “cupboard under the stairs”: I have a feeling the bean bag chair will ultimately get the heave-ho, but for now I put it back where it lived when she was much younger. So, keeping the pace going in our bedroom: it became the repository for stuff belonging to our younger daughter studying this year in Russia when clearing her floor during the recent carpet-cleaning frenzy. I’ve discovered they’re also sold at The Grommet, a very cool place to shop online. For those interested, they are Et Al Designs beeswax candles. With three sets at the ready, and wrapped (for free) so nicely, I’m way ahead of the game this year. ![]() Last season I found candles that seemed like the all-purpose perfect gift … and I didn’t have enough. Clump #250: Do some Christmas shopping and move three big clumps from our bedroom day eight of National Blog Posting Month.
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