![]() ![]() ![]() Her uncle married Dick’s sister, Vivian, and Dick sang at several Cowan family weddings. He really was the pride of Algona.Īnother Algonan turned Storm Laker who knew him is Pat Cowan. And every single Saturday Dad would point out, “There’s Dick Dale from Algona!” Mom and Dad both knew him. I hadn’t seen Welk’s show in probably 30 years, but for some reason it was on in the background last Saturday when I heard Lawrence announce,“And now the pride of Algona, Ioway, Dick Dale.” Well, that perked my ears up.Īt the end of the show, Dick was interviewed for about 15 minutes about his life, when he reminisced about Algona.Īs a kid growing up in Algona, and even after we moved to Storm Lake in 1956, we had to watch Welk’s show every Saturday night on ABC. These 30-year-old reruns from network television are still some of the most popular shows on public television. Lawrence died in 1992 at age 89, but his Champagne Music lives on every Saturday night on PBS. He was on the air continuously for more than 31 years in an amazing entertainment career. Anyone over the age of 60 probably spent every Saturday night with their parents watching Lawrence Welk on TV. ![]()
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