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Lawrence Welk

"When my parents first arrived there, North Dakota had just been admitted to the Union, and the country was still wild and harsh."

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"When my parents first arrived there, North Dakota had just been admitted to the Union, and the country was still wild and harsh."

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"We really were a very musical family. Father managed to buy us a small pump organ, and I just loved this instrument."
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"Music was my joy, my home, the one place I felt happy and secure."
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"In spite of the Depression, or maybe because of it, folks were hungry for a good time, and an evening of dancing seemed a good way to have it."
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