IN CONCERT SEPTEMBER 24, 2000
THE STEVE COOPER ORCHESTRA, CHAMPAGNE MUSIC, CHICAGO STYLE

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ~~~~~NARRATION BY STEVE COOPER~~~~~ I PUT ON A 3 HOUR STAGE SHOW WITH MY 24 PIECE ORCHESTRA. WE FLEW IN DICK DALE, TANYA WELK ROBERTS, ROCKY ROCKWELL, BIG TINY LITTLE AND BARNEY LIDDELL. WE ALSO HAD BOB OLAH, WHO LIVES NEAR CHICAGO - HE PLAYED SAXOPHONE, CLARINET AND VIOLIN WITH LAWRENCE WELK IN 1950 AND 1951. EACH OF THE STARS DID THEIR 20 MINUTE SHOW.

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THE NORTH SHORE
CENTER FOR THE
PERFORMING ARTS
IN SKOKIE
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WE ALSO DID
MANY OF MR.WELK'S
CHAMPAGNE
MUSIC THAT WAS
PLAYED ON TV IN
THE 50s AND 60s.
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WE EVEN DID THE
1970s "LAKE TAHOE"
ARRANGEMENT OF
LAWRENCE'S BIG
HIT "CALCUTTA"
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BARNEY PLAYED
A MEDLEY OF
TROMBONE SONGS
AND WHISTLED
HIS FAMOUS
"HEARTACHES".
HE ALSO PLAYED
"TO A WILD ROSE".
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ROCKY SANG AND
PLAYED HIS VALVE
TROMBONE. HE
EVEN DID SOME
OF HIS 1950s HITS.
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BOB OLAH, VIOLINIST,
PLAYED SEVERAL OF
THE SONGS HE
PLAYED ON THE
LAWRENCE WELK
SHOWS IN 1950 &1951
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DICK DALE TELLS
SOME OF HIS
JOKES TO THE
DELIGHT OF THE
AUDIENCE AND ME.
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DICK DALE SANG AND PLAYED HIS
SOPRANO SAX. THE AUDIENCE LOVED
HIS SELECTION OF SEVERAL SONGS
WHICH HE SANGTHROUGH THE YEARS WHEN PERFORMING ON THE
LAWRENCE WELK TV SHOWS.
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BIG TINY LITTLE
WAS UNBELIEVABLE.
HE PLAYED A 9 FOOT
GRAND PIANO AND
THE SOUND WENT
RIGHT THROUGH
YOUR BONES. HE
HAS GOT TO BE ONE
OF THE GREATEST
PIANISTS EVER.
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TANYA WAS SO
LOVED BY THE
AUDIENCE. SHE
SANG A HALF
DOZEN SONGS.
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WE HAD SOME
BALLROOM
DANCERS COME
UP ON THE STAGE
JUST LIKE IN THE
LAWRENCE WELK
TV SHOWS.
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MANY OF THESE
DANCERS ATTEND
THE DANCES AT
THE WILLOWBROOK
BALLROOM WHEN
MY ORCHESTRA
PLAYS THERE.
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ROCKY AND PATSY
STONE SANG AND
LATER SHE PLAYED
THE PIANO.
SHE IS ONE OF THE
VOCALISTS ON MY
LAST CD.
ROCKY SANG 3 SONGS
ON THE CD ALSO.
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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ THE DAY AFTER THE CONCERT WE DID A 3 HOUR DANCE IN THE THEATRE LOBBY PLAYING ALL WELK CHAMPAGNE MUSIC. DICK DALE, BARNEY AND ROCKY HADN'T PLAYED THAT MUSIC IN OVER 30 YEARS, BUT EVERY NOTE WAS PERFECT. TANYA SANG A COUPLE OF TUNES. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

A LOCAL BAND
LEADER NAMED
T. T. NELSON
DANCED WITH
TANYA. THEY
EVEN DID A RUMBA,
A TANGO AND SOME
SWING MUSIC.
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I WAS SO PROUD TO BE ACCOMPANYING
THESE STARS, WRITING MUSIC FOR THEM AND INTRODUCING THEM.
I HAD 120 FOLDERS OF MUSIC.
THE BOYS IN MY BAND WERE ON A REAL "HIGH". IT WAS A VERY SPECIAL WEEKEND.
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