THEY SHOOT BUBBLES, DONT THEY?

ACT THREE

Soon enough, the lights dim....the band plays the fanfare followed by the delcatones of annoucer Bob Warren as he says... BOB: From Hollywood, The Lawrence Welk Network presents....a very special episode of the Lawrence Welk Show, the First Annual New Years' Champagne Dance Contest and Marathon!

Huge applause from the audience ensues....the orchestra plays a few bars of "That's Entertainment" as we hear from Bob once again.... BOB: And now our music maestro....Lawrence Welk! More thunderous appaluse from the audience ensues LAWRENCE: Thnak you, thank you ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our first annual Champagne Dance Contest and Marathon. For the next twenty four hours, we will be on the air bringing you the finest in competitive dancing featuring our Musical Family, members of our wunnerful studio audience and our special guests as they dance to raise money for a wunnerul cause, the American Cancer Institute. Even more applause ensuses from the studio audience LAWRENCE: Of course, we'll be entertaining you nice folks courtsey of our singers and the boys in the band; now here's our brilliant accordian player Myron Floren to tell you more about his favorite charity, Myron?

"Oh no....not happy music!"

MYRON: Thanks Lawrence, as you know The American Cancer Institute is one of my favorite personal causes; their staff and volunteers are working hard to find a cure for cancer and I have always glad to help out for their cause. Throughout the broadcast, we have a staff of voulnteers working the phones to take your donations, so remember to call in and give generously, it's toll free at 1-999-GO-DANCE. More applause from the audience follows MYRON: But of course, we're also here to have fun like the boss said....so for more about our dance contest, here's our fine violinist and leader of the Hotsy Totsy Boys, Bob Lido!

Myron is ready for the next 24 hours! How bout' you?

"Hey Bert, I wonder if they're gonna play Rubber Duckie?"

Bob Lido is here to introduce the contestants!

BOB: Thanks Myron! Before I introduce our dance couples, let me remind you that since this is a dance contest; the last couple left standing after twenty four hours will win this lovely trophy (shows the trophy to the audience) plus a terrific seven day, six night vacation in lovely Acapulco, Mexico at our Welk Resort Mexico! (the audience goes crazy with applause and more cheers) BOB: And now here's the contestants....Couple Number One here is our dancinbg star Bobby Burgess with Mrs. Gertrude Snerd of Redando Beach, California, our second couple here is the lovely Gail Farrell with Grover from the hit television show Sesame Street; couple number three is Ken Delo with Prarie Dawn also from Sesame Street, our fourth couple has Cissy King, who usually dances with Bobby on the show, but tonight is dancing with Mr. Bob Johnson from Snellville, Georgia. (Then we have more applause, and heavy cheering as well) BOB: Sounds like Mr. Johnson brought his fan club (laughs), anyway here's our fifth couple; my fellow Italiano Tanya Welk with Kermit the Frog from Sesame Street, couple number six has my partner-in-crime from the Hotsy Totsy Boys, the cute and lovely Mary Lou Metzger dancing with the also cute and lovely (laughs) Oscar The Grouch from Sesame Street.... OSCAR (yelling): VERY FUNNY! BOB: Moving right along, we have for couple number seven our own tap dancer Arthur Duncan dancing with Mrs. Alice Cromarte of Santa Barbara, couple number eight has our Texas gal Ralna English with Cookie Monster from Sesame Street; our ninth couple has our Champagne Lady Norma Zimmer with Big Bird also from Sesame Street, couple number ten has Sandi Griffiths with Ernie from Sesame Street and couple number eleven has Sally Flynn dancing with Bert, who also is from Sesame Street.

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