WELKNOTES

PRECIOUS MEMORIES
BRANSON, MO
SEPTEMBER 2004

PHOTOS PROVIDED BY
JOAN & J.P. 'PETE' ANDERSON
THIS PAGE AND THE NEXT ARE INCLUDED HERE
IN HONOR OF OUR ONLY MEMBER WHO HAS
CELEBRATED A 100TH BIRTHDAY AND REMAINS A
STEADFAST WELK FAN....AN EXAMPLE FOR ALL OF US!!
VERA CLIFFE OF NORTH VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA IS A CLOSE FRIEND OF THE ANDERSONS AND A PROUD WELKNOTES MEMBER.
WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE HER IN OUR GROUP AND EQUALLY PROUD TO INCLUDE THESE PHOTOS IN OUR ALBUM.
 PETE AND JOAN  PREPARED A SCRAP BOOK FOR VERA PRIMARILY OF PHOTOS FROM THE TAPING OF "PRECIOUS MEMORIES" IN BRANSON, BUT THE BOOK INCLUDES OTHER MEMENTOS OF 
THE WELK MUSICAL FAMILY AS WELL.

THESE PICTURES ARE OF VERA
ENJOYING HER SCRAP BOOK FILLED WITH PRECIOUS MEMORIES.
VERA VIEWS PHOTOS OF
TIM PADILLA
AND
JOE FEENEY.

VERA MET TIM AT THE ORPHEUM THEATRE IN VANCOUVER, BC ON DECEMBER 17, 2003 WHEN THE LIVE LAWRENCE WELK SHOW PERFORMED
THERE
 HERE VERA IS LOOKING AT A PHOTO OF NORMA ZIMMER AND ON THE FACING PAGE IS THE REVERSE SIDE OF DICK DALE'S PICTURE WITH A PERSONAL NOTE AND SIGNATURE FROM DICK.  VERA ALSO MET AND  SAW HIM IN PERFORMACE
AT THE ORPHEUM
VERA TREASURES THE MESSAGE FROM DICK DALE AND IS READING IT ONE MORE TIME AS SHE REVIEWS HER SCRAPBOOK 
ADMIRING AN AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO OF RALNA....ANOTHER OF THE STARS SHE MET WHEN THE LIVE WELK SHOW WAS IN VANCOUVER IN 2003

 
VERA IS GOING THROUGH THE SIGNATURES
AND WELL WISHES OF THOSE WELKNOTERS WHO WERE IN BRANSON FOR THE TAPING OF PRECIOUS MEMORIES AND TOOK TIME TO SIGN THESE PAGES NOW INCLUDED IN VERA'S SCRAP BOOK
HERE VERA CHECKS OUT PICTURES OF WELKNOTERS, STARS AND OF MARGARET HERON AT THE GET-TO-GETHER
IN BRANSON. THERE IS A FAMILIAR PHOTO OF LAWRENCE WELK ON THE RIGHT HAND PAGE
VERA IS LOOKING AT HER OWN WELKNOTES NAME TAG AND WISHING SHE HAD BEEN WEARING IT IN BRANSON DURING THE TAPING OF PRECIOUS MEMORIES

(DO I SEE A CANADIAN MAPLE LEAF ON THAT PAGE?)