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As the initial property expanded, Larry Welk, a record company executive and Lawrence Welk's son, became the group's first CEO and guided the company into the timeshare business in the 1980s. [6] During the 50 years since the company's formation, the company has developed five luxury resorts with over 1000 vacation ownership accommodations.
The show evolved into The Lawrence Welk Show, broadcast each Saturday night on ABC. Welk’s stint at the Aragon ended in 1955, when he moved The Lawrence Welk Show to a television studio in Hollywood. The Aragon soon went into decline. In 1963 it was opened briefly for dancing by Ralph Morris, the promoter from The Rendezvous Ballroom in Balboa.
Great Wolf Lodge began as a small indoor water park resort called Black Wolf Lodge which was founded in 1997 by brothers Jack and Andrew "Turk" Waterman, the original owners of Noah's Ark Water Park in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. [4] Black Wolf Lodge was purchased by The Great Lakes Companies Inc. in 1999.
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Welk Music Group is an American record company comprising Ranwood Records. It was founded by Lawrence Welk and is still owned by the Welk Family. The company evolved from when Welk's Teleklew Productions acquired Harry Von Tilzer Music in 1957. [1] [2] [3] Welk Music sold its music publishing business to PolyGram International Music Publishing in
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Lawrence Welk (March 11, 1903 – May 17, 1992) was an American accordionist, bandleader, and television impresario, who hosted The Lawrence Welk Show from 1951 to 1982. The program was known for its light and family-friendly style, and the easy listening music featured became known as "champagne music" to his radio, television, and live-performance audiences.
It was founded in Durham, North Carolina, in 1978 by Barry Poss [1] and David Freeman, the owner of County Records and Rebel Records. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Poss acquired full control of Sugar Hill in 1980 and owned the label until 1998, when he sold it to the Welk Music Group , owner of Vanguard Records . [ 4 ]