Lawrence Welk Show - Viva Italia - JCPB-665414 · 1:54am Aug 21st, 2016

Italy has rarely been recreated in the beautiful manner it is here.

This is a fabulous show! The settings, the scenery, the singing --- everything is bravissimo!

ALADDIN, the show's resident Italian, acts as the show's host of the hour with great humor and verve. The LENNON SISTERS sail down a Venetian canal singing ''Santa Lucia'' and BOBBY and BARBARA dance a spirited ''Tarantella''; first violinist JOE LIVOTI does a soulful ''Come Back to Sorrento''; JOE FEENEY does a gorgeous version of ''O Sole Mio'' accompanied by none other than the Music Man himself.

JO ANN CASTLE whomps through ''Carnival of Venice'' and has fun dancing to an ''Italian polka'' with several members of the band. The show is filled with dazzling photography of Rome and Venice, and the sets are gorgeous, showcasing some of the finest work Charles Koon, the show's longtime set decorator, has ever done. Filled with a sense of Italian love and laughter, the whole show is, well--BRAVISSIMO!

RUNNING TIME: 57 MINUTES/COLOR/NO RATING/1966

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