![]() ![]() Even after Boylan left, Bobby stayed, featured with a revolving set of partners all the way until the show ended in 1982. He and Boylan entered a dance contest to win a chance to appear on Welk, and viewers loved them so much they stayed on the program as partners for six years. He studied drama and pledged the Sigma Pi fraternity, but quit school before graduating when he landed a regular spot on The Lawrence Welk Show. He went on to Cal State Long Beach and dated his first dance partner, Barbara Boylan, with whom he’d performed during a Mickey Mouse Club Talent Round Up segment. Now: Bobby moved back to Long Beach upon the show’s end and finished out school at Long Beach Polytechnic High. He was much older than the rest of us, and he effortlessly learned the routines, helped the younger kids get their act together.” As second-year Mouseketeer Jay-Jay Solari would later tell, “Watching Bobby Burgess dance was fantastic it was like watching Gene Nelson or Fred Astaire. That’s because I was just so happy to be there.” As part of the Red Team - the elite group of featured Mouseketeers who appeared in the program’s opening Roll Call - he often teamed with Sharon for some truly outstanding dance numbers. “You see me the first year, I’m this wild, jitterbugging, extremely nerdy kind of guy. ![]() I was so happy to have a job where I was just dancing my head off,” Bobby recalls. The gig thrilled the 13-year-old from Long Beach. Jannet Lennon and Lee Bernhardi saying "I Do" in 1966, today she is now Mrs.Then: Amateur talent contest champion Bobby Burgess (seen waving at the top of this group photo) first auditioned for The Mickey Mouse Club serial Spin and Marty, but found a better fit as one of the Mouseketeers’ greatest dancers. With Sally Flynn as Maid of Honor, Brent Griffiths & Sandi Jensen make it official in '69.īobby Burgess, Kristi Floren Burgess with daughter Wendi and her new beau Remon Pagels in 2002 There are three things in life I cherish the most, my family, Lawrence Welk and WEDDINGS! I have a personal collection of Welk wedding photos for years and now thanks to this webpage, I can share them to y'all, ENJOY! Hi There! My name is Jenny Lee and I hail from Lake Charles, Louisiana. ![]()
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