He made a promise to his father that he would continue to work on the farm until he turned twenty-one in exchange, he would work on the farm and any money he made working elsewhere, whether doing formwork or putting on a show, would go to his family. Never intent on being a farmer, Welk became interested in a career in music, convincing his father to purchase a mail-order accordion for $400.
The first year they lived there, they spent the cold South Dakota winter underneath an upturned wagon covered in sod. The family lived on a homestead outside of town, which today still stands as a tourist attraction. Lawrence was born in Strasburg, North Dakota, as one of nine children to Catholic, German-speaking immigrants from the French portion of Alsace-Lorraine, via Odessa, Ukraine. His style came to be known to his large number of radio, television, and live-performance fans as "champagne music." He is a 1961 inductee of North Dakota's Roughrider Award. Lawrence Welk (Ma– May 17, 1992) was a musician, accordion player, bandleader, and television impresario, hosting "The Lawrence Welk Show" from 1951 to 1982.
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