On Sunday, September 30 at 2:30pm, you will have a very rare opportunity to see and hear the legendary organist, Mr. Bob Ralston. He will perform a concert and show at Founder’s Center on 3281 W. Sixth Street, Los Angeles, on their fabulous 4-manual/31-rank Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ!
For details, directions, additional information about Bob Ralston, and to order advance tickets, please visit www.LATOS.org or call 1-888-528-6722
Bob Ralston is best known for his 49 years as pianist, organist, and arranger with the Lawrence Welk Orchestra, and for many solo performances on the TV show. Many beautiful orchestrations you hear on the Welk show were written by Ralston. Reruns of the TV show are still shown every week in most major U.S. cities, with Ralston and his family hosting some of those reruns. Besides his fine piano and organ solos, the shows also included his performances as a singer, dancer, and comedian. Musically, Bob “wears many hats”!
While the program will be predominately theatre pipe organ, we are very excited to announce that for a few numbers, Bob will be joined by well known vocalists Shelia Tate and Elyse Marchant Willis, drummer Quentin Dennard, and Pacific Swingline (one of America's premier vocal quintets.)
The upcoming Bob Ralston Concert and Show will be a truly unique and rare opportunity to hear a legendary artist perform on one of the finest Wurlitzer theatre pipe organs in Southern California.
We hope to see you there, and we sincerely thank you for supporting the Los Angeles Theatre Organ Society’s cause to preserve and share the increasingly rare theatre pipe organ.