He told a newcomer to the area
that if she wanted to know what
the typical Tulip Time visitor was
like, it was someone who was
really disappointed when the
Lawrence Welk Orchestra stop-
ped appearing and that was
just a couple of years ago while
Lawrence himself left this earth
twenty-seven years ago five
days from now and one week
after the 2019 Tulip Time Fest-
ival, one of the largest festivals
in America, ended.