January 5, 2014.Hi There! My name is Jenny Lee and I hail from Lake Charles, Louisiana. ^ "About Town: Former Mouseketeer makes learning social graces fun at Miraleste Intermediate cotillion".^ a b "Alumni Feature: Bobby Burgess" (PDF)."Local Dancer Bobby Burgess Pens "Ears & Bubbles" ". ^ Burgess, Bobby "Ears & Bubbles: Dancing My Way from The Mickey Mouse Club to The Lawrence Welk Show" Theme Park Press, 2014."Ears and Bubbles: The Story of Mouseketeer Bobby Burgess". ^ Perello, Paul Septem"An Interview With Bobby Burgess" Ret.
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Over the course of the show's run, first on ABC and later in syndication Burgess had three dance partners: Barbara Boylan from 1961–67, who was also a temporary fill-in for a few shows in 1979, Cissy King (1967–78), and Elaine Balden (1979–82). The positive fan response led to Welk hiring the dance couple as permanent members of the show, which was described by the maestro as having created a job for themselves. Īfter their initial appearance, Burgess and Boylan continued to guest on the maestro's show for the next few weeks, either dancing to Calcutta or to the orchestra's next hit song Yellow Bird. They won the contest and first prize was an appearance on The Lawrence Welk Show, which appeared nationally on ABC. While there, he and his childhood friend (and dancing partner) Barbara Boylan entered a Calcutta dance contest held by Lawrence Welk and his orchestra based on the hit song of the same name. He then began attending Long Beach State University where he became a member of Sigma Pi fraternity.
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When the series ended in 1959, Burgess returned to a normal teenager's life, and graduated from Long Beach Polytechnic High School. By the time Burgess turned 11, he had appeared in at least 75 television programs. Burgess attended Southern California Military Academy in Long Beach for his elementary and junior high school. He also guest starred on The Donna Reed Show as a suitor of Mary Stone ( Shelley Fabares). At the age of 13, in 1955, he was selected as one of the original Mouseketeers by Walt Disney to appear on his new ABC television series, The Mickey Mouse Club, giving young Burgess his first taste of celebrity. Growing up in Southern California, Burgess started performing at age five, which included dancing, singing and playing the accordion.