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In this Feb. 22, 2018 photo, Bob Havens poses for a photo at the Quincy Art Center in Quincy, Ill. Haven has been considered the greatest Dixieland trombonist in America, playing on the Lawrence Welk Show for 22 years. Havens noted that he used to rehearse in the space used for the Quincy Art Center in the 1950's while playing with the Quincy orchestra. (Jake Shane/The Quincy Herald-Whig via AP)

EXCHANGE: Chance encounters take musician to national stage

By MATT DUTTON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2002 file photo, Edna Schwab walks toward the front door of Lawrence Welk's boyhood home in Strasburg, N.D. The North Dakota State Historical Society is meeting Friday, April 11, 2014, in Bismarck, N.D. to get an update on its purchase of the famous band leader's home. The group voted 6-5 in January to buy the Strasburg homestead from Welk's nieces, but a final sale price was not negotiated. (AP Photo/Will Kincaid, File)

ND still negotiating purchase of Welk home

By JAMES MacPHERSON - Associated Press