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misterwilly.com
Mr. willy World
 
Who is this guy? Mr. Willy (Willy Welch) is: a Daddy - Grady & Molly
a Hubby - Sweet Wendy-Woo
a Singer - And CD recorder
an Author - see “Books” page
a Songwriter - for me & you to sing, & for Barney & Peter Paul & Mary & others
a Storyteller
a Guitar Man
a Silly Guy
an Actor
a Buddy a Red Sox Fan 

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Who’s me?
Name: Willy Welch aka Mr. Willy
Age: Big
Birthday: April
Location: Texas
Occupation: Writing & Singing Guy
Favorite Book:
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
Favorite Move: Casablanca
Favorite Food: Scallops
Favorite Store: Bookstores
Favorite Team:  Boston Red Sox
Other Favorite Teams:
Green Bay Packers
New England Patriots
Wisconsin Badgers
Boston University Terriers
New York Mets
Dallas Mavericks
 
Favorite Quote:
Willy!  Get away from the edge of that cliff!
                        - My Mom
Entertainment
for
Children
ages 2-102!

Schools
Day Cares
Parties
Sunday Schools Churches Clubs
or
Whatever! welcome to 214-328-2223 or
misterwilly@msn.commailto:misterwilly@msn.comshapeimage_10_link_0
A Drawing of me in concert, from a fan . . .
The Details: Mr. Willy (also sometimes known as "Willy Welch") is a children's entertainer, picture book author and recording artist who brings his songs and stories (and sometimes puppets) to schools, churches, child care centers, preschools- wherever!. 
He performs at hospitals, arts festivals (Montage, Kid-Around, etc.) and birthday parties, bookstores and store openings. He has written over 35 songs for Barney and Friends to sing.  He is also a songwriter for the new "Boz the Green Bear Next Door" DVD series.

Mr. Willy has written and performed for and with thousands of children under the auspices of Young Audiences of North Texas - leading singing with elementary children and working with them on expressing themselves through their own songs.

Mr. Willy has an ability to see the world through a child's eyes, and the children listening and singing with him know they are with a friend!

Willy often performs with his wife, the actress Wendy Welch, as the folk/gospel duo "Wendy & Willy" at camps and churches throughout the country, as well as for Young Audiences. They have recorded three albums together.

A graduate of the Boston University School for the Arts, Willy Welch has been writing and performing for many years. He is probably best known for penning "Playing Right Field," the heart-warming tale of an inept little leaguer, which has been recorded and performed by over a dozen recording artists, most notably Peter Paul & Mary, who recorded it for the third time (as a greatest hit!) in 1998 on the CD Around the Campfire.

Many people are also familiar with the story as a double-Clio award-winning Pizza Hut commercial!

"Playing Right Field" was released as a children's picture book by Scholastic, Inc. in 1995 with illustrations by Caldecott-award winning artist Marc Simont. His second book, "Dancing with Daddy" was a fall 1999 release from Whispering Coyote Press (an imprint of Charlesbridge Publishing), who also published "Grumpy Bunnies" - aka "Grumbly Bunnies" in March, 2000.

Willy's other song hits include "Whole Lotta Fishin'," featured in the Dallas Theatre Three musical Ball Games, "I'm Gonna Hold Onto You," recorded by RSVP, and "House of the Carpenter," a theme song for Habitat for Humanity. Pretending to be a grown-up, Willy wrote a rockabilly musical version of "Two Gentlemen of Verona" performed by the Shakespeare Festival of Dallas.

In November, 2007, Willy will be performing in “Man of La Lamcha” at Bass Hall (Casa Manana) in Fort Worth! Very Exciting! Dallas theater audiences recently witnessed Willy play tough Texas Ranger Frank Hamer in the world premiere of the musical “The Winner” at Lyric Stage in Irving (2007). They have also seen Willy as a member of an all-star cast at Watertower Theatre (Addison) for "Ain't Nothin' But the Blues" (2004), as Wink in "A Country Life," also at Watertower (2005); as Jim in "Pump Boys and Dinettes" at Contemporary Theatre of Dallas (2004), and in "Cotton Patch Gospel" at Dallas Theater Center (2003) and Casa Manana in Ft. Worth; as Uncle Stanley in "Smoke on the Mountain" at Granbury Opera House (2005) and as Lloyd in "Guys on Ice" at Circle Theatre in Ft. Worth (2005).  He also starred as the Balladeer in Stephen Sondheim's "Assassins" at Theater 3. 

New York and Boston audiences saw him in dozens of productions, including "Dracula," the title character in "The Marlowe Show," in "The Jim Thorpe Story," "Geography of a Horse Dreamer," "Tartuffe" and "Cowboy, the Musical."

Willy, the father of cinematographer Grady and singer/dancer Molly Bess, is a member of The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, American Society of Composers, Artists and Publishers, Actors Equity, and the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration.
A picture of the “real” me, taken by Mark Oristano (see “Links”)