When asked the inevitable question as to what advice she would give aspiring young entertainers, she said, 'Talk to the Lord. 'I was so privileged to have been part of something as beautiful as 'The Lawrence Welk Show,'' she said. Griffiths stays in touch with fellow performers and pals Farrell, Metzger, Tanya Roberts, Cissy King, Ava Barber and, of course, Sally Flynn Hart. Though now divorced, the couple still performs together. Jo Ann Castle, a rinky-tink piano player, was a 'hoot,' she said with admiration, while bass singer-pianist Larry Hooper kept the cast in stitches.ДЇellow singer Ralna English, who sang with her then-husband Guy Hovis, had a strong voice that 'could break a glass,' Griffiths noted. She called Dick Dale, a singer and saxophone player, a person who was 'always considerate and kind. 'She had a sweet spirit, wisdom and a good heart.'

'Norma Zimmer, the featured 'Champagne Lady,' was one of the treasures of my journey,' Griffiths said. She recalls several of her relationships with some of the other stars on the show. 'She was an amazing woman,' Sandi Griffiths said, adding that she was privileged to be at Thompson's bedside when she passed away in 2013, singing hymns with her family. 'If it hadn't for Janie, there never would have been a Sandi and Sally,' she said when interviewed in her home in Pleasant Grove. On another occasion, she sang the song and introduced Thompson in the audience. Welk, thinking he had missed something, asked her when that song had been a hit. On one of the Welk stars' concerts in Salt Lake City some years ago, Griffiths sang 'I Am A Child of God' and asked the audience to join in. She is grateful to be currently serving with Brent in the St. Her daughters often join in on her performances.Д«rent and Sandi Griffiths served for several years as workers in the Los Angeles California Temple. Most of her children sing and somehow married spouses that sing. Many of her performances have related to LDS Church functions, such as firesides, conferences, temple worker gatherings and devotionals, as well as singing with her family for several years during the Christmas season at the Los Angeles Temple Visitors' Center. Griffiths has also been involved in a number of commercials, concert tours with other Welk stars, recordings and other appearances, including Disneyland and the Thunderbird Hotel in Las Vegas. Griffiths started her career at the age of 6 when she sang on Art Linkletter's 'House Party.' She has been singing ever since on a variety of stages ranging from a USO Pacific Rim tour when she was a sophomore at BYU and later a Defense Department Vietnam tour to being an opening act and backup singer with Flynn for Jack Jones at Harrah's in Lake Tahoe and the Sands in Las Vegas. However, one exception was when a spotlight fell onto the stage during a taping, she said. The shows were actually taped two months before airing, and there was no stopping, even if something went wrong. Griffiths still receives 'minimal residuals' periodically for her appearances on the show from 1968 to 1980, she said. The popular show was produced for commercial television from 1955 to 1982, with reruns scheduled weekly since then on public television. Once, a costume with a bare midriff was planned for one show, and Griffiths asked Welk if she could be left out of the group number. Bandleader Welk maintained high standards, both on and off the screen, for his musical family.

The 'Lawrence Welk Show,' with its family-oriented format, was an ideal showcase for Griffiths, an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. At that point, the perky, pretty, red-headed Griffiths was teamed up with Mary Lou Metzger and Gail Farrell as a popular trio. Flynn married Clay Hart, a guitarist and country singer on the show, and after four years of performing on the show with Griffiths, Sally Flynn Hart left the show to pursue a solo career. It was Thompson who paired Sandi Jensen Griffiths with fellow student Sally Flynn, a union that eventually led to their becoming regulars as a vocal duo on 'The Lawrence Welk Show' in 1968. Not only did she meet her husband, Brent Griffiths, in a freshman English class, but she was also mentored as a singer by Janie Thompson, legendary director of the BYU Student Program Bureau, a public relations arm of the university that spreads goodwill through entertainment. She followed the counsel and it dramatically changed the course of her life. Prior to graduating from Cleveland High School in California in 1963, Sandi Jensen said she was prompted to attend Brigham Young University.

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