sentences:  After being discharged from the Army, he moved to Los Angeles and joined the Lawrence Welk Show orchestra in early 1968.In his first season with the show he replaced Mahlon Clark on 2nd alto sax in the reed section and then moved later to playing the lead alto/reed chair with Russ Klein moving to tenor.Edwards performed on "The Lawrence Show" while it was carried on ABC-TV (up to 1971) and then in syndication; he left in 1979, when he was replaced by reedman Skeets Herfurt.