 Lonnie appeared in the show's opening number, “Roll Call”, and closing number, “Alma Mater”, segments daily for the first two seasons.Unfortunately, a prominent facial injury during rehearsal kept him off camera for the third season pre-filming of those two numbers, but he was otherwise an active season three Red Team member, continuing to perform in skits and musical variety numbers both solo and with other Mouseketeers.He is generally acknowledged to have been one of the show's three top dancers and his slightly husky singing voice and resemblance to singer Mel Tormé, nicknamed “The Velvet Fog",caused other Mouseketeers to call Lonnie "The Velvet Smog".