Martin Block's Make Believe Ballroom |
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Martin Block Patter
"I'd like to thank you... and YOU.... and ES-PE-CIA-LLY YOU!"
Our broadcast originates from the Worlds Finest Ballroom - the SAVOY.
This remote broadcast from WNEW is nationally syndicated through the Columbia Broadcasting System
"I'd like to thank you... and YOU.... and ES-PE-CIA-LLY YOU!"
Our broadcast originates from the Worlds Finest Ballroom - the SAVOY.
This remote broadcast from WNEW is nationally syndicated through the Columbia Broadcasting System
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VENUES: BALLROOMS
https://www.streetswing.com/histclub/a1a.htm https://stlouis.genealogyvillage.com/Dancing.htm https://www.facebook.com/ballroomhistory/ http://www.walternelson.com/dr/dance-venues http://martinturnbull.com/hollywood-places/?fbclid=IwAR041b4NCjDSB6DpVl0coQS88V0cY1Fyv_heP4Dq3UavmMXM_iPdwkjBVVg Alhambra Ballroom NYC1905 - 1960s; reopened 2003 126th st at 7th av 2116 Adam Clayton Powell Jr #3, New York, NY 10027 https://www.thealhambraballroom.com/ Apollo Theater - 254 West 125th Street NYC 1913 - 1930. Reopened 1934 - 1976 Re-opened 1976 to current https://www.apollotheater.org/ Arcadia Ballroom - St Louis 3517 Olive St near Grand. 1920-1966 Avalon Hollywood (Los Angeles) aka El Capitan, Jerry Lewis Theater, Hollywood Palace, The Palace) 1500 1735 N Vine St Hollywood and Vine 1/24/1927 - 2007 demolished to create House of Blues. 2002- present CONTROL SKRILLEX, Porter Robinson, Wolfgang Gartner, NERO 40" subs Nu-Electro techno; current: https://avalonhollywood.com/about/ Casa Loma (Cinderella's 1927) - St Louis 1935 - 1940 (burned, re-built) http://www.casalomaballroom.com/ Concordia Ballroom - St Louis Cotton Club - Harlem 1923-1935; Midtown 1936 - 1940. Frank Sebastian's Cotton Club - Los Angeles Frasers Dancing Pavilion - Venice CA Grand Ballroom (Cinderella's) - Chicago 1923 - present 6500sq ft dance floor 708 seated, 855 standing. original 60ft 1920s bar 6351 S. Cottage Grove Chicago, IL 60637 Home of the real groove masters http://www.grandballroomchicago.com/ Hollywood Bowl Hollywood Roosevelt - Blossom Ballroom Millenium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles 1927 - current Paradise Ballroom - chicago (Guyon's) 1916 - burned down 1972 sept 9 During the 1910s and 1920s, patrons were allowed to dance waltzes and two-steps, but not the fox trot or the Charleston. Pavalon - Huntington Beach Roseland Ballroom Broadway at 51st 1919 - 2014 Savoy - 596 Lenox Avenue, between 140th and 141st Str 3/12/1926 - 7/10/1958 Modelled after the downtown Roseland (white) Trianon Chicago 1922 62nd st Cottage Grove Ave demoisted in 1967 Trianon was modeled after Louis XIV's Versailles. WMBB (Worlds Most Beautiful Ballroom) radio station. |
VENUES: Electro/DJ (Modern)
E11EVEN Miami Beach https://www.timeout.com/miami/nightlife/e11even https://11miami.com/ CONTROL - Avalon Hollywood (LA) SKRILLEX, Porter Robinson, Wolfgang Gartner, NERO 40" subs Nu-Electro techno; current: https://avalonhollywood.com/about/ JAZZ Clubs of the 1920s Birdland Dizzy's Club 52nd St: Thre Deuces, Onyx Club Harlem's Minton's Playhouse Village Vanguard |
