Let's Dance: A Celebration of Ontario's Dance Halls and Summer Dance PavilionsLet’s Dance: A Celebration of Ontario’s Dance Halls and Summer Dance Pavilions is a nostalgic musical journey, recapturing the unforgettable music of youth and lasting friendships, the days when the live mellow sounds of Big Bands wafted through the air – Louis Armstrong, the Dorsey Brothers, Bert Niosi, Art Hallman, Johnny Downs, Mart Kenney, Bobby Kinsman, Ronnie Hawkins ... Throughout the 1920s to the ’60s, numerous legendary entertainers drew thousands of people to such memorable venues as the Brant Inn in Burlington, Dunn’s Pavilion in Bala, the Stork Club at Port Stanley, to the Club Commodore in Belleville and the Top Hat Pavilion in North Bay – and the hundreds of other popular dance venues right across Ontario. From the days of jitney dancing through the introduction of jazz and the Big Bands era to the sounds of some of Ontario’s best rock groups, people of all ages came to dance and some to find romance on soft summer nights. |
Contents
Around the Bay by Burlington to the Shores of Lake Erie | |
Across Southwestern Ontario from Woodstock to Amherstburg | |
Pavilions on Beaches from Owen Sound to the Shores of Lake Huron | |
From Brantford North to the Georgian Bay Area | |
Around Lake Simcoe | |
Through the Ottawa Valley to the Seaway Valley | |
Central Lake Ontario Area | |
Dunns PavilionThe Kee to Bala | |
Pavilions of the Near North | |
The Last Waltz | |
Appendix I | |
Sources Notes | |
Through the Haliburton Highlands Into the Kawarthas | |
Peterborough and Environs | |
About the Author | |
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Let's Dance: A Celebration of Ontario's Dance Halls and Summer Dance Pavilions Peter Young No preview available - 2002 |