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The Willowbrook Ballroom is located at 8900 Archer Avenue, Willow Springs, Illinois, 60480. [4] In 2000 The Willowbrook Ballroom was profiled as one of America's "Glorious, Historic, Legendary, Treasured Ballroom Dance Floors" in Amateur Dancers magazine. [5] Criteria for being profiled as an Amateur Dancers magazine's "Finest Floor" is:
The area has several notable theaters, including the Aragon Ballroom, which is only 0.2 miles away. Since 2006 it has been owned by Chicago-based Jam Productions (itself owned by Jerry Mickelson and Arny Granat), which claims to be the "largest independent producer of live entertainment in the United States". [4] [5] [6]
The Aragon Ballroom was built by brothers Andrew and William Karzas, who turned to ballrooms after making their early fortunes in nickelodeons and movie theaters. [3] Their first dance hall project was the 1922 Trianon Ballroom in Chicago designed by renowned theater architects Rapp & Rapp. With hopes of duplicating the success of the Trianon ...
1983: Tina Turner: Live in Chicago—broadcast of a 1983 concert by Tina Turner, as a part of the Soundstage series. 1985: Aretha Franklin: Live at Park West—broadcast of a 1985 concert by Aretha Franklin, as a part of the Soundstage series. 1985: I Have a Pony— comedy album by Steven Wright, recorded at Wolfgang's in San Francisco and Park ...
Live from Aragon Ballroom is a live (DVD) concert by American rock group Widespread Panic, which was filmed at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, Illinois, on October 31, 2011. Track listing [ edit ]
Musicians Dance and Celebrity Night benefit [14] June 8, 1956 Club Bolo The Igoe Guys and Dolls dance promotion [15] August 10, 1956 Laclede Theatre August–September 1956 Latin Quarter Every Tuesday and Wednesday [16] [17] October 1956 Latin Quarter Every Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday [18] October 30, 1956 West End Waiters Club
They’ve got moves, they’ve got style and they are newly minted ballroom dancing world champions. They also are 11 and 12 years old. “Cha-cha one, two, three,” chants Donnie Burns, Domenico ...
Sharon Savoy and Ben Vereen chat at the Dancer's Hall of Fame event in 2011. Sharon Savoy is an American dancer, choreographer and author. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, she began studying dance at the North Carolina School of the Arts at age 15, and later moved to New York City to attend the School of American Ballet until the age of 19.