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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:
Music venues in Chicago (3 C, 44 P) ... The Cellar (teen dance club) Central Park Bandstand; Club Manhattan; ... Willowbrook Ballroom
In between, the troupe played along the East Coast and throughout the Midwest, traveling by bus, making the rounds of the major dance halls—including in Chicago The Aragon, Willowbrook (Oh Henry Ballroom), Melody Mill, Midway Gardens and Trianon.
‘Dance for Life’ Chicago Dancers United presents this summer’s “Dance for Life,” a one-night, star-filled benefit with performances from Chicago dance ...
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 ...
Many other historical dance halls have sprung hard wood floors, such as the Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo Park, Maryland (1933), [6] Willowbrook Ballroom in Chicago (1921), the Crystal Ballroom in Portland, Oregon (1914), the Carrillo Ballroom [7] in Santa Barbara, California (1914), and Younger Hall (1929) in St Andrews, Scotland.
CHCAGO — The Chicago Department of Public Health issued a warning that attendees of a recent outdoor concert at the popular Salt Shed music venue may have been exposed to rabies-carrying bats.
The main ballroom was 100 by 140 feet and was reported to accommodate 3,000 dancers, and the venue was one of the few places in Chicago that was air-conditioned at that time. [1] To ensure that its guests befitted the elegant surroundings, it was the first venue in Chicago to enact a strict dress code, coats and ties for men and gowns for women ...