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Author:
Behrens, John C.
Title:
Big bands & great ballrooms : American is dancing-- again / by John "Jack" Behrens.
Publisher:
AuthorHouse,
Copyright Date:
2006
Description:
198 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Subject:
Big bands--History.
Ballrooms--United States.--History.
Big band music--History and criticism.
Swing (Music)--History and criticism.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Territorial bands : where it all began -- Ballrooms then-- now -- Dancers, bands flocked to the east coast -- The Aragon : Chicago's big band palace -- The playground of Ohio : Buckeye Lake's ballrooms -- The Palladium : where everyone wanted to play -- Never home for the holidays -- Ballrooms in America : dancing is back -- America's ballroom past -- Will there be big bands forever? -- Today's major ghost bands -- Big band, jazz, swing repositories.
ISBN:
9781425969776 (pbk.)
1425969771 (pbk.)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)80936539
LCCN:
2006909260
Locations:
DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)
JLPF081 -- Ericson Public Library (Boone)
DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)
SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)
LPPC815 -- Lake View Public Library (Lake View)

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