Ballroom
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A ballroom or ballhall is a large
In later times the term ballroom has been used to describe nightclubs where customers dance, the Top Rank Suites in the United Kingdom for example were also often referred to as ballrooms. The phrase "having a ball" has grown to encompass many events where person(s) are having fun, not just dancing.
Ballrooms are generally quite large, and may have
A special case is the annual
Sometimes ballrooms have stages in the front of the room where the host or a special guest can speak. That stage can also be used for instrumentalists and musical performers.
List of hardwood US floor ballrooms
This list only includes ballrooms with permanent wood floors. The size of the floor only includes the largest contiguous area without obstructions. The websites and materials about some places add up multiple spaces, rooms, and balconies, and floors. However, this list ranks ballrooms based on the size of one single open space with a hardwood floor.
See also
- Aragon Ballroom (Ocean Park, Santa Monica, California)
- Clärchens Ballroomin Berlin, Germany
- Ballroom an album of Irish music by De Dannan
- Nightclub
References
- ^ This rough estimate is based upon photos and not from measurements. Two unofficial pages say that the ballroom is 45,000 square feet, and that the building itself is 300 ft x 150 ft. [1] Archived 2012-03-22 at the Wayback Machine [2] Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine From pictures Archived 2013-08-18 at the Wayback Machine, the dancable area without columns is currently smaller than the building although very large. It was billed as the "Largest Dancing Pavilion on the Great Lakes," in David Nasaw, Going out: the rise and fall of public amusements,(Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1999), p. 90.
- ^ [3] Archived 2011-09-17 at the Wayback Machine[4] Archived 2012-10-05 at the Wayback Machine[5] Archived 2012-03-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Cotillion – Concerts and Events in Wichita, Kansas – Home". Archived from the original on 2010-11-28. Retrieved 2010-09-08.[6] Archived 2010-12-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "iowaballroom.com/p/act/valair.html" (PDF). valairballroom.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-11. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
- ^ "Event Rentals at Hollywood Ballroom Dance Center, Silver Spring, MD". hollywoodballroomdc.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
- ^ The building is 70' x 122' but the dance floor sits in from the walls approximately four feet and is raised up a few inches. 62' X 116' = 7192
- ^ "Austin TX entertainment, events, food, movies, music | Austin360.com". Archived from the original on 2012-03-29.
- ^ Lisa Light, Destination Bride, (Georgetown, ON: North Light Books, 2005), p. 170.
- ^ estimate based on architectural drawing Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Savage, Rebecca Binno; Greg Kowalski (2004). Art Deco in Detroit. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 98–104 Although this page says just 5,000 Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Not open to the public
- ^ 81' x 63' http://www.iowaballroom.com/p/act/ep_wloo.html Archived 2011-02-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The floor is definitely larger, but the size is irregular. This estimate is based on this floor plan Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [7] Archived 2011-08-04 at the Wayback Machine[8] Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ capacity of 6,000 people Ralph G. Giordano, Country & Western Dance, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2010 p.42-3.
Further reading
- Robert Meyer,"Millennium Maple – Glorious, Historic, Legendary, Treasured Ballroom Dance Floors", Amateur Dancers, Jan/Feb 2000, Issue#123.
- Geronimo Trevino. Dance Halls and Last Calls: A History of Texas Country Music. Lanham, MD: Republic of Texas Press 2002. ISBN 1-55622-927-5. Copyright