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22: 109:" hard wood floor and a tile roof. After a fire in 1935 the ballroom was rebuilt with an arched roof supported by sectional girders of wood in a cross pattern, the same as used in the nearby blimp hangars for the Marine Corps. 312: 337: 322: 98:. The 1920s were the beginning of the heyday of public dancing to the music of popular bands and orchestras, and large ballrooms were built in most urban areas, and even on 327: 105:
No expense was spared in the construction of the ballroom, which was a city block long, and half a block wide. It featured reinforced concrete walls, a "
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in 1962, attendance at the Rendezvous continued to grow with bands like The Beach Boys, The Challengers, The Righteous Brothers and others.
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began performing there in 1960. Attendance grew from a few hundred to a capacity crowd of 4,000 on Saturday nights. When Dale left for the
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The Rendezvous Ballroom caught fire again in 1966, and was never rebuilt. The site now has beachfront condominiums.
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band leader, who originated a TV show from there in 1957-58 and recorded the albums
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was a large dance hall built in 1928, located on the beach of
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Buildings and structures in Newport Beach, California
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Among the notables who played at the Rendezvous was
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Balboa Peninsula
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Catalina Island
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Stan Kenton
jazz
Rendezvous with Kenton
Back to Balboa
surf-rock
Dick Dale
Pasadena Civic Auditorium
Billboard
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LEGENDARY SURFERS Volume 3: The 1930s
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978-1-300-49071-5
Newport Beach's Balboa and Balboa Island

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