Phone 20977 Christopher Logged quarefella Full Member it could have several names. Sorry to diverge from the original thread Christopher, no offence intended. When Irish teenagers started to hear the new rock n roll from the US and the UK, reflecting the changing tastes, the Irish Showband was born. DONATE, Before the money moved in, Kings Cross was a place for born-and-bred locals, clubs and crime, See what really went on during that time in NYC's topless go-go bars, Chris Stein 's photographs of Debbie Harry and friends take us back to a great era of music. A second wave of showbands arrivedin the late sixties and early seventies playing a rock, blues and soul stylethese bands weremore popular in Dublin and otherurban areas, while in the rural areas bands more influenced by country and western were very popular. if(MSFPhover) { MSFPnav12n=MSFPpreload("_derived/ballroom_photoss.htm_cmp_showband010_hbtn.gif"); MSFPnav12h=MSFPpreload("_derived/ballroom_photoss.htm_cmp_showband010_hbtn_a.gif"); } In the Bible, Mishnah, and Talmud, dance is referred to in various contexts as an important ritualized activity and as an expressio, modern dance, serious theatrical dance forms that are distinct from both ballet and the show dancing of the musical comedy or variety stage. Brendan Bowyer and the Royal Showband play to a packed house in the 1960's. However, as we continue to add venues, these Cheap Amusements: Working Women and Leisure in Turn-of-the-Century New York. Cross-border band touring dropped significantly. Anticipation and hope lit up the dull days in between. because some had two or perhaps three. Of course, there was no sex education then. The days of the dance hall are gone and will never return. if(MSFPhover) { MSFPnav1n=MSFPpreload("_derived/home_cmp_showband010_hbtn.gif"); MSFPnav1h=MSFPpreload("_derived/home_cmp_showband010_hbtn_a.gif"); } Where you could go in the afternoons to date some girls. Based In Sligo, Ireland / email: //]]>. There was, for instance, Somerset . I'm having luck in the rest of Northern Ireland but not so much in Belfast - everything's been bullbozed for car parks or apartments! In the 1950s they waltzed and fox-trotted to the big bands of Maurice Mulcahy and Mick Delahunty. The Boom Boom Room certainly was not a Dance Studio. doubtful they will change much. The Miami Showband line up at the time of the massacre in 1975. The dance halls fell under the same blanket as cattle marts, industrial estates and motor-racing circuits. *****Our thanks to Jan (Shelley) Lynch for adding several ballrooms to our list! Some hotels did so well with dancing, they expanded their ballrooms or even added a special club. When we arrived there it felt as if our world had gone from black and white to color. A through K However, the priests were determined to limit our sexual pleasures. A friend remembers that the parish priest of Killarney would come out to nearby Rosss Castle during dances there. As discos spread across Ireland Why Join DANSA - The Studio Belfast? The prayer book stated Sex pleasure is only lawful in marriage and then according to Gods laws. // -->