Friday, February 25, 2022

Entertainment Choices – Feb. 1961

Well, it’s Friday at last. To close out the week here on the blog, here’s a look back at some of the entertainment ads found in the Lorain Journal on Friday, February 17, 1961 – sixty-one years ago.

The subjects of several of the ads were featured on this blog over the years.

Over at the Lorain Arena, there was skating that night from 8:00 pm to 10:45 pm.

The Gypsy Fiddle Inn, successor to the Pueblo, was promoting its Flame Room (which eventually did go up in flames).

Over in Elyria on Lake Avenue, Carey’s Villa was touting its special Lenten meals, including fish, crab, shrimp and lobster. Jack Sikora and the Blue Jays provided the dance music.

Closer to home, there was dancing at the Lincoln Park Nite Club, which featured Billy “Wolf” and the Townsmen.
There was also dancing to the Kenny Lorence Trio at the Colony Lounge, located at the corner of Colorado and Kansas Avenues. (I had the pleasure of being in a big band orchestra with Kenny Lorence about 25 years after this ad.) I don’t see any seafood listed in the ad, but they had Chinese egg rolls!
If you weren’t looking for dancing, there was a social party at the Italian-American Veterans Center, located in the former Lorain Theatre at 3020 Pearl Avenue.
And lastly, if you felt like driving into Cleveland, you could take in the 25th Birthday Edition of the Ice Follies at the Cleveland Arena.
I wonder if the Skate Bunny shown in the ad convinced some males to hop in the car and drive to Cleveland to see the show?
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5 comments:

  1. -Alan D HopewellFebruary 25, 2022 at 12:59 PM

    Have a great weekend, Dan!

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  2. BusterFebruary 25, 2022 at 1:32 PM

    I have always preferred a social party to an unsocial party.

    Thanks as always for your fun and informative posts!

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  3. Dan BradyFebruary 25, 2022 at 8:14 PM

    Thanks, Buster! I wonder what went on at those social parties – card playing?
    And you have a great weekend too, Alan!

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  4. BusterFebruary 25, 2022 at 8:22 PM

    Dan - Good question, and that's a good guess. My parents always played cards not at bars but at other people's houses, and would complain about the coffee the next day (and about their partners if they were playing bridge).

    I like the the use quotes in Billy "Wolf" and the Townsmen. Did you bill yourself as Dan "Brady" when you were playing gigs?

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  5. BusterFebruary 25, 2022 at 8:23 PM

    Use *of* quotes, that is.

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