Beach Ballroom
The Beach Ballroom is an art deco[1] biggin on the beach boulevard o Aiberdeen, Scotland. It haes een o Scotland's maist fine dance fleers – weel-kent fur its bounce – that flots on 1400 siccar steel springs.[2] It was biggit, designit bi Thomas, Roberts & Hume, aifter a compeetion an costit £50,000. It wis opent wi a masked baw on 3 Mey 1926,[3] and is a Categerie B leestit biggin.[4] It wis usit bi the militar throu Warld War II, wi sodgers sleepin on beds in the dancefleer.[5] Dancin frae the Jazz era an tae Big Bands siclik Joe Loss an Victor Sylvester an in the 1960s, The Beatles playit for £45 afore their rise tae fame.[3]
The Beach Ballroom is aint an operatit by Aiberdeen Ceety Cooncil.[6] The Beach Ballroom is forby the seed o a wabcam that faces Sooth, alang the beach thewarts Fitdee.[7]
The main dance haa is octagonal an oreeginally haed a domed reef, tho it haes noo bin covert ower wi a suspended ceiling.[8] The sma'er Star Ballroom ootshot wis opent in Juin 1963.[5] It hosts events, concerts[9] an waddins,[10] forby dancin in rooms wi the follaein capacity:[11]
- 1,000 (Main Ballroom)
- 150 (Star Ballroom)
- 100 (Northern Lights Room)
- 50 (Promenade Room)
It hid a muckle fire in 1993 and wis later replenisht an reopent in 2010, bi Strictly Come Dancing stars Erin Boag an Anton du Beke.[8]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Brintons recreates art deco design for ballroom". Kidderminster Shuttle (in Inglis). 28 Julie 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ↑ The Newsroom (6 Mey 2019). "Remembering 90 years of the good times at Aberdeen Beach Ballroom". The Scotsman.
- ↑ a b Drysdale, Neil (9 Mairch 2022). "Aberdeen's Beach Ballroom: Do you remember 'the place where boy met girl'?". Press and Journal (in Inglis). Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ↑ "THE ESPLANADE, BEACH BALLROOM (LB20314)". portal.historicenvironment.scot. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ↑ a b "Aberdeenshire Council Historic Environment Record - Aberdeen City - NJ90NE0173 - BEACH BALLROOM". online.aberdeenshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ↑ "Aberdeen Beach Ballroom operation to remain under council control". BBC News (in Inglis). 30 August 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ↑ Aberdeen City Council, Continuous Improvement. "Aberdeen Beach Webcam". online.aberdeencity.gov.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ↑ a b "Beach Ballroom". Brintons Carpets (in Inglis). Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ↑ "The Beach Ballroom, Aberdeen Events & Tickets 2023". Ents24 (in Inglis). Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ↑ "Beach Ballroom weddings | Aberdeen City Council". www.aberdeencity.gov.uk (in Inglis). 22 Mey 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ↑ "What's on at the Beach Ballroom | Aberdeen City Council". www.aberdeencity.gov.uk (in Inglis). 5 Mairch 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Offeicial wabsteid: https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/beach-ballroom
- Archive o images frae the Aiberdeen Press & Journal.[1]
- Images frae o replenisht cairpetin an interior
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