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Evergreen Ballroom History Series: Dance Nights of the 1950s

A1950s Saturday night in Lacey meant going out to the Evergreen Ballroom to dance until the very last song, long past midnight. ....

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Evergreen Ballroom History Series: Johnny Cash's Teenage Queen Contest

At midnight on June 29, 1958, KGY radio listeners in Lacey, Olympia, and the entire radio wave receiving area, tuned in to hear the latest recording from the Evergreen Ballroom on Pacific Highway just outside of Lacey. Johnny Cash was the headliner that night ....

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Ken Balsley Suggests Taking a Historically Reflective Trip along Old Highway 99

Ken Balsley suggests taking a drive along Old Highway 99 to get a feel for its original path, what a road trip or commute may have been like when there was not an alternate. ....

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Evergreen Ballroom History Series: Little Bill and The Bluenotes

It is a little-known fact that school was actually in session at the Evergreen Ballroom. School for aspiring, young musicians, that is. The Green was more than just the local, rock-and-roll, dance-all-night roadhouse. Concert nights were study sessions. One of those bands was Little Bill and The Bluenotes. ....

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Evergreen Ballroom History Series: The Sholunds and the Orchestra Era

Walter Sholund, logger, shipbuilder and violin player, built the barn-styled Evergreen Ballroom. Its presence drew a long stream of visiting musicians to its bandstand and across its stage. ....

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