Take yourself back to 1935. You hear disc jockey Martin
Block’s voice on WNEW radio in New York. Block creates the illusion that he is broadcasting from a ballroom with the nation’s top dance bands performing live and you enjoy the sounds of all your favorite big bands, crooners and canaries. After running as a local program, the Make Believe Ballroom was nationally syndicated in 1940 and continued on and off on different venues and with different hosts until the late 1980s.
Now flash forward to Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. when the Make Believe Ballroom will come alive again at the Springfield Free Public Library, 66 Mountain Avenue, Springfield. The Ballroom Boys, Sid Josephs and Nick DeLuccia, will bring back those days with a musical journey through the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. Hear the music of Harry James, the Dorsey Brothers, Glenn Miller, Frank Sinatra, Vic Damone, Bing Crosby, Doris Day, Peggy Lee, Dinah Shore and more. The Ballroom Boys will play international tunes, big band music and finish up with a rousing patriotic finale.
DeLuccia plays guitar, banjo, mandolin and sings. Josephs plays piano and shares stories and trivia from the good ole’ days. Travel back in time with the Ballroom Boys.
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This program is made possible by the David Hendlin Memorial Fund. The Springfield Free Public Library is located at 66 Mountain Avenue, Springfield. For additional information, call 973-376-4930 or check our website at www.sfplnj.org.
