There are two copies of this item. This item is the June dance schedule for the Valhalla Ballroom. It does not indicate what year. The phone number was 763-3400. The manager was Jere Polman. The schedule is on green paper and indicates the date and the musicians. The schedule takes up the front and back of this 3 1/2'" square paper.  Based on the wedding dances listed, the year is 1975. 

Minnesota is known as the land of 10,000 fishable lakes. The history of the resort business has been recounted in books such as Resorts of Minnesota by Neil Johnson with Adam Swenson and The Early Resorts of Minnesota by Ren Holland. These books trace the development of resorts in Minnesota along with some of the stories of early resorts and the memories families made while there.

One resort in southwest Minnesota, the Valhalla Resort, had a ballroom and a rollerdome. On Saturday, June 22 and Sunday, June 23 in 1968, the Valhalla Resort held a grand opening after a year-long $100,000 renovation. The grand opening featured a free beef barbecue from 5 p.m. until they ran out of meat on Saturday. That evening Jack Rene and his band from Nashville, Tenn., provided country western music with half off admission prices to the ballroom.

On Sunday night, the Tiny Little orchestra furnished the music. Roller skating prices for both days of the grand opening had been reduced to 60 cents. The resort manager, Bob Payton, said in the Tracy Headlight Herald’s June 20th edition that area people showed a great deal of interest in the beautiful new ballroom. He also mentioned in the newspaper article that the steakhouse was also remodeled along with the huge rollerdome.

The photograph featured this week shows the June 1975 Valhalla Ballroom June Dance Schedule, which is in the Lyon County Museum’s collection. The June Dance Schedule is as follows:

Wednesday, June 4: Vixen (All girl band)

Saturday, June 7: Shaw – Allen – Shaw: Wedding Dance: Sandy Probst and Ted Schotzko

Sunday, June 8: Drifters and the Shieks: 7:30 p.m. – 1:00 a.m. Lake Wilson Baseball Benefit

Wednesday, June 11: Headstone

Friday, June 13: Butch Automatic & Four Speeds

Saturday, June 14: The Posse: Wedding Dance: Cindi Voss and Tod Brewster

Sunday, June 15: Sammy Jensen Band

Wednesday, June 18: Chubby Checker: Chubby Checker and the Cavemen together!

Saturday, June 21: The Cavemen: Wedding Dance: Sheri Hanson & Robert Thompson

Wednesday, June 25: The Upper Division

Friday, June 27: D.C. & Company: Wedding Dance: Richard Knapper & Shirley Hanson

Saturday, June 28: The Drifters: Wedding Dance: Jill Prahm and David Kafka

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