Let's Dance - by Peter Young (Paperback)

About the Book

Let's Dance: A Celebration of Ontario's Dance Halls and Summer Dance Pavilions is a nostalgic musical journey, recapturing the unforgettable music of youth and lasting friendships, the days when the live mellow sounds of Big Bands wafted through the air.

Book Synopsis

Let's Dance: A Celebration of Ontario's Dance Halls and Summer Dance Pavilions is a nostalgic musical journey, recapturing the unforgettable music of youth and lasting friendships, the days when the live mellow sounds of Big Bands wafted through the air.

Review Quotes

A job well done! ... a part of the lives of many families.

Here it is, everyone, and take my word for it, it's a humdinger! Peter Young's Let's Dance is an extremely well-written, well-researched and profusely illustrated sweep across a half century of Ontario's long-ago musical scene when dance halls and pavilions swayed and glittered with their unforgettable melodies, and the lives of people of all ages were touched by romance, dreams, and lost summer nights.

If you love music, dancing and Big Band history ... be sure to put this book on your must buy list.

About the Author

Peter Young is a freelance writer and runs his own communications company. For many years he played Hammond B-3 organ with a number of Toronto-based rock bands and travelled extensively throughout much of Southern Ontario, performing in many of the province's popular dance pavilions. His first book, published in May 1997 - The Kee to Bala Is Dunn's Pavilion - was received with great enthusiasm in Muskoka and beyond. Peter's second effort in 1998 - Lake Huron's Summer Dance Pavilions: Sand, Surf and Music - chronicled the places and people who brought song to this golden coastline from the 1920s to the present. Let's Dance is the third book in this series and covers many more of Ontario's popular dance venues.