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'The Kinema Ballroom' was opened on Friday December 23^rd 1938 with a 'Grand Opening Carnival Dance' (8:00pm - 1:30am) & tickets for "Fifeshire's Super Dance Hall" sold for two shillings and sixpence (2/6).

The late 1930s was the exclusive domain of the highly popular jazz / swing & big band sound.

Saturday 8^thApril saw 'scores of dancers turned away' from the door of a packed Kinema.

This first era of the Ballroom lasted only one year as the decade ended with a period of closure on 30^th December 1939 until 29^th July 1941.

Residencies

The resident bands worked pretty much seven days a week at this time with only an occasional night off when another guest act performed.  How many live performers could achieve that today?

 

From	To	Headline Act	Remarks
Friday 23-Dec-1938	Friday 30-Dec-1938	The Swingtette Dance Band
Saturday 31-Dec-1938	Friday 30-Jun-1939	The Swingtettes	The Swingtette Dance Band's new name
Saturday 01-Jul-1939	Friday 29-Dec-1939	Fred Orr & His Band

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