Aqua Barn
Creator: Bob Osgood (?) (October, 1953)
Article describing Seattle's Aqua Barn, a floating dance hall. The hall was created by Jack Riley, whose obituary can be found here. Riley also released records on the Aqua lable; the Internet Archive contains recordings of four tracks (78 rpm) released on that label by the Northwest Wranglers; we know there were others:
Montreal Breakdown
Raggedy Ann
Up Jumped the Devil
Upside Down Reel
Collection: MWSD
Subjects: Modern square dance - general, Person
Tags: Aqua Barn, dance hall, Jack Riley, Seattle
Subjects: Modern square dance - general, Person
Tags: Aqua Barn, dance hall, Jack Riley, Seattle
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Citation
Bob Osgood (?), “Aqua Barn,” Square Dance History Project, accessed February 23, 2025, https://squaredancehistory.org/items/show/1456.
Dublin Core
Title
Aqua Barn
Description
Article describing Seattle's Aqua Barn, a floating dance hall. The hall was created by Jack Riley, whose obituary can be found here. Riley also released records on the Aqua lable; the Internet Archive contains recordings of four tracks (78 rpm) released on that label by the Northwest Wranglers; we know there were others:
Montreal Breakdown
Raggedy Ann
Up Jumped the Devil
Upside Down Reel
Montreal Breakdown
Raggedy Ann
Up Jumped the Devil
Upside Down Reel
Creator
Source
Sets in Order magazine
Date Created
October, 1953