Aragon Ballroom (Venice Beach)
- Aragon Ballroom (Venice Beach)
The Aragon Ballroom in Venice Beach, California was opened under the Aragon name in March 1943 by Swing Shift dance promoter Harry Schooler. Schooler, whose Swing Shift Dances had originally been held at the nearby Casino Gardens, leased the old ballroom from owner Charles Lick, then renamed and refurbished the Aragon.
The Aragon was best known as the hall where Lawrence Welk and his big band, the "Champagne Music Makers," parlayed a scheduled four-week engagement in the spring of 1951 into a ten-year stint and a legendary television show. Welk's orchestra played to crowds numbering as high as 7,000. Klaus Landsberg, the manager of ABC affiliate KTLA, offered Lawrence Welk the opportunity to appear on television. On May 11, 1951, KTLA began broadcasting a weekly show live from the Aragon featuring Welk's big band. The show evolved into "The Lawrence Welk Show," broadcast each Saturday night on ABC and later in syndication for more than three decades.
The opening date of the Venice Beach Aragon is unclear, and may be lost to the ages. Welk left the Aragon in 1955 and moved "The Lawrence Welk Show" to a television studio in Hollywood. The Aragon soon went into decline. It was demolished sometime in the 1960s.
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