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Arts/EntertainmentClear Lake Mirror-Reporter Oct. 7, 2015 • Page 7

Surf Ballroom announces 2016 Winter Tindall to
Dance Party entertainment lineup compete
in Miss
The Surf Ballroom & Museum memorialize their many years of mak- Friday night’s Sock Hop will fea- year. Their energy and passion for the Iowa USA
has announced the artists who are ing music together.” ture Flash Cadillac, The Johnny Rog- music are evident during every perfor- pageant
scheduled to appear at its annual 2016 John Mueller’s Winter Dance ers Band and the Holy Rocka Rollaz. mance and they are sure to keep our
Winter Dance Party event, scheduled Party will kick off the event on “The Friday night Sock Hop audience on their feet.”
for Feb. 3-6. Wednesday evening during the Win- continues to be a fun night for fans Saturday evening’s performance Ellie Tindall, of Clear
Lake, will compete in the
“The 2016 lineup promises ener- ter Dance Party Family Sock Hop. A to dance to the songs they remember will feature a Tribute to Joe B Mauld- Miss Iowa USA® and Miss
getic performances, touching tributes, separate ticket is offered for this show, best from the era,” said Event Produc- in, who was the other bass guitarist for
and a celebration of rock ‘n roll his- which is a family friendly night filled er Shane Cooney. “That tradition con- Buddy Holly and longtime member Iowa Teen USA® competi-
tions slated for Sunday, Oct.
tory that the Surf Ballroom’s annual with danceable favorites and hit songs tinues with our Friday evening enter- of the Crickets. The tribute will fea- ELLIE TINDALL 11, in Newton, Iowa.

Winter Dance Party has become syn- of the 1950’s. tainment line-up. Both Flash Cadillac ture an appearance by Sonny Curtis, This year, over $1.3 million in scholarships will be available at the pageant,
onymous with. The Surf is pleased Thursday night features Martha and Johnny Rogers have been a part JI Allison, and other “Crickets” of the
and honored to host a very special Reeves and The Vandellas, The Coast- of our event a number of times and past, as well as additional invited mu- and 30 contestants at this year’s pageant will be receiving college scholarships.
In addition, state titleholders will each receive thousands of dollars in prizes and
tribute to the Cricket’s Joe B. Mauldin ers, and The Tailfins who are all first continue to be fan favorites. In addi- sical guests. awards. Most importantly, the new Miss Iowa USA and Miss Iowa Teen USA
during Saturday night’s show,” stated time performers to the Surf ’s Winter tion, this year’s Sock Hop will feature Performers scheduled to appear
Surf Ballroom & Museum President Dance Party, along with Tommy All- special guests the Holy Rocka Rol- on Saturday evening will include will have the opportunity to compete for the national titles of Miss USA® and
Miss Teen USA®. The new Miss Iowa USA will compete with 50 other state
Jeff Nicholas. “JI Allison, Sonny Cur- sup, whom has an extremely strong tie laz, who impressed us with their per- Wanda Jackson, Jason D. Williams, titleholders for the coveted title of Miss USA live on national television next
tis and many friends of the Crickets to the event as the original guitarist on formance during the Winter Dance and Matthew and Gunnar Nelson/
have been invited to offer a musical the 1959 Winter Dance Party Tour. Party Record Hop and Luncheon last Ricky Nelson Remembered, who have spring.
The competition, which will be held at the Newton High School Audito-
tribute to their band-mate, which will performed during numerous Winter rium at 4 p.m., consists of three proportional segments: evening gown, fitness/
Dance Party events and represent the
artist most often requested to return. swimwear and personality interview. Eligible young women must be between
the ages of 13 and 26 and be unmarried residents of Iowa.
A special guest appearance by The Ellie, the daughter of Twyla Tindall and Mark Tindall, is a junior at Clear
Vee Brothers, who have a long history
with the Winter Dance Party, is also Lake High School. Her school activities include the Dance Team, which she
captains, along with the competition team. She is also a member of the Dancin
planned. They last appeared during With Roxie Elite Competition Team. At CLHS she is also a cheerleader and
the 2009 event.
Advance tickets for the 2016 member of the girls soccer team.
She is being sponsored in the competition by Clear Lake Bank & Trust, CL
event will be sold for $115 each and Tel, Demro Orthodontics, Lyla’s Boutique, Brakke Implement and the com-
are valid for the evenings of Thursday,
Feb. 4, through Saturday, Feb. 6. Both munity of Clear Lake.

tickets and seating for the event will
be sold on a first-come, first-served
basis. Seating for the event is priced
at $80 for a four-person booth, $120
for a six-person booth and $200 for a
table which seats 10 people. You must
purchase a minimum of four tickets to
reserve a four-person booth, six tickets
to reserve a six-person booth and 10
tickets to reserve a 10-person table on
the floor. The booths and tables will
be reserved for all three evenings of
entertainment. Tickets for the event
are non-refundable and the enter-
Recent addtions to the history exhibit at 309 Main Ave. include an oxen yoke, ice harvest equipment and anchor from Ed Green, tainment lineup is subject to change.
owner of an early Clear Lake boat livery. (Above right) The City of Clear Lake also donated cases of photos. Tickets and seating reservations may

Stories from the History Room: be purchased online at the Surf Ball-
room’s website (www.surfballroom.
com) or by calling the Surf ’s box office
at 641-357-6151 beginning at 8 a.m.
Exhibit grows with recent donations on Thursday, Nov. 5.
A very limited quantity of VIP
by Dana Duesenberg Clear Lake, while scuba diving off the is hung on the back wall and is from tickets will also be available for $315
REL-IC ‘An object surviving from an front of the Seawall bears the initials 1956. This was taken before the In- each. Each VIP ticket will include
earlier time, especially one of historical E. G.-Ed Green. There is a sawhorse terstate highway was built. A collec- admission to all Surf Ballroom spon-
or sentimental value.’ on display that he also pulled out of tion of pictures that hung in the City sored events that weekend including
The history exhibit in the back of the muck in front of the seawall. It Hall Community Room were also do- nightly entertainment and seating in
Dana’s at 309 Main Avenue has gone has an indentation and strap that nated. The pictures are fun to look at the VIP bar area.
through an exciting update. The his- probably was used to make or repair and depict certain eras of Clear Lake For the most current information
tory exhibit is an accumulation of pic- wooden sailboat masts. Also on dis- happenings. One in particular is “fish about the event, visit www.surfball-
tures and artifacts donated or on loan play are several iron rudders found in stories” and shows pictures of the best room.com. Ticket orders and seating
by individuals who feel they have an the lake by John Larsen and thought catches. Several pictures are from reservations are not accepted through
item or collection of items of histori- to be from old excursion boats. the 1870’s and show images of Clear the mail.
Many items are from the ice Lake.

cal significance that they would like to harvest, which had an important eco- Keep a Tom Alexander
share with others. These artifacts, or nomic impact for Clear Lake. The Long-term Financial Consultant
relics as I call them, help tell the story relics on display are ice tongs, a large
of the people of this area. saw and ice chopper. It was an elabo- View Securities America
Recently, an individual donated rate procedure that involved clearing Member FINRA/SIPC
to the exhibit an oxen yoke that her the snow off the ice, cutting the ice
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great grandpa had brought from Can- and hauling the ice to the railroad for Located at Clear Lake Bank & Trust
ada circa 1880. It has been well cared transportation. In the 1930’s this was 322 Main Ave • PO Box 8, Clear Lake
for and is in good shape. The yoke is the only way to cool goods for trans-
handmade and the U-shaped harness- port and in the home. [email protected]
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are important to history because they of the motor. The Elto company was
started the first boat livery at the foot founded in 1919 and stands for ‘Evin-
of Main and started excursions on the rude Light Twin Outboard’ motor.
lake, especially the island and Bayside The City of Clear Lake donated
An anchor found by John Larsen, of a large aerial map of Clear Lake that

Grissom says…
My friend Bill the Buffalo’s son was

leaving for college.
As the son was walking out the

door Bill said . . .

“Bison.”