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Harvest Moon Ball Ticket Stub
1941 Harvest Moon Ball

Madison Square Gardens, New York"#6666FF">

The Harvest Moon Ball was one of the biggest couple dance contests for amateur dancers ever held in the United States. The HMB was held in New York at Madison Square Gardens as well as other cites throughout the US from 1935 to 1984.

 Harvest Moon Ball Award

 

Birth Place

Creation Date

Creator

Locations
New York 1932 N.Y. Times Madison Sqaure Garden - NY
 
FOXTROT DIVISION - FINALISTS:    
"Yellow">Couple #? - "#CC6699"
"#33FFFF">Adele Rollari and Jack Williams		 "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"#6666FF">WINNERS: "#6666FF">FIRST "#6666FF">SECOND "#6666FF">THIRD
Adele Rollari and Jack Williams"#6666FF">  "#6666FF"> "#6666FF">n/a "#6666FF"> "#6666FF">n/a
 
JITTERBUG JIVE DIVISION - FINALISTS:>[Photo's]    
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"  "Yellow">"Aqua">
George Snowden & Big Bea"#FFFFFF"   		"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -
Rebecca Bruner - Bill Dotson		 "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"#6666FF">WINNERS: "#6666FF">FIRST "#6666FF">SECOND "#6666FF">THIRD
Rebecca Bruner - Bill Dotson  "#6666FF">n/a "#6666FF">n/a
 
POLKA DIVISION - FINALISTS:    
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"#6666FF">WINNERS: "#6666FF">FIRST "#6666FF">SECOND "#6666FF">THIRD
"#6666FF">n/a "#6666FF">n/a "#6666FF">n/a
 
RUMBA DIVISION - FINALISTS:    
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"#6666FF">WINNERS: "#6666FF">FIRST "#6666FF">SECOND "#6666FF">THIRD
"#6666FF">n/a "#6666FF">n/a "#6666FF">n/a
 
TANGO DIVISION - FINALISTS:    
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"#6666FF">WINNERS: "#6666FF">FIRST "#6666FF">SECOND "#6666FF">THIRD
"#6666FF">n/a "#6666FF">n/a "#6666FF">n/a
 
WALTZ DIVISION - FINALISTS:    
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"#6666FF">WINNERS: "#6666FF">FIRST "#6666FF">SECOND "#6666FF">THIRD
"#6666FF">n/a "#6666FF">n/a "#6666FF">n/a
 
ALL AROUND CHAMPION The Professional Judges   Pre-Lim Locations
"#FFFFFF">n/a "#FFFFFF">n/a "#FFFFFF">Savoy Ballroom
  "#FFFFFF">n/a "#FFFFFF">n/a "#FFFFFF">n/a
 
Musicians / Singers Announcer Emcee Entertainers
Charlie Spivak "#FFFFFF">n/a n/a n/a
       
       
       
       
 

Posters, Lobby Cards etc.

Sheet Music Covers

 Films / Videos
n/a All Gods Chillin' Got Rhythm 1941 - Harvest Moon Ball[Paramount]
      Ballin' the Jack 1951 - Harvest Moon Madness (1941 champs)
     

1941 - Universal Newsreel
 
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Books, Magazine Articles on the dance...
Title Author Date Published Publisher
n/a - - -
       
       

Misc. Research Words that may be related ... to help your searches
Shorty George Madison Square Gardens - -
Lindy Hop New York Times News Welfare Association    
Other Years of the Harvest Moon Ball
1927
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945
1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962
1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984   Los Angeles >: 1948  1949      Back Home E-Mail

Notes:

 
September 13, 2005
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