- Last Updated on Saturday, 02 March 2013 03:39
The past will meet the present when another in a series of successful All Oldies, Only Oldies dances will be presented Saturday, April 6 at the Stockdale Volunteer Fire Dept.’s social center and banquet hall.
“We are very pleased to resume these dances,” said Al Marcy, assistant fire chief and entertainment chairman of the Stockdale Volunteer Fire Dept. “Judging from the inquiries we’ve been getting, anticipation for this dance has been growing at a steady pace.”
The Stockdale dance, which has become one of the largest and most popular of its kind in western Pennsylvania in recent years, will run from 8 p.m. to midnight. The original dances were among the biggest in western Pennsylvania in the 1950s and early 1960s. Crowds of 1,000 or more teenagers were the rule during the heyday of those events, which featured many of the top recording artists of that era in live performances on the Stockdale stage.
Ralph Trilli, longtime area disc jockey and co-host with Bill Chappo of the Cruisin’ Sunday show on WJPA, will spin the oldies. Trilli was a longtime associate of the late Jim “J.D. the D.J.” Dudas and hosted a memorial tribute to Dudas in October 2011. Complementing the then-and-now atmosphere at the April 6 dance will be the presence of Ron Paglia as guest host. Paglia was the disc jockey at the original hops from December 1957 - August 1964.
The April 6 event, which is open to the public, again will carry a BYOE (Bring Your Own Everything) format. Patrons are invited to bring their own food and liquid refreshments. The fire department will provide refreshments (not pop).
Admission is $10/person and reservations and additional information are available at 724-330-5002. Checks are payable to Stockdale Volunteer Fire Dept. and should be sent, along with a self-addressed stamped envelope, to Dance, P.O. Box 416, Roscoe, PA 15477. Those ordering tickets are requested to include their name, address, telephone number and email address.
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