Maine Memory Network

Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance

"… affair, which left one man dead, 14 wounded and a dance hall in ashes, on drinking. Actually, Portland, Bangor, and some smaller communities, were…"

Music in Maine - Radio Cowboys and Country Music

"… of English folk songs, Scots-Irish fiddle and dance music, sacred music, and banjo and blues from formerly enslaved Africans."

Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages

"… and teaching Penobscot spiritual songs and dances in our community. During a time when it was illegal to do so, she disguised the events as tourist…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"… Hampden Academy alone used it for most school dances, band practice, orchestra practice, cheerleading practice, class plays, musical productions…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… stood a fish market, paint shop, movie and dance hall and an ice cream shop owned by E. M. Randlett."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"… that the City of Bath uses the block, such as dance and art studios, retail shops, and Springer's Jewelry."

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… with a huge parade, contests of all types, music, dancing, speeches and remembrances, and very high spirits."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"A pavilion for movies and dances, a starch factory, doctors’ offices, a rake factory, a hotel, and many other businesses came and went."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Plays, musicals, dances, movies and roller skating were held at Town Hall. In the 1920s, the old Union Hall was renovated and renamed Community Hall."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… 19-year old Mary Frances Donovan at a series of dances. He began courting her and they were soon married."