![]() Monday night was the other night that dancing was as scarce as money but some local lads managed to find a hall near Loughrea that ran Monday night so they frequented that establishment as well. One could go dancing five nights a week locally – dancing was banned by the church on Saturday nights so that all could be at Mass on Sunday morning. There were halls an carnivals in every parish and at every crossroads. This area did not produce any 1960s musicians of note, but we had a man, John Joe Mitchell who very successfully ran carnivals and dance halls as well as managing Longford based Showband, Frankie and The Black Dots. Every town and parish almost had its “native Showband” with the North of Ireland producing the cream of musicians. Locally the dance craze took off as well with halls and carnivals now booking the latest Showbands that were springing up like mushrooms all over the country. Dancing, was a driving force that brought people together in peace and happiness, and continues to be influential across the world today. The sixties was all about learning the newest dance craze and performing them. In the entertainment industry, many changes happened in the world of dance. Determined not to follow the footsteps of their elders, this generation made changes in the areas of education, laws, lifestyle, and entertainment. ![]() Known as the age of the youth, there were approximately seventy million children who were teenagers or young adults during this decade. When it came to dance change happened here also. The sixties was recognized as a decade of transition from the conservative fifties and also the birth of revolutionary ways to live, think and to create. Dancing in 1963 – Courtesy of Spotlight Magazine
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