The Blackpool Tower Ballroom

Built in 1899

Category:

Music

Tags:

• 1920's
• 1920s
• blackpool
• tower
• ballroom
• organ
• dance
• wurlitzer
• jazz
• age
• charleston
• tip
• toes
• tulips

[barneyboscoe]

good video ruined

[Aaron1912]

Filming anyone inside the ballroom is strictly prohibited without the individuals permission (there are signs posted on every door). Naturally the only way to get around this is to blur out every person's face. So I used the Neon colour effect to hide their features.

[jamez123123]

i love the video,and the music but WHY WHY WHY spoil it by using Particle illusion!! you can just tell its done on that :(

if it was a better fx program it would of been better, and yes we get it that you have that OUTLINE negative Film effect like on I-movie!! lol just show the normal vid ;)

like the way you put it all together though :D nice video

[Aaron1912]

I wanted to hide the peoples identities so they wouldn't complain that I didn't get their permission to show themselves, which would cause this video to be rejected.

[jamez123123]

ah thats a good idea i suppose :)

but partical illusion :(

lol

[Aaron1912]

I only used Sonic Showbiz studio for the effects.

[genovee]

As delightful as this is, it has a severe shortcoming, i.e., it needs to be 5 times longer! Not previously familiar with it, I love the promenade style of dancing. Elegance personified. Genovee in Pittsburgh, PA USA

[AlleninSF2007]

This video is what it is. Charming and original for sure. Whether on the dance floor, or playing the instrument, everyone seems to be having a good time. So, let it be. Absolutely nothing is served by being critical. If you don't like it, there is always the sound of jet planes landing at an airport in South America.

[3dwurli]

Where did you manage to find the footage of Dixon at the start?

[gymnos2010]

I think this is an excellent video which offers a glimpse into the past as well as the present. Wonderful to see the archive footage of the Tower and the Pleasure Beach.

[john111257]

nothing for free in blackpool...but you cant take away the memories of its golden era...i could just sit in the ballroom and have a coffee...AND FEEL THE HiSTORY..shame is come to money

[Wnoronz]

@Aaron1912 Yeah! Good explanation - but it's still dead easy to recognise who the organist is!

[Thedoctorsbiggestfan]

where did you get the video from 4 : 35 onwards from ??? and is it your own video if soo can you put the whole of the video on please

[Thedoctorsbiggestfan]

@nickysqq123 he would be up in arms i found a radio interview he did and some days he had to broadcast at three in the morning and then be back in the tower for 9 that same morning then he would record till one in the morning after the ballroom shut too the public at 9 in the evening he never stopped playing that wurlitzer and there are 4 current resident organists at the moment the dont do half as much put together as he did not too forget his sunday braodcasts all of the braodcasts were live.