Appendix: Brattleboro Dawn Dances History
Data on all-night dances in the Brattleboro, VT area, 1926-1964
From the pages of The Brattleboro Reformer.
("Date" column lists date of advertisement or item in this newspaper, rather than actual date of event).
| Date | Town | State | Start | End | Event Title | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926, Jul 3 | Brattleboro | VT | 12:15am | 4:00am | Midnight Dance (Monday) | 50¢ |
| 1926, Sep 4 | Brattleboro | VT | 12:05am | Midnight Frolic (9/6) | ||
| 1927, Jul 2 | Lake Spofford | NH | 12:00am | 4:00am | Midnight Dance (7/4) | |
| 1927, Sep 2 | Lake Spofford | NH | Midnight Frolic & Dance (9/5) | 75¢ | ||
| 1928, Sep 1 | Lake Spofford | NH | 12:05am | 4:00am | Midnight Frolic (Labor Day) | 75¢ |
| 1929, Aug 31 | Lake Spofford | NH | 11:30pm | 4:00am | Midnight Frolic (Labor Day) | $1.00 |
| 1934, Jul 3 | Lake Spofford | NH | Grand All Night Dance (7/3) | $1 gent 75¢ lady | ||
| 1934, Jul 3 | W Brattleboro | VT | 9:30pm | Dawn | Dance Tonight at Brookside | |
| 1934, Sep 1 | Winchester | NH | 12:01am | 5:00am | Midnight Dance (Monday 9/3) | 40¢ |
| 1934, Sep 1 | W Brattleboro | VT | 12:01am | Dawn | Midnight Dance (Monday 9/3) | |
| 1935, Jul 3 | Lake Spofford | NH | All Night Dance | 40¢ | ||
| 1935, Jul 3 | W Brattleboro | VT | Dark | Dawn | Dawn Dance (7/3) | 35¢ |
| 1935, Jul 3 | Turners Falls | MA | Dawn Dance | 40¢ gent 25¢ lady | ||
| 1936, Jul 1 | Keene | NH | All Night Dance (7/3) | |||
| 1936, Jul 2 | Lake Spofford | NH | 9:00pm | Dawn | All Night Dawn Dance (7/3) | 77¢ +tax |
| 1936, Jul 2 | Dover | VT | 8:30pm | 3:00am | All Night Dance (Friday) | 40¢ |
| 1936, Sep 4 | Lake Spofford | NH | 12:00 | 4:00am | Dawn Dance | 75¢ tax inc. |
| 1937, Jul 2 | Lake Spofford | NH | 12:00 | 4:00am | Dawn Dance | 85¢ tax inc. |
| 1937, Jul 2 | Dover | VT | 1:00am | 5:00am | Dawn Dance (Monday 7/5) | 40¢ |
| 1937, Sep 4 | Dover | VT | 1:00am | 5:00am | Dawn Dance (9/6) | 40¢ |
| 1937, Sep 4 | Lake Spofford | NH | 12:00 | 4:00am | Dawn Dance (9/6) | 75¢ tax inc. |
| 1938, May 28 | Dover | VT | 12:00 m | 4:00am | Dawn Dance | 40¢ gent 35¢ lady |
| 1938, May 28 | Lake Spofford | NH | Dawn Dance (Sunday Night) | 85¢ tax inc. | ||
| 1938, May 28 | Dummerston | VT | 12:00 | 4:00am | Big Dawn Dance (Monday) | 40¢ |
| 1938, Jul 1 | Dover | VT | 12:00 | 4:00am | Big Dawn Dance (7/4) | 40¢ |
| 1938, Jul 1 | Lake Spofford | NH | Mid | Midnight Dawn Dance (7/3) | 85¢ tax inc. | |
| 1938, Sep 2 | Dover | VT | 12:00 | 4:00am | Big Dawn Dance (Mon. 9/5) | 40¢ |
| 1938, Sep 2 | Lake Spofford | NH | Mid | Dawn | Dance (Sunday 9/4) | 75¢ tax inc. |
| 1939, Jul 1 | Lake Spofford | NH | 11:00pm | 4:00am | Dawn Dance (Mon. 7/3) | 85¢ tax inc. |
| 1939, Jul 1 | Dover | VT | 11:00pm | 4:00am | Dawn Dance (Mon. 7/3) | 40¢ |
| 1939, Jul 3 | Wilmington | VT | 12:00 | 4:00am | Dawn Dance (7/3) | 40¢ |
| 1939, Sep 2 | Dover | VT | 12:00 | 5:00am | Dawn Dance | 40¢ |
| 1940, Jul 1 | Dover | VT | 10:00pm | 4:00am | All Night Dance (Wed. 7/3) | 50¢ tax inc. |
| 1940, Jul 2 | Winchester | NH | All Night Dance (7/3) | |||
| 1940, Aug 30 | Lake Spofford | NH | 12:01am | 4:00am | Dawn Dance (Labor Day) | 65¢ +tax |
| 1940, Aug 30 | Dover | VT | 12:01am | 4:00am | Dawn Dance (Labor Day) | 40¢ + 4¢ tax |
| 1941, Jul 2 | Dover | VT | 11:00pm | 4:00am | Dawn Dance (Thur. 7/3) | 40¢ + 4¢ tax |
| 1941, Jul 3 | Westminster | VT | 10:00pm | 3:00am | Dawn Dance Tonight (7/3) | 55¢ |
| 1942, Jul 1 | Lake Spofford | NH | 9:30pm | 4:00am | Dawn Dance (Friday 7/3) | |
| 1942, Jul 2 | Guilford Ctr. | VT | 9:00pm | 3:00am | Dawn Dance (Friday 7/3) | |
| 1943, Jul 3 | Lake Spofford | NH | Midnight | Dawn | Dance (Sun) (Recordings) | |
| 1944, Jul 1 | Lake Spofford | NH | 11:00pm | 4:00am | Dawn Dance | |
| 1945, Jul 2 | Townshend | VT | 10:00pm | 3:00am | Dawn Dance (Tuesday 7/3) | |
| 1946, Jul 3 | Dover | VT | 12:00 | 4:00am | Dawn Dance (7/3) | |
| 1946, Jul 3 | Townshend | VT | 11:00pm | 3:00pm | Dawn Dance (Puffers Barn 7/3) | 50¢ tax inc. |
| 1946, Jul 3 | Townshend | VT | 10:00pm | 3:00am | Dawn Dance (The Pavilion 7/3) | |
| 1947, Jul 3 | Townshend | VT | 11:00pm | 3:00am | Dawn Dance (The Pavilion 7/3) | |
| 1947, Jul 3 | Dover | VT | Midnight | 4:00am | Dawn Dance (Thursday 7/3) | |
| 1947, Aug 29 | Townshend | VT | 12:00 | 4:00am | Dawn Dance (Labor Day morning) | |
| 1948, Jul 3 | Townshend | VT | 12:01am | 4:00am | Dawn Dance (Sun. night 7/4) | 75¢ tax inc. |
| 1949, Jul 1 | Townshend | VT | Midnight | 4:00am | Dawn Dance (The Pavilion, Sun.) | |
| 1949, Jul 1 | Dover | VT | 12:01am | 4:00am | Dawn Dance (Mon. morning 7/4) | |
| 1949, Jul 1 | Saxtons River | VT | Midnight | 4:00am | Grand Opening Dawn Dance(7/3) | 75¢ tax inc. |
| 1949, Jul 1 | Wardsboro | VT | 12:01am | 4:00am | Dawn Dance (Mon. 7/4) | 50¢ |
| 1950, Jul 1 | Dover | VT | 12:01am | 4:00am | Dawn Dance (Tue. morning 7/4) | |
| 1951, Jul 3 | Guilford Ctr. | VT | 9:00pm | Morn | Dawn Dance (Tue. 7/3) | 75¢ |
| 1952, Jul 1 | Lake Spofford | NH | 12:00 | 4:00am | Dawn Dance (Thurs. 7/3) | |
| 1952, Jul 3 | Saxtons River | VT | 10:00pm | 3:00am | Big Dance Tonight | |
| 1952, Aug 30 | Lake Spofford | NH | 12:00 m | 4:00am | Dawn Dance | |
| 1953, Jul 3 | Lake Spofford | NH | 12:00 | 4:00am | Dawn Dance (7/3) | $1.25 tax inc. |
| 1953, Jul 3 | Saxtons River | VT | 10:00pm | 3:00am | Holiday Dance (Fri. 7/3) | |
| 1953, Sep 5 | Saxtons River | VT | 12:01am | Dawn | Big Dawn Dance (9/7 Labor Day Morning) | |
| 1954, Jul 2 | Townshend | VT | Midnight | 4:00am | Dawn Dance (Sunday night) | |
| 1954, Aug 28 | Lake Spofford | NH | Midnight | 4:00am | Dawn Dance (Sunday 9/5) | |
| 1955, Jul 2 | Lake Spofford | NH | Midnight | 4:00am | Big Nite B4 the 4th Dance | |
| 1955, Sep 2 | Newfane | VT | Dawn Dance (Labor Day Morning) | |||
| 1955, Sep 3 | Saxtons River | VT | 12:01am | Dawn Dance (9/5) | ||
| 1956, Jul 2 | Dover | VT | 12:00am | 4:00am | Dawn Dance (7/4) | 75¢ |
| 1956, Jul 2 | Winchester | NH | 12:01am | 4:00am | Dawn Dance (7/4) | |
| 1956, Jul 3 | Newfane | VT | Midnight | Dawn | Dance (7/3) | 75¢ |
| 1956, Sep 1 | Newfane | VT | Midnight | Dawn | Dance (Sun. 9/2) | $1.00 |
| 1957, Jul 3 | Winchester | NH | Midnite | 4:00am | Dawn Dance | |
| 1957, Aug 31 | Newfane | VT | 12:01am | 4:00am | Dawn Dance (Mon. 9/2) | $1.00 |
| 1958, Jul 1 | Dover | VT | Dawn Dance (7/4) | |||
| 1958, Jul 2 | Winchester | NH | Midnight | 4:00am | Dawn Dance (7/3) | |
| 1958, Jul 2 | Bernardston | MA | 10:30pm | Dawn | Dance (7/3 Thurs.) | |
| 1958, Jul 2 | Newfane | VT | 10:00pm | 2:00am | Dawn Dance (7/3) | |
| 1958, Aug 29 | Bernardston | MA | Midnight | Dawn | Dance (Sun. 8/31 11pm) | $1.00 |
| 1958, Aug 30 | Newfane | VT | 12:01am | 4:00am | Dawn Dance (Sun. 8/31) | |
| 1958, Aug 30 | Winchester | NH | Midnite | 4:00am | Dawn Dance (Sun. 8/31) | |
| 1959, Jul 2 | Winchester | NH | Midnight | 3:00am | Dawn Dance (7/3) | 90¢ |
| 1959, Jul 2 | Bernardston | MA | 11:30pm | Dawn | Dance (Friday 7/3) | $1.00 |
| 1959, Aug 31 | Bernardston | MA | 11:30pm | Dawn | Dance (Sunday 9/6) | |
| 1960, Jul 1 | Bernardston | MA | 12:00pm | Dawn | Dance (Sunday 7/3) | |
| 1960, Sep 2 | Bernardston | MA | 11:00pm | Dawn | Dance (Sun. "open 11 pm") | $1.00 |
| 1961, Jul 3 | Bernardston | MA | 11:00pm | Dawn | Dance (7/3 ) | $1.00 |
| 1961, Sep 1 | Bernardston | MA | 11:00pm | Dawn | Dance (Sun. night) | $1.00 |
| 1962, Jul 2 | Bernardston | MA | 12:00 m | 4:00am | Dawn Dancing (Wed. 7/4) | |
| 1962, Jul 2 | Putney | VT | 9:00pm | 4:00am | Dawn Dance (7/3) | 95¢ |
| 1962, Sep 1 | Putney | VT | 12:00 m | Dawn | Dawn Dance (Sun. 9/2) | |
| 1964, Jul 2 | Putney | VT | 11:00pm | 3:00am | Dawn Dance (7/3-7/4) | |
| 1964, Jul 2 | Dover | VT | Midnite | 4:00am | Dawn Dance (7/4) |