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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 16, 1978

Page

4

Disco fever hits coast and Midwest across dance floors

Mardella Webber and Scott Loftsgard showcase disco style at Gatsby's as Seifert's and Clancy's Top Men's Store outfits glow. The Gazette explains disco as sport fashion business hobby and romance, tracing origins from discotheques to Watergate moonwalk and Popcorn steps.

Mardella Webber Mount Mercy College Scott Loftsgard Canbern Lane Gatsby's First Ave Seifert's Clancy Midwest Shirley Klemp Cedar Rapids

Dancers polish routines for prize winning disco contest

Jim Martin and Janet George from Van Horne and 3610 Johnson Ave NW spend hours weekly perfecting disco routines at Oscar's Discotheque. They entered a regional contest with a 300 prize, placing top four among about 100 entrants, learning by watching others and from experience.

Jim Martin van Horne Martin Janet George Johnson Ave George Amana Refrigeration Inc Oscar’s Vicki Welty 12Th Ave Hiawatha Kris Holtzinger 16Th St. NE Dean Sturtz Ninth St. NW

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