Music & Dance Music and Dance - May/June 2018

Music & Dance News May/June 2018 Page 1 May/June. 2018 $3 95 Music & Dance News The Minnesota Ballroom Operators Association Newspaper The interior of Withrow Ballroom has been completely remodeled, and is ready for weddings and other events. Withrow Ballroom is open again ily wedding in the late erty. 1980s. She’s not sure History of the when it was taken – it ballroom could have been at Uncle Withrow Ballroom Bob and Aunt Theresa was built by Ben and Miron Coeing’s wed- Anna Zahler in 1928. ding, or maybe it was when her godfather, Un- Continued on page 6 cle Gerard Miron, mar- ried her Aunt Shelly. “There’s a debate go- ing on within the family Laura Miron Mendele on Facebook right now is the new owner of about it,” Mendele said. Withrow Ballroom. “We’ve had so many family weddings at the Withrow Ballroom. There’s a photo of her Withrow . . . ” Now, almost three as a toddler, dressed in a frilly white dress, posing decades later, Mendele with her younger cousin, and a silent partner paid Ann Miron, at a fam- $376,000 for the prop- Label Here Published by Herald Journal Publishing PO Box 129 Winsted, MN 55395 Laura Miron Men- dele, 32, of Lakeville, MN, is the new owner of the Withrow Ballroom, 12169 Keystone Avenue North in Hugo, MN. Mendele purchased the ballroom, believed to be the oldest in Minnesota, during an online auction in November 2017, and recently opened for busi- ness. Contact Mendele at (651) 439-5123 or lauramendele@outlook. com. Mendele’s history with ballroom Laura Miron Mendele grew up going to the CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED PRESORT STD US POSTAGE PAID Winsted, MN Permit #30