What was the Lions Ballroom on North Ave and Grand Ave in Chicago like inside when open?

Answer 1

Hi this was the training school for all the young and social minding music minded in the North west side IT was the place that I played my first sax solo on the number Night Train , "I was so proud , but very few others were . I was a stand in sax player in the Infamous Ray Ponds band that regularly played at the Lions Ballroom which was located at North and Grand ave in the Chicago's West Side.

I was somewhat disappointed at the Merger applause after my solo performance but the big letdown was yet to come.