In 1964, the group began to conduct dances in Barnesville, Pennsylvania initially at the Lakewood Ballroom (1964) and then from 1964 to 1970 for seven years at the adjacent Lakeside Ballroom. These dances were held on Sunday nights and in the summer also on Thursdays. Since all three venues were “Lakes”, the dances were known by the same nickname and going to “The Lake” became the thing to do in the 1960s and early 1970s. These dances drew, in the aggregate, over a thousand each week in the summer at their height. The band would offer a mix of their self-composed music with cover versions of then current (including more progressive music and British invasion sounds as the decade progressed) and “Oldies” rock and roll.
