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Article: TNN's 'Club Dance' tavern closes its doors
- Article from:
- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- January 27, 1999
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CopyrightCopyright 1999 Charleston Gazette. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - It was last call Saturday at "Club
Dance."
The Nashville Network ended production of the popular country
dance program whose fans tuned in as much to see booted partners get
together or break apart as to watch them two-step around the floor.
After countless surprise birthdays, engagements, a full wedding,
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few divorces and a lot of line dancing, the show's fictional honky-
tonk tavern is closed.
The dance floor where as many as 200 people rhythmically shuffled
and twirled in Stetsons is dark. The wall of televisions where the
latest music videos played is blank. And the wooden bar where urban
cowboys and cowgirls sipped sodas and traded gossip is shuttered.
"The show ...