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Storyteller: Shaffer, Larry Eugene

Interviewer: Bertalot, Lorretta

Date: 11/06/2019

Language: English

Initiative: Tulsans Talk

Description: Larry Shaeffer, former owner of the Cain's Ballroom tells its story. Tate Brady built it and named it the Louve. Madison Cain developed the Cain Academy for ballroom dancers. Bob Wills made it famous. Bootleggers accessed its phone booth. Larry threw the keys in the street when he left it. Chad Rogers restored it.

Subjects: Tate Brady, Cain's Dance Academy, Bob Wills and the Light Crust Dough Boys, 10 cent Taxi Dance, Bootleggers, Standing room only, Danny Finerty, Christmas Toy Giveaway at the Cains, Chad Rogers the current owner, Historic Memorabilia

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