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Selected momentous events at the Renaissance Casino

Date	Venue	Performer	Event
18-Feb-1924	Renaissance Casino	Marian Anderson	Recital^[1]
23-Feb-1929	Renaissance Casino	Duke Ellington	Annual entertainment and ball of the Central Republican Club. The ball featured the entire revue from the Cotton Club, including Duke Ellington's orchestra, parts of the revue from Connie's Inn and the cast from Small's Paradise, and several vaudeville actors. Dancing followed to the music of the Vernon Andrades orchestra^[2]
31-Dec-1932	Renaissance Casino	Louis Armstrong and his Victor Recording Orchestra; The San Domingo Serenaders, and the Dave Nelson and Vernon Andrade bands	New Year's Eve
26-Feb-1935	Renaissance Casino	Duke Ellington	Bert Hall Rhythm Club Ball: More than 2000 musicians in Harlem – More than fifty well known orchestra leaders, including Duke Ellington, Claude Hopkins, Jimmie Lunceford, Bennie Carter, Luis Russell, Baron Lee, Don Redman, Fletcher Henderson, Willie Bryant, Chick Webb, Teddy Hill, Leroy Smith, Tiny Bradshaw, and Fess Williams^[3]
30-May-1939 4 a.m.	Renaissance Casino	Duke Ellington	Cotton Club waiters' dance^[4]

References

^ "Big Town Songbook – Celebrating New York's Musical Heritage," New York Daily News, March 10, 2005, p. 42 (accessible via Newspapers.com at www.newspapers.com/image/408934601; subscription required)
^ "Central Republican Club's Annual Ball Attracts Large Crowd," New York Age, March 2, 1929, p. 2, col. 1
^ "Bert Hall Rhythm Club to Be Gala Affair," New York Age, March 2, 1929, p. 4, col. 6 (top)
^ Duke Ellington: Day by Day and Film by Film, by Klaus Stratemann, JazzMedia ApS (1992); OCLC 466990473; citing Amsterdam News, June 21, 1939, p. 21; OCLC 466990473

[NYDailyNews_2005_Mar_10-1] "Big Town Songbook – Celebrating New York's Musical Heritage," New York Daily News, March 10, 2005, p. 42 (accessible via Newspapers.com at www.newspapers.com/image/408934601; subscription required)

[NYAge_1929_Mar_2-2] "Central Republican Club's Annual Ball Attracts Large Crowd," New York Age, March 2, 1929, p. 2, col. 1

[NYAge_1935_Feb_23-3] "Bert Hall Rhythm Club to Be Gala Affair," New York Age, March 2, 1929, p. 4, col. 6 (top)

[AmsterdamNews_1939_Jun_21-4] Duke Ellington: Day by Day and Film by Film, by Klaus Stratemann, JazzMedia ApS (1992); OCLC 466990473; citing Amsterdam News, June 21, 1939, p. 21; OCLC 466990473

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