Dance Your Ass Off

Wow! I remember that place was huge!! and there was an upstairs as well. I remember doing the hustle on that dance floor with about 200 people. The year was 1976. My girlfriend and I would go there every weekend,the place was so packed with people we would end up losing each other in there. I still have a photo I took with a blind date, there was an area a photographer would take your picture with the dance your*** off logo on it. Oh what memories.

I took a walk down memory lane today and ended up at the club site on Columbus. I recall going there in early 1975 but there is now a café on the corner of Columbus/Lombard. I thought that the entrance was there on the corner or maybe this was subdivided later. Is the current Cobb's Comedy Club basically the same venue space as Dance Your a** Off? I also recall taking disco dance lessons perhaps before the club got open to the general public in the evening. Would this have been Karen Lustgarten in 1975 giving the lessons? What year did the club close and are there any pictures of the interior from the 1970’s? Thanks for any help in reliving my youth 35+ years later :)

Is there any more memorabilia (pics, ads, etc.) from D.Y.A.O. around? My then-boyfriend lived in the Olympus Hotel upstairs and we and our friends spent untold hours at the club (as well as many sleep deprived hours upstairs-lol). We've been reminiscing lately, and I thought I'd do a little poking around for memories. Thank you, and thanks for all the hours of fun back in "the day."

Stu... wow - great to hear from you. I have had recent conversations with Karen Lustgarden and Steve smad... I'm pete@petermixt.com

Yo Peter: saw your input here. The good old days.
gimme a buzz. Your old pal Stu