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SUMMARY:Taking the Swing Train
DESCRIPTION:Taking the Swing Train '40s Dance\n\nThe giant Rolling Sto
 ck Hall at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg, Lancaster C
 ounty, PA, will come alive to the sound of the Bob Troxell Big Band at
  the \"Taking the Swing Train '40s Dance\" scheduled for Saturday, Nov
 ember 7, 2009 from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.\n\nThe dance will be held i
 n conjunction with the Railroad Museum's annual \"Trains & Troops\" ev
 ent, which highlights the role of the railroads both overseas and on t
 he homefront in times of war.\n\nUSO Memories\n\n\"Many of our members
  and the general public asked us to consider hosting a World War II er
 a dance following the \"Trains & Troops\" event,\" explains Railroad M
 useum Director David W. Dunn. \"The dance will be reminiscent of a USO
  canteen, with light refreshments and tunes from the Hit Parade for da
 ncing, listening and sing-along pleasure.\"\n\n\"The USO (The United S
 ervice Organizations),\" Dunn informs, \"was incorporated when Preside
 nt Franklin D. Roosevelt challenged six private organizations-the YMCA
 , YWCA, National Catholic Community Service, the National Jewish Welfa
 re Board, the Traveler's Aid Association and the Salvation Army-to han
 dle the on-leave recreation needs for members of the Armed Forces. The
  USO has endured in its commitment to be America's link with her men a
 nd women in uniform and is celebrating its 61st anniversary this year.
 \"\n\nDress the Part!\n\n\"Guys and gals of all ages are encouraged to
  attend the dance at the Railroad Museum in uniform or in '40s clothin
 g to help us re-live and revive the past among our world-class collect
 ion of trains. Trains and railroads found their way into the music of 
 the era, as they have throughout their time in American history,\" Dun
 n states. \"For example, the song \"Chattanooga Choo Choo\" spent 13 w
 eeks in first place on the Hit Parade in 1941 and \"On the Atchison, T
 opeka and the Santa Fe\" was second on the Hit Parade for 14 weeks in 
 1945.\n\nTickets\n\nAdvance tickets for the 2009 \"Taking the Swing Tr
 ain '40s Dance\" at the Railroad Museum are required. A special combin
 ation savings ticket of $35.00 will admit a person to the dance and to
  both days of the \"Trains & Troops\" event, Saturday, November 7 and 
 Sunday, November 8. Tickets for just the dance are $25.00 per person f
 or the general public. Dance tickets for Friends of the Railroad Museu
 m members, and for active service military and veterans are $20.00 per
  person.\n\n\"Taking the Swing Train '40s Dance\" tickets can be purch
 ased by mail, by phone-call 717-687-8628, ext 3008 (credit card sales 
 only)-or in person at the Whistle Stop Shop museum store during regula
 r business hours. Proceeds from the sale of \"Taking the Swing Train D
 ance\" tickets benefit the Friends of the Railroad Museum restoration,
  education and archival programs.\n\nThe Trains & Troops Event\n\nThe 
 \"Trains & Troops\" event will feature fascinating historical exhibits
 , displays and presentations, patriotic music, a salute to American mi
 litary veterans and various re-enactors, civilians and railroaders rep
 resenting the Civil War era forward to today. Tickets for just \"Train
 s & Troops\" will be available at the door the two days of the event a
 nd are included in the regular Railroad Museum admission price.\n\nThe
  Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania houses a remarkable collection of mor
 e than 100 historic locomotives and railroad cars from the late 19th c
 entury to modern times, the interactive Stewart Junction railway educa
 tion center, the replica early 20th century Steinman Station passenger
  depot and various exhibits of railroad-related art and artifacts.\n\n
 For more information visit http://www.dieselpunks.org/events/taking-th
 e-swing-train
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CATEGORIES:dance
LOCATION:Rolling Stock Hall at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
WEBSITE:http://www.rrmuseumpa.org/visitors/seasonal/troopstrains/dance
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URL:http://www.rrmuseumpa.org/visitors/seasonal/troopstrains/dance.sht
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CONTACT:1-717-687-8628
ORGANIZER:Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
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