Northwest Dance & Music Venues

Central Washington State College
Now Known as Central Washington University
Ellensburg, Washington
As with many of the colleges and universities in the NW, Central Washington State College (became CWU in 1977) hosted somelively dances for their students during those great days.  Some of the bands and acts that performed at this place during those great years of NW music were:


The Bandits
The Canterbury Tales
The Classic Sounds
Daily Flash
The Danny Ward Trio
Don and The Goodtimes
The Gas Co.
George Washington and the Cherry Bombs
The Henchmen
Him and a Few Others
The Impacts
Jade Easts
Kathy and The Unusuals
The Lincolns
London Fog
The Lucky Draft
Marsha Maye & The Ravens
The Night Riders
Paul Revere and The Raiders
The Rum Runners
The Tyme Machine
The Wailers





The Wailers
The Canterbury Tales
The Tyme Machine




The Danny Ward Trio






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Last Update:  24 January 2014
Credits:  Gary Behymer, Danny Ward, images from The Central Washington State College Hyakem Yearbook (1966 & 1967)