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Dancing At The Grand - October 24th - Detroit Yacht Club

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Detroit Yacht Club | Detroit, ME

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Detroit Yacht Club Sunday Afternoon Swing/Ballroom/Latin Dance To A Live Band

Dance at the beautiful and elegant Detroit Yacht Club. $35.00 in Advance or $45.00 at the door. Vintage, Cocktail Formal or Snappy Attire Required . No jeans, Free Parking You do not have to pay to get on the island, just follow the signs to your left to the Club. Tickets are $35.00 in advance, we normally have 2 tables for our group. Deadline December 4th Pay in class or... More Info below.

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Founded shortly after the Civil War, the Detroit Yacht Club (DYC), housed in the beautifully restored 1920s Mediterranean style villa, continues to be one of the largest yacht clubs in the United States.

The 1920s were golden days for the DYC. Gar Wood brought the club world class attention with his world speed records in a hydroplane and his Gold Cup victories. During the Great Depression, membership at the club severely dropped and some services were discontinued.

By 1946 the Club became debt free and the women of the club formed the first women’s sailing organization in the country and raced the Club’s catboats. During the 1950’s the Grill and River Vista were enlarged, movie equipment was installed in the ballroom so that theater quality films could be shown every Sunday evening and a little later, an outdoor Olympic size pool was added along with Front and West Docks to increase the number of boat wells to over 350.

Today the DYC offers a wide range of activities to ensure there is something for everyone.

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Every building in detroit has a story — we're here to share it, detroit yacht club, by dan austin, historicdetroit.org.

The Detroit Yacht Club has had five homes since being formed shortly after the Civil War, but it is its current home that gives it the largest yacht club clubhouse in the United States.

There were earlier yacht clubs in the city, including the Peninsular Yacht Club, which was founded in 1858 or 1859 as the first yacht club in Detroit. That was followed by the International Yacht Club in 1867 or 1873 (sources disagree), which lasted until 1877. The pre-motor Motor City was in need of a new club to fill that gap.

The DYC was organized on May 30, 1878. Samuel Cowan was named commodore; C.W. Ives vice-commodore; O.W. Baker president; E.H. Telfer vice president; George Newberry secretary; and S.H. Ives treasurer. The officers decided to celebrate by holding a regatta on the Detroit River that July 4 (though the event was delayed by a day on account of weather).

"This club is composed of the best yachtmen in Detroit and vicinity, and is a happy combination of experience, as represented by the older members, and enthusiasm and energy as shown by the younger sailors," the Detroit Free Press wrote July 6, 1870, while covering that first regatta.

A small clubhouse and sailing shed were built at the foot of McDougall Street just south of Jefferson Avenue in the late 1870s.

That was replaced with a clubhouse on Belle Isle that was built for $10,000 in 1891. It was lost in a fire in 1904. That facility was replaced by another clubhouse that was built atop the old one.

But with Detroit's growing wealth came a growing membership in the DYC, and an even bigger facility was needed. The cornerstone for the present, villa-style clubhouse was held April 22, 1922. The building opened the following year and cost $1 million (about $12 million in today's dollars) to build. Its design was entrusted to George D. Mason, the same man who built the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island and the Masonic Temple , Gem Theatre and several churches in Detroit. Mason also is considered the mentor of legendary architect Albert Kahn.

By the year after the new clubhouse had opened, membership in the club had reached 3,000, and racing legend Gar Wood brought attention to the DYC by setting world speed records and by winning Gold Cups.

The DYC was hit hard by the Depression, but bounced back and underwent several expansions in the 1950s and '60s, including new docks that boosted the number of boat wells to more than 350.

Today, the DYC continues to thrive, and its clubhouse continues to impress.

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Dancin’ At the Grand – April 28th, 2024

A Dancin’ at the Grand dance has been scheduled at the Detroit Yacht Club for April 28th, 2024! Looking forward to seeing you there. Come see the amazing Detroit Yacht Club, enjoy the beautiful venue, and dance to the wonderful sounds of live music as they fill the ballroom. Dance class included. Paul Carryer and Julianna Schoon will be teaching a beginner lesson starting at 2:00.

Cocktail, Formal, Vintage or Snappy Attire

Live Music with the Paul King and The Rhythm Society Orchestra Date: April 28th, 2024

Beginning Swing Dance Class:  – 2:00 – 3:00 pm

Live Music: 3:15 – 7:00 pm (DJ’d band breaks)

Advance Tickets: $35

Tickets at the door: $45

Info: John at [email protected] or Erika at [email protected]

**Cash Bar**

Be advised, the advance ticket price of $35 per person is only available until 11 pm on Saturday, Saturday, April 27th. After that, the “at the door ticket” price of $45 per person will be the price.

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Registration is open now  (click here),  printable flyer for dyc dance – click here.

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This event is a fundraiser for the DYC Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization to support the preservation of the historic DYC clubhouse, and second, to facilitate educational opportunities that celebrate the historic nature of the Detroit Yacht Club. Funds raised by the DYC Foundation will be used to restore, maintain, and preserve our historically and architecturally significant clubhouse.

Click here for more information about the DYC Foundation and the Detroit Yacht Club.

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