Surf Ballroom ṣẹda Groundbreaking 'Not Fade Away' Immersive Music Experience On Buddy Holly's Birthday

Surf Ballroom, "Not Fade Away" Immersive Music Experience
Aug 5, 2025 1:45 PM
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August 5, 2025
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This September, the Surf Ballroom & Museum will unveil ‘Not Fade Away: The Immersive Surf Ballroom Experience’ – kan ti o dara julọ ti o ni akọkọ ti o dara julọ fun awọn iroyin ti Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, ati J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson ni Clear Lake, Iowa.

Opening festivities kick off on Thursday, September 4, with a book signing and special preview, leading up to the full exhibit debut and ribbon cutting on Sunday, September 7 – what would have been Buddy Holly’s 88th birthday.

Tẹle ni awọn Music Enrichment Center (MEC) ti o ti tẹsiwaju si awọn iroyin Surf Ballroom, ‘Not Fade Away’ ni o jẹ diẹ ẹ sii ju a ifihan - o jẹ ọkọ ayọkẹlẹ, ọpọlọpọ-ọna-ọna akojọ nipasẹ awọn ọmọde ti awọn rock 'n' roll ati awọn aworan ti o ti ṣẹda awọn amerika music fun agbaye. Nipa imudojuiwọn digital storytelling, akọkọ artefacts, ti a ti ṣeto audio, ati awọn orisun archival awọn ohun elo, awọn onibara yoo lọ si awọn igba ti awọn legend.

"Not Fade Away nfun awọn agbara ti awọn ipilẹ-private ifowosowopo ati awọn iṣeduro wa lati ṣe atilẹyin ati ifowosowopo ibi ti Clear Lake ni akọkọ akọkọ ti American music itan," wí pé Clear Lake Mayor Nelson Crabb. “Eyi ṣeto n ṣe atilẹyin agbaye, awọn iṣeduro iṣeto, ati awọn iṣeduro iṣeto si agbegbe wa. O jẹ iṣeduro ko nikan ninu awọn iṣeduro, ṣugbọn ninu awọn iṣeduro wa.”
“This is a moment years in the making,” said Brian Luallen, CEO ti awọn Surf Ballroom & Museum. “Ati awọn ọna ti o ni ilọsiwaju pẹlu awọn ọna ti awọn rock ‘n’ roll lati fi a akọkọ ti o jẹ bi iyanu bi o ti wa ni irọrun. ‘Not Fade Away’ nfun awọn iroyin ti awọn olumulo ti o ṣe iranlọwọ lati fi ọna ọna ọna – ati pe o nfun wa nitorina nitori awọn oniwe-ẹrọ wọn ti wa ni pataki loni."

Never-before-seen artifacts on display at the Surf Music Experience Center include:

Les Paul innovations:

  • Eyi jẹ ọkan ninu awọn nikan meji ti o wa ninu awọn prototypes fun awọn igbega-ọna gita ti a npe ni “The Log,” ti a ṣe nipasẹ Les Paul ni apapọ 1937
  • Les Paul's original handwritten plans for the very first 8-track tape recording device
  • Les Paul ká akọkọ 8-ọkẹlẹ console, eyi ti iṣowo awọn akọkọ
  • 1970 gbigba Gibson guitar ti wa ni o wa ati gbe nipasẹ Les Paul
  • Igbimọ ti Les Paul ti ṣeto “Paulverizer,”, ọkan ninu ọkan ninu awọn ọkan nikan ninu awọn aṣa

Celebrity musician artifacts:

  • Guitar signed by Buddy Holly while on the 1959 Winter Dance Party Tour
  • Les Paul guitar ti o wa ati ṣee ṣe nipasẹ Slash, akọkọ lead guitarist ti Guns 'n' Roses
  • Les Paul guitar owned and played by Warren Haynes, formerly of the Allman Brothers
  • Stratocaster signed by legendary blues guitarist Buddy Guy
  • BB King signed "Lucille" guitar
  • Willie Nelson signed guitar
  • Don McLean signed American Pie LP and guitar
  • Accordion owned and played by Lawrence Welk
  • Leather top hat worn by Slash

Personal effects of Holly, Valens, and Richardson:

  • Microphone ti a lo nipasẹ Buddy Holly nigba ti o ti tẹsiwaju ni The Surf Ballroom ni 1959
  • Red corduroy jacket Buddy Holly ṣẹda nigba ti awọn oniwe-tẹlẹ rẹ ni San Antonio, TX
  • Original camera that was used to take the Pulitzer-nominated photos of the fatal plane crash on Feb 3, 1959, that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson
  • Hand-tooled leather wallet owned by Ritchie Valens and recovered from the crash
  • Briefcase owned by J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and recovered from the crash
  • A pair of cufflinks owned by Buddy Holly and recovered from the crash
  • Ritchie Valens orisun Del-Fi Gold Record fun "La Bamba" ati "Donna"
  • Upright bass from the final performance of Buddy Holly’s band, The Crickets

Nipasẹ iṣakoso ti awọn North Iowa Cultural Center & Museum (NICCM), awọn aṣoju ti o ni o ni ati ṣiṣẹ awọn Surf Ballroom, awọn igbesoke jẹ ẹya ara ẹni.

“Ti o jẹ ko nikan nipa music,” wí pé Jeff Nicholas, Oṣu Iṣakoso ti NICCM. “Ti o jẹ nipa awọn akori, awọn iyanu, ati awọn ọrọ ti o tẹsiwaju lati fi awọn igba. Nipa ‘Not Fade Away,’ a ti ṣẹda a ibi ibi nibẹ ni akọkọ – ati ibi ti awọn ọmọde wa ati awọn ọmọde wa le mọ bi o ṣe agbara kan kan akọkọ kan, kan show, tabi kan akoko.”

Awọn iṣẹ wa ni a pese ni ọpọlọpọ awọn iye tiketi, pẹlu awọn aṣayan VIP packages eyi ti o pese iṣowo si awọn Surf Ballroom, imọran imọran, ati awọn iroyin Carl Fox House, eyi ti o ti wa ni ile si awọn Surf ká foju. Awọn tiketi owo bẹrẹ ni $ 19 ati awọn ẹgbẹ awọn owo wa ni o wa. Iṣowo ti wa ni discounted fun awọn ilu ati Cerro Gordo County abule, bi daradara bi awọn ilu veterans, awọn agbalagba ati awọn ọmọde. A pipe akojọ ti awọn iṣowo ti yoo wa ni fi fun awọn ọsẹ ti o tobi.

For tickets, event details and more information, visit https://surfballroom.com/mec-immersive-experience-tour/. ‘Not Fade Away’ will operate year-round and includes educational and group tour components.

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<pfseg id="0">The legendary Surf Ballroom & Museum jẹ ọkan ninu awọn nikan ninu awọn ile-iṣẹ music ni awọn United States ti a ti a npe ni a National Historic Landmark. Ti o dara julọ mọ bi awọn ibi ti o dara julọ ti Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, ati awọn Big Bopper, awọn Surf ti a gbọdọ ọpọlọpọ ọdun ti music artists ati awọn ifiranṣẹ niwon 1933. Loni, o jẹ ọdun-ọdun-ọdun-ọdọrun ibi ti o ni iṣeduro awọn iṣeduro ti music culture, education and performance – o jẹ ibi ti awọn music nlo. The Surf ti wa ni ṣiṣẹ nipasẹ awọn North Iowa Cultural Center & Museum, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit ile-iṣẹ, ati yoo

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Surf Ballroom, "Not Fade Away" Immersive Music Experience

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The Surf Ballroom & Museum opens Not Fade Away this September, honoring Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper with an immersive digital and artifact-driven exhibit in its new Music Enrichment Center.

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