WINTER DANCE PARTY ITINERARY

This itinerary for the Winter Dance Party tour (see photo) was prepared for the performers and their families. By this point Buddy Holly and the other original Crickets had parted ways, and he had recruited a new band for the tour: Carl Bunch on drums, Tommy Allsup on guitar, and Waylon Jennings on bass. Of the three handwritten additions to the schedule (February 2-4), the first, Clear Lake, Iowa (at the Surf Ballroom), was Holly's last performance. He, the Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens died in a plane crash following the show. ITINERARY FOR WINTER DANCE PARTY JANUARY 23 - FEBRUARY 15, 1959 BUDDY HOLLY & THE CRICKETS THE BIG BOPPER DION AND THE BELMONTS RITCHIE VALENS FRANKIE SARDO JANUARY 23 GEORGE DEVINE'S BALLROOM, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN JANUARY 24 KENOSHA, WISCONSIN JANUARY 25 KATO BALLROOM, MANKATO, MINNESOTA JANUARY 26 JANUARY 27 FIESTA BALLROOM, MONTEVIDEO, MINN. JANUARY 28 PROM BALLROOM, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA JANUARY 29 CAPITOL THEATRE, DAVENPORT, IOWA JANUARY 30 LARAMAR BALLROOM, FORT DODGE, IOWA JANUARY 31 ARMORY, DULUTH, MINN. FEBRUARY 1 CINDERELLA BALLROOM, APPLETON, WISCONSIN -- AFTERNOON RIVERSIDE BALLROOM, GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN -- EVENING FEBRUARY 2 CLEAR LAKE'S FEBRUARY 3 MOREHEAD, MINN. FEBRUARY 4 SIOUX CITY FEBRUARY 5 VAL AIR BALLROOM, DES MOINES, IOWA FEBRUARY 6 DANCELAND BALLROOM, CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA FEBRUARY 7 LES BUZZ BALLROOM, SPRING VALLEY, ILL. FEBRUARY 8 ARAGON BALLROOM, CHICAGO, ILL. FEBRUARY 9 HIPPODROME AUDITORIUM, WATERLOO, IOWA FEBRUARY 10 MELODY HILL, DUBUQUE, IOWA FEBRUARY 11 MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY FEBRUARY 12 MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM, CANTON, OHIO FEBRUARY 13 STANBAUGH AUDITORIUM, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO FEBRUARY 14 PEORIA, ILL. FEBRUARY 15 SPRINGFIELD, ILL. Source: From the collection of the Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, Texas.