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Dance lawn

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Fenced open-air yards - lawns - that hosted Kingston's sound-system dances from the late 1940s, with gate money, food and liquor sales making the dance a complete economy; Forresters Hall, Chocomo Lawn, Jubilee Tile Gardens and the Success Club anchored the downtown circuit.

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Looking back at Jamaica's sound system history

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Story · Well supportedLawn kings of downtown Kingston

How fenced yards, imported 78s and crowned sound men turned 1950s Kingston dances into an industry.