Interior designer Landa Masdea Brunetto's Valley Dale passion ignited with the narrative of her parents' first date at the ballroom. Her musician father schooled her on big band history. Masdea Brunetto's love of this historic building deepened as her father helped to create the 1970s resurgence of big bands to the Valley Dale Ballroom. The majority of photographs in this book are graciously shared from the Peppe family archives, with additional contributions from the Columbia Dispatch, local bands, and Valley Dale fans.