By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor
The first “After the Rose Dance” took place Sept. 27 at the Stardust Dance Center, 1405 S. Collins St. The night blossomed into a packed dance floor and a celebration of the Red Rose Inn which to many meant elegance, socialization and fine entertainment.
Friends reunited over drinks and hors d’ourves enjoying the live music from a former Red Rose Inn band which featured Rusty Trumpet and Tony Johnson.
Donna Darcone and Susan Staton put the dance together which will take place every Thursday night on Stardust’s 5,000 sq. foot dance floor.
“I thought this would just be perfect,” Darcone said, adding that the idea for a dance gripped her just two weeks ago.
“We sent out a bunch of emails and made phone calls to get the word out to everyone who went to the Red Rose,” Staton said.
Staton, an accomplished dancer, used to teach dance lessons at the Red Rose Inn.
“I am so thrilled about the turnout,” Staton said. “This just proves that people in Plant City need somewhere to go for events.”
The Red Rose Inn was a local icon in Plant City before it closed its doors this summer. Known for its restaurant and uniquely decorated meeting space which could hold as many as 500 guests, Evelyn and Batista Madonia spent about $5 million to buy and renovate the Ramada Inn, at Interstate 4 and Wheeler Street, and turn it into the former Red Rose Inn.
After the death of their daughter to cancer and increasing financial problems, the Madonias closed the Inn.
After the Rose
When: Thursdays, 7:45 to 10:30 p.m.
Where: Stardust Dance Center, 1405 S. Collins St.
Cost: $10 cover charge
Contact: 813-340-9433 or 863-604-5060
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