The new half-hour documentary, WEST END AND THE DANCING PRISMATIC FOUNTAIN
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Monday, July 28 at 10:30pm
The new half-hour documentary, WEST END AND THE DANCING PRISMATIC FOUNTAIN, produced and narrated by Dennis Woltering tells the story of how the West End area of New Orleans developed into what has been described as the Coney Island of New Orleans in the 1800s and early 1900s.
The attraction built on pilings over Lake Pontchartrain included amusement rides, restaurants, resort hotels, and live entertainment including early jazz performed by Louis Armstrong, Kid Ory and other artists who would become jazz legends.
Toward the end of the era, a highly advanced fountain designed by Frederick Darlington was built in the center of West End Park. Well before underwater lights were created, Darlington found a way using prisms to color the light that danced with streams of water shooting up to 100-feet into the sky. The spectacle drew thousands of people to watch as the pulsing streams of colorful water almost seemed to dance to live music performed by a nearby band.
Program underwritten by The Azby Fund.
The new half-hour documentary, WEST END AND THE DANCING PRISMATIC FOUNTAIN, produced and narrated by Dennis Woltering tells the story of how the West End area of New Orleans developed into what has been described as the Coney Island of New Orleans in the 1800s and early 1900s.
The attraction built on pilings over Lake Pontchartrain included amusement rides, restaurants, resort hotels, and live entertainment including early jazz performed by Louis Armstrong, Kid Ory and other artists who would become jazz legends.
Toward the end of the era, a highly advanced fountain designed by Frederick Darlington was built in the center of West End Park. Well before underwater lights were created, Darlington found a way using prisms to color the light that danced with streams of water shooting up to 100-feet into the sky. The spectacle drew thousands of people to watch as the pulsing streams of colorful water almost seemed to dance to live music performed by a nearby band.
Program underwritten by The Azby Fund.
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