Put in your “beige iridescent lipstick” and prepare for a “Dirty Dancing” competition like no different.
The occasion, which takes place on Aug. 16 and 17, ought to supply sufficient alternative to be taught enjoyable lifts and turns on the Pembroke, Virginia, resort the place the favored film “Dirty Dancing” was filmed.
The actual title of the resort is Mountain Lake Lodge — however for a technology of movie followers, it’ll all the time be “Kellerman’s.”
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Tickets price $75. The journey expertise provides followers a solution to “step back in time without being an overnight guest at the resort,” Heidi Stone, president and CEO of Mountain Lake Lodge, instructed Fox Information Digital.
“Before there were ‘Swifties,’ there was the ‘Dirty Dancing’ super fan,” she additionally stated.
Lovers of the basic movie “Dirty Dancing” now have the chance to be taught all of Johnny and Child’s lifts and turns at a two-day competition in Virginia. (Mountain Lake Lodge)
“The demand for immersive ‘Dirty Dancing’ experiences is bigger than ever,” she stated.
“It is incredibly nostalgic for fans to be able to experience not just a movie set, but a real place, complete with Baby’s Cabin, the infamous gazebo and many more filming locations.”
Stone added, “And, yes, we have watermelons, lots of watermelons for fans to carry.”
Watermelon racing is on the competition itinerary, however Stone identified that the dwell music, dancing classes and dance competitors are a few of the true highlights.
The fictional Kellerman’s resort was supposedly situated within the Catskill Mountains of New York.
The actual-life Mountain Lake Lodge that supplied a lot of the film’s backdrop is situated within the Appalachian Mountains of southwest Virginia.
The resort underwent an in depth renovation that was accomplished in 2017.
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“Dirty Dancing,” starring Patrick Swayze (Johnny Fort) and Jennifer Gray (Frances “Baby” Houseman), hit the large display screen in 1987.
The film grossed greater than $214 million worldwide, in keeping with IMDB.
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If you happen to can’t make the competition, the resort has a number of “Dirty Dancing” themed weekends every year.
“Dirty Dancing” followers can now immerse themselves on the earth of Child and Johnny by visiting the Mountain Lake Lodge or, somewhat, the Kellerman’s Mountain Home, for a real “time of my life” expertise. (Mountain Lake Lodge; Getty Photos)
The weekends, in keeping with Stone, promote out one yr prematurely.
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Trying forward a yr for many who wish to plan effectively prematurely, the 2025 dates are Feb. 14-16, April 25-27, June 27-29, July 25-27, Aug. 22-24 and Oct. 24-26.
