The Doo-Wop Society of Southern California (DWS)

UPDATED: 2-1-2008

The Doo Wop Society of Southern California has quietly passed away, Wednesday night, January 24, 2007. The DWS had been a vital West Coast group bringing on the REAL groups to an appreciative listening audience for over 17 years. We at the DWS would like to thank the hard core of supporters we had right to the end.

- Spike

In Memory of
Richard Berry & Arthur Lee Maye
Friends of the DWS

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The Doo-Wop Society of Southern California (DWS) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to encourage wider recognition and preservation of 1950s/early '60s vocal group harmony (commonly called doo-wop since the late '60s); we also support both vintage and contemporary vocal groups who perform in that style.

The Doo-Wop Society of Southern California formed in late 1988, and we have been busy ever since. At present we have 750 full-time members and another 400 or so non-members who follow our activities. We mount at least three full concerts a year. Our newsletter, The Echo, is printed four times a year for our members. Members, besides receiving The Echo, get $10 off the price of concert admittance and special prices for T-shirts, videotapes of our shows, and other memorabilia. Anyone interested in joining the DWS should send a check for $20 to the DWS at 3553 Atlantic Avenue #251, Long Beach, CA 90807. You can call our 24-hour hotline at (562) 493-9058.

***MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION***

The Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center

Here we go again. We got a new Venue. The L.B. Convention Center has large sized meeting rooms and we have secured the “Seaside Ball-Room” for our next show. It’s almost 7000 Sq Ft. That’s 66’ wide by 100’ long. It seats 400. A bit reminiscent of the Petroleum club with a carpeted floor, but larger. Drinks will be sold only at the bar at the rear of the room (you’ll pass it as you enter the room). Prepared food will also be available at comparable prices at a table in the same area. There is a Public Parking structure located directly across the street from the entrance to the Entertainment Center. The parking structure is run by the City of Long Beach so there will be a charge.

To drive to the L.B. Convention & Entertainment Center
Coming from East or West: take the 5 Fwy or the 405 Fwy to the 710 Fwy South. The 710 Fwy turns into Shoreline Drive. Take that to Pine Ave. Turn Left on Pine. The Next right should be Seaside Way, Turn Right. You are about to pass directly in front of the Seaside Ball Room on your right and the Terrace Theater garage on your left. Refer to the Convention center map.

Coming from the North: Get on the 710 Fwy S and follow the directions above.

REPORTS ON SOME PREVIOUS DWS SHOWS:

6/10/2006 7/30/2005 11/13/2004 6/5/2004 1/24/2004 MORE

The DWS Board of Directors consists of several people who work only on a strictly voluntary basis. Our president is Phyllis Bardone; vice president is Manuel Jimenez, Daniel Diaz, Diana Guerra and Joe Weiss. Address any questions by clicking on Manuel or Spike (Editor of the DWS newsletter).

Our more than 40 concerts over the past thirteen years have starred a who's who of doo-wop, including Buddy Bailey of The Clovers, Earl Lewis & The Channels, The Coasters, Zola Taylor & The Platters, Eugene Church, Richard Berry & The Dreamers, The Flairs, Arthur Lee Maye & The Crowns, The Spaniels (featuring Pookie Hudson), Virgil Johnson of The Velvets, The Storytellers, The Magnificents, Big Jay McNeely, Big Dee Erwin of The Pastels, The Chantels, The Bobbettes, The Capris, Rosie Hamlin & The Originals, The Hollywood Saxons, Johnny Flamingo & Jennette Baker (The Dots), Gladys Horton & The Marvelettes, Tony Allen, The Calvanes, Leon Peels of The Bluejays, The Penguins, Don Julian & The Meadowlarks, Gaynel Hodge & The Turks, Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge, The Robins (with Grady Chapman), Vernon Green & The Medallions, The Solitaires, Willie Winfield & The Harptones, The Five Discs, Vito & The Salutations, The Safaris, Eugene Pitt & The Jive Five, The Five Boroughs, The Elgins, The Six Teens (featuring Trudy Williams), Marvin & Johnny, The Metallics, Shirley Gunter & The Queens, The Jaguars, The Eternals, The Native Boys, Jewel Akens and Gene & Eunice (featuring Junior Ryder), The Premiers, The Dreamlovers, the Cadets, Kathy Young & The Innocents, the Jacks, the Chapeaus, and so many others - many of whom are no longer with us.