Editing Excelsior, Minnesota (section)

===20th century===
A large [[dance hall|ballroom]] called "Danceland" (later "Big Reggie's Danceland") stood across the street from Excelsior Amusement Park from the mid-1920s to 1973. Operated by Ray Colihan, it hosted performances by [[Lawrence Welk]], [[Fred Waring]], and the [[Andrews Sisters]] in the 1930s. On May 3, 1963, the [[Beach Boys]] performed at Danceland. Beach Boys singer [[Mike Love]] remembered the performance as a significant moment for the band in a 2019 interview. According to Love, people "were breaking the windows to get into [Danceland] because it was sold out... I said to one of my bandmates: 'This must be like when Elvis was starting out.'"<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.startribune.com/how-the-beach-boys-caught-a-wave-on-lake-minnetonka/509644232/ | title=How the Beach Boys caught a wave on Lake Minnetonka | website=[[Star Tribune]] | date=May 9, 2019 }}</ref> On June 12, 1964, [[The Rolling Stones]] played Danceland for an audience of 283.<ref name="Keller">{{cite book |author=Keller, Martin |title=Music Legends: A Rewind on the Minnesota Music Scene |year=2007 |publisher=D Media |url=http://www.minnesotaseries.com/ |isbn=978-0-9787956-1-0 |page=10 |access-date=January 3, 2010 |archive-date=May 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100517145008/http://minnesotaseries.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> It has been speculated that Excelsior resident [[Jimmy Hutmaker]] inspired [[Mick Jagger]] to write the 1969 song "[[You Can't Always Get What You Want]]" after a chance encounter at a local drugstore earlier that day, but this claim has long been disputed.<ref name="Thiede, Dana 2007">{{cite news|author=Thiede, Dana|title=Excelsior loses tie to rock and roll history|year=2007|url=http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=266626|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103164259/http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=266626|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 3, 2013|work=KARE 11|publisher=Multimedia Holdings|access-date=January 2, 2010}}</ref>

In 1974 President [[Gerald Ford]] purchased a [[golden retriever]] named [[Liberty (dog)|Liberty]] from Excelsior resident Avis Friberg.<ref>[http://www.grweekly.com/cgi-bin/webdata_pro.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=print&keyval=dogdirectory.alphanumeric_name%3DHonorsFoxfireLibertyHume Honor's Foxfire Liberty Hume - Golden Retriever Weekly] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928161558/http://www.grweekly.com/cgi-bin/webdata_pro.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=print&keyval=dogdirectory.alphanumeric_name%3DHonorsFoxfireLibertyHume |date=2007-09-28 }}</ref>