The Region - News from Feb. 24, 1985
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About 100 teen-agers picketed outside the Odyssey nightclub in Hollywood to protest a recent Police Commission ban on dancing at the popular club. The youths, many of whom carried signs reading “We Want to Dance,” vowed to maintain their vigil through Monday, when a Superior Court judge will hear the club’s second appeal of the no-dancing order. Residents near the club at 8471 Beverly Blvd. have complained about noise and rowdy behavior in the neighborhood. The club has remained open but has forbidden dancing, office manager Walter Cox said.
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