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30 "BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE SEPTEMBER 13. 1981 BUTCHER BLOCK Ritz celebrates Grand Ballroom opening TABLES 36' round pedestal s99 the Goodman concert, then danced until early morning to music by Peter Duchin, son of a big band leader of the 1930s, Eddie Duchin. Goodman, 72, sat at a small table on the mezzanine, his clarinet beside him. to dine shortly before opening the night's program of music with "Lady Be Good," by George AVAILABLE SIZES 30" round 42 round 48 round 30" 48' trestle table Shoo I guess we ve come full circle," he said. By Kathryn Tolbert Globe Staff Benny Goodman and Boston's Ritz Carlton arjepjd friends.

He packed the Ritz Carlton Roof in the swing music days of the late '30s and early '40s, and was a personal friend and confidant of the late Edward Wyner, the hotel's first owner. -It was only fitting, then, to celebrate the opening of a Grand Ballroom in the hotel's long-pla'nhed addition with a Goodman evening. 140 guests paid $1000 each for dancing, overnight accommoda-tiohs'and a buffet breakfast. From each ticket, $900, is being contributed to the Boys Clubs of Arrierjca in honor of its 75th anniversary. The fund-raiser was Boston's first social event' of the fall season, and general manager James Bennett said he was pleased to have the two eyents coincide.

"We envision that the ballroom will be used mostly by local people," he said. "We are not in the group or convention market." W. Blakeley president of the Ritz' Cartt'on and also a national director of the Boys Clubs of America, offered the Grand Ballroom opening as a fund-raiser: i I "For a phenomenon like the Ritz to make that kind of statement of support will attract all kinds of attention," said David Wynn. of New York City, director of programs for Boys Clubs of America. "What's happening here is more than the dollars." f.

Cocktail hour was followed by a four-course -meal served in the ballroom and featuring salmon and halibut mousse with lobster sauce and a veal filet. After dinner, guests listened to 30-60 I jo-w tlOltM I AVAILABLE SIZES 36-60 furnishinas 36 72 on top of the hi Ri.9 euibound by Ooteau de Vile Frartngham weekdays GLOBE PHOTOS BY TED DULLY Reception in the new wing of Ritz played here to open the roof garden in 1936." Goodman played a half dozen songs then invited people onto the dance floor with a rendition of "If I Had You," followed by the "Jersey Bounce." Some guests remarked on the comparatively small size of the ballroom, which could seat up. to 250 guests. But others said it was characteristic of the Ritz. "It's small and intimate." said Thorn Egan of Gloucester, director of marketing for the Ritz.

The ballroom is the centerpiece of the $20 million addition to the Ritz Carlton. It has a mezzanine and winding staircase, crystal chandeliers, red carpeting with Persian designs, padded walls to absorb sound and a portable dance floor. The 18-story addition to the Ritz Carlton, planned since the early '60s, includes eight floors of condominium apartments that are not yet completed, 80 guest rooms, two diningreception rooms with capacities to seat 60 persons each, a conference room suitable for meetings of boards of directors, and the Grand Ballroom overlooking the Public Garden. The condominiums are expected to be ready for occupancy by year's end. The 52 apartments, ranging from one bedroom to duplexes, have all been sold at prices from $240,000 to more than $500,000, according to hotel officials.

Built on the former site of the Engineers Club at the corner of Commonwealth avenue and Arlington steet, the addition at first was opposed by Back Bay residents and others who said it would block the evening sun and cast a shadow over the Garden. It took the owners, the Boston real estate firm of Cabot, Cabrjt Forbes. nearly seven years to gain community approvals and municipal permits for construction, which began in 1979. The Carlton House wing was designed to resemble, and complement, the main Ritz Carlton building that was opened on May 18, 1927. It is decorated with wallpaper that is only faintly visible, simple moulding, tie-back drapes, settees and other touches Bennett described as the "residential look." The entryway is paved in marble, which, along with the brass railings and winding staircases, echo the style of the original hotel.

The Ritz went to great pains to make the addition similar to the original building as far as adding white threads to the hall carpeting to make it the same shade as the older more worn rug. mm Mr. and Mrs. Mark Cliff of Milton climb a spiral staircase at reception. I From Lane Bryant just for you.

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