![]() In the other dance competition shows I mentioned, at least one of the dance partners is a professional and can guide and teach the rookie. What’s interesting about this one is that none of the participants are professional dancers. Well now I can watch the Real Dirty Dancing! Even better, it was actually filmed at Mountain Lake Lodge! Remember those secret dancing dreams of mine? I live them out by watching dance competitions on tv such as Dancing with the Stars and So You Think You Can Dance. One thing Lake Lure still has is a lake so if you want to re-create the lake lift scene, you’ll have to do that in North Carolina. Here’s a video with Dirty Dancing Festival highlights… There isn’t much to see in Lake Lure as far as actual filming locations but they do host an annual Dirty Dancing Festival which raises money for pancreatic cancer in honor of Patrick Swayze. Unfortunately, all of those buildings are gone now. An old summer camp there was used for the staff quarters and the ballrooms. The scenes in the staff quarters and the hotel ballrooms as well as some exterior shots were filmed near Lake Lure, NC. Visit the other Dirty Dancing filming location The hotel has placed informational signs with photos and information from the film in the different key spots. The Mountain Lake Lodge is open year-round and you are free to walk around the grounds to see the various filming locations. Baby didn’t know how to dance when she arrived at Kellerman’s Resort but look how amazing she was dancing in the final scene with Johnnie! ![]() Though I have exactly zero dancing talent, I have always secretly dreamed of being a dancer. I have loved Patrick Swayze and Dirty Dancing since it first came out, in 1987. I immediately googled it and added it to our itinerary for the very next day. You can walk in the footsteps of Johnny and Baby and even carry a watermelon!Ī friend tipped me off on a previous Big Trip that the filming location of Dirty Dancing was actually along our route. This mountain resort is still open for business and hosts special Dirty Dancing-themed weekends several times each year. Kellerman’s Mountain House in the Catskills? It’s actually Mountain Lake Lodge in Pembroke, Virginia. STAY INFORMED: Sign up to receive breaking news alerts delivered to your email here.Is the resort from Dirty Dancing still open? Who knows? Maybe it's the late and great Patrick Swayze reminding us of a moment in time when we all gasped at how he lifted Baby into the air for that iconic pose ingrained in our hearts forever.īut don't fret, in the meantime, you can still enjoy the essence of the lodge through its "Dirty Dancing"-themed weekend package, taking you back in time to Kellerman's Mountain House to enjoy the time of your life. Texas-based owner of the resort, Mary Moody Northen Endowment is working on helping the resort rebound with a plan to stabilize the lake and bring it back to full pond. The low lake levels have also impatced the resort's business with hotel occupancy dropping from about 60 percent to about 30 percent, said the Roanoke Times.
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