1961 New Years Eve in Vizhay club

This is the club where Dyatlov group couldn't stay on Jan 25, 1959. From Zinaida Kolmogorova diary: "First we stopped at the same club where we were 2 years ago. Then we were taken to the hotel."

Vizhay 31 Dec, people went to the club. Bought tickets for the movie in the afternoon.
Children's matinee at 12 pm.
Movie at 3 pm and 5 pm.
Then the club is prepared for the New Year's Eve.
Concert of visiting artists at 7 pm, this year they were from from the Sverdlovsk Philharmonic.
The ball began at 10 pm. In-house little concert. Parade of masks. Humor, games, charades, and dancing all night long.

The annual masked carnival. Awards for the first places:
1st place - 25 rubles
2nd place - two prizes of 25 rubles each
3rd place - two prizes of 10 rubles
and smaller prizes for the rest.

Kusov and Astahov presented the prizes:
1st place - Cosmos
2nd place - Kremlin

Photo credit Vladimir and Lidiya Androsov