What Happened To The Lake In Dirty Dancing

Of course if mountain lake runs dry before the movie goes before cameras they could venture back to north carolina s lake lure where portions of the original movie were shot.

One of the most memorable scenes in movie history is johnny patrick swayze lifting baby jennifer grey high over his head as they practiced dancing in the resort lake in dirty dancing although patrick swayze is gone no one else has been able to recreate that scene either because mountain lake is gone too it disappeared mysteriously in 2008. In 2006 it dropped. But the lake where patrick swayze and jennifer grey practiced their famous lift is not what it used to be. After more than 10 bone dry years the lake from dirty dancing is filling back up.

The lake featured in the cult classic dirty dancing has suddenly filled up with water 12 years after running dry. The famous lake gazebo from the fictional kellerman s resort in dirty dancing now juts into a sea of grass and weeds. The lake in pembroke va where patrick swayze lifted jennifer grey into the air dried up after the movie came. The lake s water levels have fluctuated dramatically in the 30 years since the film.

Of course if mountain lake runs dry before the movie goes before cameras they could venture back to north carolina s lake lure where portions of the original movie were shot. The lake s water level first dropped in 1999 but came back in 2003.