This news article will explain the history behind the hair salon called Making Waves in Freeport, Texas. Making Waves Hair Salon is one of the few hair salons in Freeport, Texas which operated during the 20th century and 21st century. 
Making Waves was owned and operated by Donna Cast, two cosmetologists, a barber, a nail technician, and a massage therapist. Making Waves was originally located at the address of 905 West 2nd Street, Freeport, Texas, US 77541. The phone number for Making Waves was 409-233-4040. The main hair stylists were Donna Cast and Roxie Egger. Making Waves was a hair salon, beauty salon, and tanning salon. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/11303880/)
1996 was the year Making Waves began offering new and used books to sell. The hair salon also started to begin relying on book sales to increase the profit margins. The name of her hair salon changed to Making Waves Beauty & Tanning Salon in 1996. Hours of operation were from Tuesday to Saturday from 9 AM to 6 PM. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/14286010/)
Donna Cast moved her salon called Making Waves into a historic building that was once Showboat Theater in 1998. She was the first occupant in 25 years to occupy the building. Many of her clients generously appreciated what she has done to revitalize the old building to life again. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/14533766/)
[When customers come into Making Waves hair salon, it's often more for the atmosphere than anything else. "It's not a business as much as a friendship," said Donna Cast, who runs the salon. "We have a certain number of people who come in weekly." Cast said nothing can stop some of her clients, who even call her in inclement weather and beg her to open. "They're not going to miss their day," Cast said.
[So predictable are they that Cast expects them and worries about the older customers when they don't show up. "One woman didn't show up, and we went to her apartment," Cast said. "She had fallen two days before." Most of her customers are between 65 and 90, though Cast gets plenty of younger women as well. Making Waves is on 2nd Street, in a historic building that was once the Showboat Theater. When Cast moved in, she was the first occupant in 25 years. Many of her clients appreciate what she has done to bring the old building to life again. Some of them remember the theater well. "We have people come in here and they'll say, 'Oh. I used to work here, and I made $11 a week,'" Cast said. "They tell me they could eat all the popcorn they wanted as long as they didn't use a bag. If they used a bag, they had to pay for it."
One of the clients who frequents the salon is Norma Jean Banks of Freeport. She remembers the building very well. "We went to see Jailhouse Rock with Elvis Presley there," Banks said. Banks said she loves to go to the salon now, where the workers are all "like family." "You go in some stores and they don't even know you're alive," she said. "They say, 'shop at home' but they don't treat you well." Making Waves is different. Banks said. When she's feeling down, she just goes to the salon and in a few minutes, she says, she's laughing. The business employs two cosmetologists, a barber, a nail technician and a massage therapist. In addition, Cast said her husband helps out, too, when repair work needs to be done.]
A jewelry store called Lee's Credit Jewelers moved into the 3-story tall Art Deco style building in 2008 after a devastating fire destroyed their original building around the corner. Showboat Theater was demolished in 2013. All that is left are the ramps and concrete foundations.
Showboat Theater was located at 219 West 2nd Street, Freeport, Texas, US 77541.
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