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Wide Open Country: Inside the Treasured History of Texas Dance Halls and the Fight to Save Them

Wide Open Country: Inside the Treasured History of Texas Dance Halls and the Fight to Save Them

There’s nothing like dance hall sounds: the twang of a steel guitar, the sweet notes of a fiddle, boots shuffling across worn wooden floor boards. The Texas dance hall environment is pure nostalgia, wholesomeness and excitement rolled up into one package. From older couples who’ve been dance partners for decades showing they’ve still got it to twirling…