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Dance Halls and Last Calls

Dance Halls are part of the legend that is Texas.  Brought by European immigrants,Germans, Czechs, and Poles, dance halls were and still are an important part of communities as centers for gathering.  In time, the ‘two-step’, danced to the music known as ‘western swing’  (which originated in Texas) joined the polka and waltz to become one of the unofficial state dances of Texas.


“Dance Halls and Last Calls” was an exhibit created and curated by Charles Gallagher and Craig D. Hillis

for the New Braunfels Museum of Art and Music.  These thirty-four photographs are a few from that  wonderful exhibit that included music, photographs, paintings, and original memorabilia from country music stars and more.  In fact, they are the last photographs taken of several of these historic venues.

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Texas Top Hands tour bus. Broken Spoke Dance Hall. Austin, Tx.
Roy Rogers. Broken Spoke Dance Hall. Austin, Tx.
Dancers. Broken Spoke Dance Hall. Austin, Tx.
Friday Night at the Broken Spoke Dance Hall. Austin, Tx.
Texas Top Hands tour bus. Broken Spoke Dance Hall. Austin, Tx.
School, church, dance hall, community center. San Felipe de Austin, Tx.
London Dance Hall. London, Tx.
He sat here, every Friday night from the time he was eighteen. Died right here. London Dance Hall. London, Tx.
Remains of the Weinheimer Dance Hall
after a tornado passed through Stonewall, TX.
Father/daughter dance. Fischer Hall. Fischer, Tx.
Top youth dance band in the country. Fischer Hall. Fischer, Tx.
Remains of Cibolo Creek Dance Hall. San Antonio, Tx.
Before the fire. Club 21. Uhland, Tx.
Looking down on the dance floor and stage. Club 21. Uhland, Tx.
Warning. Club 21. Uhland, Tx.
Behind the beer bottle-proof chicken wire. Club 21. Uhland, Tx.
Hondo Crouch. Luckenbach Dance Hall. Lückenbach, Tx.
The rooster. Luckenbach Dance Hall. Lückenbach, Tx.
Back porch with chickens. Luckenbach Dance Hall. Lückenbach, Tx.
Lückenbach Dance Hall. Lückenbach, Tx.
Saengerhalle. Dance hall, community meeting hall, church. Comal County, Tx.
Trigger and Roy Rogers. Saengerhalle. Comal County, Tx.
Quihi Gun Club. Dance hall, shooting club, social club. Quihi, Tx.
Cheatham St. Warehouse Dance Hall. San Marcos, Tx
The stage and dance floor. Cheatham St. Warehouse Dance Hall. San Marcos, Tx
Kent Finlay, original owner. Cheatham St. Warehouse Dance Hall. San Marcos, Tx
Cabaret Cafe and Dance Hall. Bandera, Tx.
Beer cooler and dance floor. Cabaret Cafe and Dance Hall. Bandera, Tx.
J.T. Floore's Country Store. Helotes, Tx.
A little advice. J.T. Floore's Country Store. Helotes, Tx.