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.
(Click on any image to begin slide show)
after a tornado passed through Stonewall, TX.
