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Mystery pieFifth grade students in Nancy Bolleclass is part of the district's Significant AcComal Elmenetarv School wrotetivities for Generating Excellence programperformeditMystery Pie in Pictured are Monika Potter as flour; CamillawhichAustin as sugar; and Karla Waples as salt.Dance halls step into the pastSAN ANTONIO (AP— Changingtimes an* taking a toll of country dance halls in some Central TexascommunitiesIn New Braunfels, one oncepopular country emporium is vacant, another is being crowded by a planned shopping center, and a third thatformerly staged two big dances a week now has only one In Seguin, only a big lounge in a bowling alley continues to have live music to dance to several times aweekIn Kirby, a former big dance hall has become a car barn and lot, and a newly reconditioned hall in Luxello has thrown in the towel afteroperating less than a year Mow come the dwindling crowds in an area often called second only to Nashville as a country music headquarters''Heidelberg Halle in New Braunfels had its last function in February Real estate broker Graham Greenwho*** firm owns the property said. The p«*ople leasing the Heidelberg just went out of business and there seem to be several reasons the increasing expense of doing business the high cost of bands, increasing insurance rates and some loss ofpopularity of the country dance hallfad popularized by The UrbanCowbov» # »of December and remain closed through February “Three years ago we had dances every Friday and Saturday night but now we have 'em Saturday night on ly,“ said manager Nanette Sullivan Green said:1 Another point in the demise of country dance halls that are away from a big city is that to make any money operators have to charge so much at the door that the admission fee discourage*- aften dance ’*In many cases he said that the real ••state the hall is located on is worth more when put to other uses “Also at Heidelberg our in suranee last year jumped from $4 000 to $18 000 he saidTelevision is responsible for some decrease in dance hall crowds I tie New Braunfels businessman added“The dance halls never really ap pealed to the white-collar folks but drew primarily from blue-collar per* pie and now many of them are stay mg at home to watch cable television and VCR movies. Green saidNew judicial interpretation of liability laws making a dance hall operator at least partly responsible when a drinking patron is involved in a car wreck is a further pitfall somesavAgreeing that the rollback of legaldnnkinu hours in New Braunfels andfewer drinks sold Wilson said With sueh recent headliners atWestports West as Dottsy Bobby Jenkins and Kenny Dab* and such bands as Two Way Street Black Mountain Open Road and the Revival Brother* it s not hurting forcrowdsAnd we’re often at capacity in pite of the jump from 10 to 12 percent in the beverage taxes about a year ago he said adding that his no cover charge may well te a plus factor too as it s better to sell drinksto customers who pay no cover harge than to sell to MX) who pay a few bucks to get in Two other place*- in Segum the ( orral and K ( Hall have occasional dances The Golden Stallion in Kirby, oncea leading dance spot is now the site'of an auto auction Former owner Arne Klenshoj commented Forsome time t**fore it quit doing business as a dance hall the only people making any money there were the musicians ince after thevwwere paid little or nothing was left ’’ And the big Texas Dance Hall 14 miles north of town no longer exists Luxello Hall located in the com-munitv of the same name nearReama Polo Field has quit the dance business and is up for sale
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New Braunfels Herald Zeitung
New Braunfels, Texas, US
Fri, Nov 29, 1985
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