7-26 27th Stagecoach Roundup

We're back from a fantastic weekend at the 27th Stagecoach Roundup in Waco, this was a High Energy Plus and DBD Concepts square dancing event. This has been held at the Stagecoach Inn in Salado for the past 26 years but the inn closed for remodeling so they relocated to Allemande Hall in Waco. Allemande Hall is a terrific place to dance, it was built by square dancers for square dancing and is only used for square dancing. The hall is large, has a great wood dance floor, huge air conditioning system and ceiling fans that cover the entire floor. It was close to 100 outside but nice and cool inside. When the event was in Salado we could easily drive from home in about 30 minutes so we did not have to find a place to stay, driving to Waco takes about an hour so we would not have time between sessions to drive home, instead we camped at Quail Crossing RV Park. It was a nice park with full hookups, restrooms with showers, laundry, fishing pond and WIFI (did not work). The park was real close to the hall, which made it very convenient for us to rest between sessions, take care of Flo and eat a meal.

Scott Bennett caller from Lawton, OK

Concentrating hard during the workshop on Saturday

Brad Caldwell caller from Georgetown, TX

Square Dancing during the Saturday Dance

Some of our friends dancing

Friday was the opening night and we had six squares. On Saturday there was a workshop during the morning and another in the afternoon and then a dance in the evening. There were seven squares during the day and at night we had eight squares. Sunday mornings dance had five squares. Brad Caldwell and Scott Bennett did the calling all weekend. They taught us how to do a few plus moves in different positions, which made the whole experience challenging and fun. Everywhere you looked people were smiling and having a great time. We had a super time dancing with some of our friends from the local clubs plus other square dancers from around Texas, one couple even drove down from Kansas.