10-21 Friday in Paris Texas

Paris Texas

Friday October 21, 2016

We started out the day by finishing up getting ready to go to Paris, Texas. The Texas Premier *Advance* and Challenge Convention (TEXPACC) begins tonight. We left the house at 9:00, stopped along the way at Carl's Junior for lunch and arrived in Paris at 2:45. This event is being held at the Red River Valley Fair Grounds, they have full hookups onsite for $25.00 per night. The RV sites are located across the street from the halls. After plugging the Minnie into power I took Flo for a walk. While we were relaxing our friends (Marty and Glenn) came by and told us the registration desk was open, the e-mail that Larry received said it didn’t start until 4:00 and it was only 3:15. We walked over to the hall and got our packet of information. The lady handing out the packets told us she put 80 packets together for pre-reigisterd couples. The packet supplied us with the schedule for the weekend and a list of names who had pre-registered. The convention started at 7:30 with a 20 minutes tip and then we broke out into different rooms depending on the level of square dancing. The opening tip had 11 squares and there were five callers (Bronc Wise, Tim Ploch, Darryl Lipscomb, Vic Cedar and Ross Howell). After the opening tip we walked over to the A2 hall. The first couple of tips had five squares but the rest of tips had four squares. They almost had five squares but they we shy one person. We danced in the A2 hall until 10:00. There was another hour left of dancing but we wanted to walk around to the other three halls and see what was going on. When we got back to Flo she was very excited to see us. After saying hi and changing clothes I took her for a walk. She didn’t want to come inside. I started out sitting with her outside but it was too cold for me. I put her on a chain and then went inside. It  didn’t take too long before she wanted to come inside. Larry and I did really well considering it’s the first time we ever danced A2 at a big event. Betsy was at the dance, we haven’t seen her since she got married and moved to Georgia. It was a pleasant surprise. Larry and I had a great time dancing.

Betsy during the dance

Our friends Pam, Billy and Bruce dancing with friends

Tim Ploch calling the A tip Larry and I sat out to