Last Day of TEXPAC

Closing day in Paris Texas

We had a gorgeous day in Paris, Texas, sunshine and clear skies. 

The day started out with two, one hour workshops with Ross Howell and Vic Ceder. Both callers did an excellent job of putting us in challenging positions. The afternoon was three, one hour dances with Ross Howell, Bronc Wise and Darryl Lipscomb. We had a lot of fun. The evening dance was from 8:00 to 10:30. The first two hours we danced to Tim Ploch, Ross Howell, Darryl Lipscomb and Bronc Wise. Once again the callers did an excellent job. The last half hour was the closing dance where all the dancers from the C halls come to the A2 hall to dance to all five callers and door prices are given away. We were tired so we didn't stay for it. We had five to six squares all day. We had an excellent day of dancing with friends and the five callers.

Vic Ceder

Darryl Lipscomb

Tim Ploch

Having fun dancing with friends

Friends having a great time

Friends from Dallas

Paris, Texas was having a fund raising barbecue from 11:00 to 2:00 to raise money for a fallen trooper. You paid $10.00 per person and you eat all the brisket, ribs, pork , beans and potato salad you want. You paid as you entered the ramada and you got a plate, a cup for beans and eating utensils. Then you get either water or tea. Then you walk around and get food from the participants in the barbecue competition. There had a great crowd and some of the competitors ran out of stuff. We hadn't had barbecue in a long time. The brisket and ribs were delicious.

Smoking meat for the fun raiser

Having fun during the fun raiser

Enjoying my barbecue

At 5:00 we all met by the Ethel Tower to square dance for a documentary film being made by a couple of young film makers from overseas. Their doing a documentary on small towns with the same name as a big city, such as Paris. They wanted to show different activities that are happening in the small towns. They asked if we would like to participate. We had fifteen squares of dancers that showed up. It took about forty-five minutes to film our section of the documentary. We had a great time. It gave us the opportunity to see how a documentary film is made.