Saturday 6-15 Visiting Bryan Texas

Square dancing with friends

We spent the day in Bryan Texas. We started out by visiting the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, it took us about 90 minutes. It was beautiful and had a lot of displays about President Bush's life, there was even an area devoted to Barbara Bush. It was very interesting and educational. We enjoyed our visit.

George Bush Presidential Library and Museum

The plane President Bush flew during the war

The dress that Barbara Bush wore to the Inaugural Ball

George Bush statue in the garden

Sky diving onto the library grounds

Every year the Texas State Square and Round Dance Festival occurs in June. The festival starts on Thursday night with a Trails End Dance. Friday is a Pre-Festival Dance with square dancing and round dancing in the afternoon and evening. The actually Festival is on Saturday. The square dances are Mainstream, Plus, DBD and Advanced. Dancers come from all over Texas. We attended the afternoon sessions of Advanced from 2:00 to 3:20 and DBD from 3:20 to 5:00. The callers we danced to were: Bob Baier, Dan Clairmont, Tim Ploch, KO Jeans and Brad Caldwell. Each caller called for twenty minutes. We had two squares for Advanced and six for Plus DBD. Each caller had their own style, they were full of energy and challenging. We danced with friends and had a super afternoon. 

Dan Clairmont calling a tip

Bob Baier visiting with dancers during a break

K.O. Jeanes enjoying the company of dancers

Tim Ploch thanking Mary for coming to the dance

Larry enjoying watching friends dancing

Friends having fun dancing

Friends enjoying themselves

Bryan is 90 miles from the house, we were back home around 7:00.