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Category Archives: Texas Events Everyone has experience the marvel of an amazingly beautiful sunset. For a brief moment the morning sky explodes into a kaleidoscope of color. Merriam-Webster defines a sunrise as the apparent rising of the sun above the horizon. Well after six hours of Astronomy, at the University of Texas at Arlington, I can assure you the […]  Just east of downtown Austin, the Texas State Cemetery is located on 22 acres of land. The cemetery is divided into to two section, one that contains 900 graves of deceased prominent Texans and another that has over 2,200 graves of Confederate soldiers and widows. In 1851 General Edward Burleson, who fought in the Battle of San […]  Scattered throughout rural Texas there are hundreds of historic dance halls. Some of these are still operating today while many are in disrepair. These halls were and continue to be an important part of our history and our TEXAS Heritage. You will not find these halls off the Interstate Highways – you must detour onto […]  During the 19th century a type of fiddle music began to emerge in Texas. Other string instruments like banjos and guitars joined the fiddles. Fiddle sessions sprung up everywhere from living rooms, porches, and also in local Texas Dancehalls. The influence reflected the diverse population of the post Civil War Texas including, African-American, […]  It is impossible to FOCUS ON THE BACKROADS without the music of the backroads. The Ranch 95.9 and Masha Milam Music presented their annual Texas Country Music Festival, celebrating the radio stations birthday, which features some of todays biggest names in Texas country music. RANCH BASH is an annual one day music festival held this year at Panther Island […] |
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