ALAMO — From the stage of the dance hall, Joe Saltel leads the dancers in song, delivering calls in between verses of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Born on the Bayou.”
“Swing her silly, boy!” he calls out.
Winter Texans are officially back in larger numbers in the Rio Grande Valley, and they’re here to cut a rug.
Squares of dancers hold hands and circle Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, during the weekly square dancing group at the senior community Casa Del Valle in Alamo.(Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)A dancer sports a jacket printed with “I’d Rather be Dancing” Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, during the weekly squaredancing group at the senior community Casa Del Valle in Alamo.(Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Dancers Donna and Rob Gellenbeck are pictured Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, during the weekly square dancing group at the senior community Casa Del Valle in Alamo.(Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Female dancers cross to their new partner Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, during the weekly square dancing group at the senior community Casa Del Valle in Alamo.(Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Caller Joe Saltel guides the dancers by calling out instructions from the stage Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, during the weekly square dancing group at the senior community Casa Del Valle in Alamo.(Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Dancers form a right-handed star Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, during the weekly square dancing group at the senior community Casa Del Valle in Alamo.(Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Dancer Warren Messer, of Iowa, is pictured Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, during the weekly square dancing group at the senior community Casa Del Valle in Alamo.(Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Kathy Sparrow and Patrick Mullahy dance together Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, during the weekly square dancing group at the senior community Casa Del Valle in Alamo.(Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Dancers cross the floor Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, during the weekly square dancing group at the senior community Casa Del Valle in Alamo.(Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Jerry Hecker turns his wife Betty out before reeling her back in Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, during the weekly square dancing group at the senior community Casa Del Valle in Alamo.(Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)
