Oak Grove Barn
Creator: Paula Allen (December 1, 2024)
This newspaper article takes a detailed look back at a well-loved venue, the Old Grove Barn in San Antonio. The hall hosted dances from the mid-1930s into the 1960s. Events included a high school "hillbilly graduation party" in 1951, with some 850 students. In the 1940s, Rickey Holden taught square dances here.
The Square Dance History Project contains some 75 items on square dancing in Texas.
Collection: Traditional western
Subjects: General - Dance and Culture, Traditional Western (pre-1940), Transitional/Western 1940s, Transitional/Western 1950s
Tags: barns, Oak Grove Barn, San Antonio, Texas
Subjects: General - Dance and Culture, Traditional Western (pre-1940), Transitional/Western 1940s, Transitional/Western 1950s
Tags: barns, Oak Grove Barn, San Antonio, Texas
Item Relations
| This Item | is related to | Item: Square Acres - square dance barn |
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| This Item | is related to | Item: Huntington's Pavilion, E. Thetford, VT |
| This Item | is related to | Item: Rickey Holden Interviews |
Citation
Paula Allen, “Oak Grove Barn,” Square Dance History Project, accessed February 23, 2025, https://squaredancehistory.org/items/show/2086.
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Title
Oak Grove Barn
Subject
Description
This newspaper article takes a detailed look back at a well-loved venue, the Old Grove Barn in San Antonio. The hall hosted dances from the mid-1930s into the 1960s. Events included a high school "hillbilly graduation party" in 1951, with some 850 students. In the 1940s, Rickey Holden taught square dances here.
The Square Dance History Project contains some 75 items on square dancing in Texas.
The Square Dance History Project contains some 75 items on square dancing in Texas.
Creator
Source
San Antonio Express
Date Created
December 1, 2024