Seniors kick off 42nd annual Tejano Conjunto Festival on the dance floor

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The 42nd annual Tejano Conjunto Festival opened Wednesday morning with its traditional Seniors Dance, hosted by VFW Post 9186.

The parking lot of Veterans Of Foreign Wars Post 9186 was already full before 10 a.m., the official kick-off of theAttendees dressed to the nines in sequins, cowboy hats and boots, festive skirts and patterned shirts strolled straight to the smooth linoleum-tiled dance floor to take up an annual San Antonio tradition, accordion melodies and thumping bass drum filling the spacious hall.Success! You're on the list.

“We’re keeping it real on the South Side,” Ballí said as she and Tejeda prepared to take the stage to welcome the crowd of nearly 200 seniors.Flo Maley, 86, has attended the festival every year since it started. This year, she took a rideshare from her home on the far Northeast Side to meet her niece, Mary Lupe Torres.

He first heard about the festival in 1993 from a friend. “We flew out the first time, and we’ve been hooked ever since,” he said. They actually grew up two blocks apart in their Westside neighborhood and ran with the same friend groups, but lost touch when she went to Edgewood High School and he went to Fox Tech. They recently got reacquainted, and now Ramirez is teaching her how to dance.

 

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