I grew up in Eddie's Country Ballroom - just a grassy field now.

CrockerCock00 said:

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RIP THOF

Met my wife there. Proposed there. Wedding reception there. Loved spending Thursday nights there.

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lol, met my wife at THOF too.

If you really have a few years on you and are German, Pole, or Czech in heritage you might remeber Bill Mraz in Houston. Suffered the same fate as Gilleys: fire.

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How about the Armadillo Ballroom outside of Brazoria?

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I believe this was turned into a church many years ago.

Oh the stories I have from this place.

MouthBQ98 said:

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CrockerCock00 said:

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RIP THOF

Met my wife there. Proposed there. Wedding reception there. Loved spending Thursday nights there.

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lol, met my wife at THOF too.

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Same if we're talking about the Texas Hall of Fame off 2818. We met in 2001. Married in 2004. Still married with three great kiddos, one who is in the Mays School at A&M. Other two are a bit younger (middle school and high school).

maroon barchetta said:

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How about the Armadillo Ballroom outside of Brazoria?

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G'damn I miss that place. My buddies and I kept the oak tree in the front corner of the parking lot alive just by peeing on it as we drank beer out there when we were pre-21, and after as we were leaving after we could get past officer Tracy and no longer have the big X's on our hands. There was a rumor that somebody had bought it from the church and was going to open it back up, but that was over a year ago now and nothing has changed.

And the Rose Hall in Alvin. A lot of miles and beers were drank too and from there on 35. Big Texas in Clear Lake for a while too was fun as was the one that was at Egret Bay and NASA in that weird building. And The Hall in CS. Even Harry's. I think it was City Streets maybe in Houston that had 4 or 5 different types of dance clubs all together?

How about Vrazel's in Danbury?

maroon barchetta said:

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How about Vrazel's in Danbury?

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Anytime we were in Danbury it was at some rice farmer's barn outside of town. And we never let them know we were from LJ unless we felt like there needed to be a fight.

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MouthBQ98 said:

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CrockerCock00 said:

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RIP THOF

Met my wife there. Proposed there. Wedding reception there. Loved spending Thursday nights there.

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lol, met my wife at THOF too.

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Same if we're talking about the Texas Hall of Fame off 2818. We met in 2001. Married in 2004. Still married with three great kiddos, one who is in the Mays School at A&M. Other two are a bit younger (middle school and high school).

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The shadow boxes at the Hall were a thing of glory.

Ezra Brooks said:

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I grew up in Eddie's Country Ballroom - just a grassy field now.

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Was a great place. Went one night and Nolan Ryan was there with his family celebrating one of their birthday

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Ezra Brooks said:

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I grew up in Eddie's Country Ballroom - just a grassy field now.

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Was a great place. Went one night and Nolan Ryan was there with his family celebrating one of their birthday

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Good chance I was there as well - went to high school with his kids.

We moved to Manvel and lived there 15 years. Our son was first class that had all four years. Until then, I'd take him to Alvin games. Bought an Alvin cap but my head would break out in a rash wearing that awful color.

Willie was one of a kind-thank God.

I worked one summer for him on the ranch he ran before he was constable and before he bought the Ice House.

Loved the man - he taught a young boy some great life lessons.

Only thing I ever held against him was he was a Tceh grad. If you took RASC 314 with Wayne Hamilton, that was his roommate at Tceh.

He went to Nam after college. He wouldn't talk about it much but said he was doing espionage work and it took him 6 months of cutting cedar at his home place in Mason to be able to stay to fit back into society.

He was different, but had a heart of gold.

ABATTBQ87 said:

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Ive regularly go to
Anhalt Hall
Twin Sisters
Albert's
Stagecoach ballroom
Longhorn Saloon
National hall
Anson cowboy Christmas ball

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This one is bucket list level.

I worked at THOF for a little over a year in the late '90s. I realized that I was never going to graduate if I stayed on north gate. A bunch of us from the Chicken left and went there.

My then girlfriend now wife worked there for a couple of nights over Christmas/new years '99. I remember Y2K night was really slow.

Pretty sure the guy that ran it then is now the Club director at Pebble Creek.

Thursday nights paid the rent. The weekends were enough to pay tuition, barely. Man I was poor back then.

Rest in peace THOF.

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One-Eyed Fat Man said:

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D'Hanis Catholic Church on New Years Eve.

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And then waiting for Willie to walk through the crowd at 11:30 to hand out MIPs. Those from the area know what I'm talking about. He was a close friend of our family, and may he rest in peace.

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I'll bet you know what "Rain Beer" is! Willie had a good peach orchard.

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No mention of any SPJST Hall, how could it be legit.

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Holland and Academy! "The Moods", "The Casuals", ………good times.

The Debonaires

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MouthBQ98 said:

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CrockerCock00 said:

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RIP THOF

Met my wife there. Proposed there. Wedding reception there. Loved spending Thursday nights there.

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lol, met my wife at THOF too.

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Same if we're talking about the Texas Hall of Fame off 2818. We met in 2001. Married in 2004. Still married with three great kiddos, one who is in the Mays School at A&M. Other two are a bit younger (middle school and high school).

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The shadow boxes at the Hall were a thing of glory.

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Sons of Hermann Hall in Old Glory every 2nd and 4th Friday. Stagecoach Inn in Stamford. Trio club in Mingus.

Ezra Brooks said:

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F4GIB71 said:

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Ezra Brooks said:

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I grew up in Eddie's Country Ballroom - just a grassy field now.

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Was a great place. Went one night and Nolan Ryan was there with his family celebrating one of their birthday

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Good chance I was there as well - went to high school with his kids.

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Jeebus, you are a gatdamned Alvinite?

I'm sorry.

F4GIB71 said:

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We moved to Manvel and lived there 15 years. Our son was first class that had all four years. Until then, I'd take him to Alvin games. Bought an Alvin cap but my head would break out in a rash wearing that awful color.

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It's amazing what Manvel has become. I remember when it was nothing but a handful of farms and a really crappy convenience store on 6. About it's only saving grace back then was that it was off 288 and wasn't Iowa Colony.

schmellba99 said:

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Ezra Brooks said:

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F4GIB71 said:

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Ezra Brooks said:

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I grew up in Eddie's Country Ballroom - just a grassy field now.

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Was a great place. Went one night and Nolan Ryan was there with his family celebrating one of their birthday

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Good chance I was there as well - went to high school with his kids.

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Jeebus, you are a gatdamned Alvinite?

I'm sorry.

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We've discussed this in other sandboxes in the past...I met several LJ guys at A&M.

I'm from Manvel - literally through the field and across the bayou from what was Eddie's Country Ballroom. Grew up with Mr. Eddie's grandchildren.

F4GIB71 said:

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We moved to Manvel and lived there 15 years. Our son was first class that had all four years. Until then, I'd take him to Alvin games. Bought an Alvin cap but my head would break out in a rash wearing that awful color.

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We moved their (from Alvin) in 79....didn't have a high school so I had to wear the burnt orange in both junior high and HS...but I always wore something underneath so it didn't touch my skin.

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F4GIB71 said:

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We moved to Manvel and lived there 15 years. Our son was first class that had all four years. Until then, I'd take him to Alvin games. Bought an Alvin cap but my head would break out in a rash wearing that awful color.

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It's amazing what Manvel has become. I remember when it was nothing but a handful of farms and a really crappy convenience store on 6. About it's only saving grace back then was that it was off 288 and wasn't Iowa Colony.

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Pik 'N Pak?

Pik 'N Pak wasn't crappy. The crappy store was across the street.