A huge open hall with a bandstand at one end. Between dances, there are many young couples standing around. These are the ones who can't afford the extra cost of a table. Young guys out alone can pay an even lesser amount, which doesn't include dance-floor priveleges, and if they decide to dance, an attendant will approach them on the floor, collect the fee, and issue a carnation for his lapel. In another section, the rest of us sit on folding chairs at round tables seating four.
Benches line the walls.
Children are seen running between the tables or swaying to the music, making fun of the drunks. My memory of these dances is incredibly vivid, and among my very best memories in life. Usually, the weather was cold, but not terrible. Pitiquito is a small town, and from any corner, a walk to 'La Terraza' no more than a twenty minute stroll. While whole families go to the dance, the men leave ahead of everyone, to secure places around the bar, getting an early start on their drinking.