There is a big tent pitched lighted with lanterns so folks can sit down if they want to. And there is a roaring fire for warmth and a big bed of coals with coffee pots on the boil. About dark the crowd is gathered and the dance begins. After two hours, Mamie Larkin takes over on the fiddle, with Arlo Woodard on the guitar and Ab Abernethy on the viol. Since it's Valentines the dance begins and ends with a waltz for the sweethearts, you know.
Nothing is as sweet and tender as the waltz.
And along during the evening there is the two-step. Plenty of that. But mostly its's square dancing. There's plenty of room for four sets in the middle of the crossroads. Everybody' s favorite is the Texas Star because you get to change partners all during the set and it makes such a pretty pattern to watch.