article_snippet.sent: The Schwabs live east of Dallas and during Texas Dance Hall Preservation and other groups recent visit to central Texas Hill Country decided to visit the old hall, where patrons paid about $20 to hear Bobby Jordan and the Ridgecreek Band. '
article_snippet.sent: A preservation group says old Texas dance halls that for years served as important social centers in rural areas of Texas are decaying and closing, with comparatively few still operating .
article_snippet.sent: only two traditional Texas dance halls continue to operate on nearly a daily basis: Luckenbach hall in Fredericksburg and Gruene Hall in New Braunfels. '
article_snippet.sent: Sparks' group and others are working to preserve Texas's remaining dance halls, in part by creating an inventory so that the most distinctive ones become candidates for the National Register of Historic Places.
article_snippet.sent: You can still go out on a Saturday night and experience an authentic dance hall like you could 100 years ago
article_snippet.sent: Some dance halls also are architecturally unique, according to Sparks'.
article_snippet.sent: Texas dance halls are becoming a very good investment because there are fewer and fewer of Texas dance halls,' Lee Temple said.
highlights_snippet.sent: Only two traditional Texas dance halls continue to operate on nearly a daily basis: Luckenbach Hall and Gruene Hall .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Texas Dance Hall Preservation and other groups are working to preserve the state's remaining dance halls .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Texas Dance Hall Preservation and other groups are  creating an inventory so that the most distinctive ones become candidates for the National Register of Historic Places .