An iconic Texas dance corridor is stepping as much as help one other after catastrophic floods ravaged the Hill Nation on July 4.
Gruene Corridor, inbuilt 1878 and well known as Texas’ oldest dance corridor, will host “Dance Corridor to Dance Corridor” on Sunday, July 20. The profit will function a full day of reside music with 100% of the income set to profit Crider’s Rodeo and Dancehall in Hunt, positioned about 95 miles away in Kerr County.
Crider’s, which opened on July 4, 1925, had deliberate to have fun its one centesimal anniversary earlier than being compelled to shut indefinitely after fast in a single day flooding from the Guadalupe River prompted calamitous injury to the venue. Photographs posted on Crider’s social media pages present the property plagued by mud and particles, together with overturned pool tables and a bar counter on its facet.
“With heavy hearts, we share that as a result of devastating flooding that has impacted Hunt, Texas, and the encompassing areas, Crider’s might be closed for the rest of the 2025 season,” the venue posted on July 7. “Crider’s has all the time been greater than a spot for summer season nights and good instances — it’s a gathering spot for neighbors, associates, and households. In instances like these, we should come collectively to help and uplift each other.”
Flood waters ravaged Crider’s Rodeo & Dance HallCrider’s Rodeo & Dance Corridor/ Fb
Gruene Corridor goals to do exactly that with the Sunday fundraiser, which is able to function 5 artists taking the stage from 11 am to 9 pm.
The lineup consists of:
11 am-1 pm: Oscar Ornelas (Full Band)1:30-3 pm: Ryan Ross & Zach Blue (Acoustic)3:30-5:30 pm: South Austin Moonlighters (Full Band)6-7 pm: Ben McPeak (Acoustic)7:30-9 pm: Austin Gilliam (Full Band)
“What ought to have been a milestone of pleasure and custom become a second of devastation as Crider’s suffered important flood injury,” says Chase Talley, a senior graphic designer at Molak Company, the enterprise group that owns Gruene Corridor. “Like so many others, we’ve been feeling that heartache and attempting to determine one of the simplest ways to assist. We’ve bought a couple of issues within the works, however we knew we needed to begin right here.”
Usually open from Memorial Day by means of Labor Day, Crider’s is frequented by a loyal group of locals, vacationers, rodeo rivals, off-duty counselors from close by summer season camps, and even many dignitaries over the many years, from film stars to presidents. The Hill Nation establishment, touted because the oldest out of doors dance corridor in Texas, is cherished for its family-friendly summertime schedule of weekend rodeos adopted by reside music and two-stepping underneath the celebs.
In an interview with KHOU 11 in Houston, Crider’s proprietor Tracey Moore indicated the enterprise will rebuild.
“There’s no actual clarification,” Moore stated within the interview. “You’ve simply bought to select your self up and transfer ahead.”
Talley guarantees to assist in the trouble.
“Texas dance halls have all the time been extra than simply locations to listen to music. They’re gathering locations. In good instances and in unhealthy, they bring about individuals collectively. They maintain our tales, our celebrations, and typically even our therapeutic,” he says. “This place has been a cornerstone of Central Texas for a century, and we need to be certain it stays that approach for generations to return.”
All income from alcohol gross sales and Gruene Corridor merchandise throughout “Dance Corridor to Dance Corridor” will profit Crider’s. Admission is free.
