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Dance Hall Days

An old "TCB" friend from the Daily Texan days, now a location scout for area film and television productions, e-mailed Monday looking for the perfect Texas dance hall to film a commercial starring Don Walser. Here's what some folks at the Continental Club's Buck Owens birthday tribute recommended. ...

DAVID BEEBE, the El Orbits: "Saengerhalle in New Braunfels is kickass. Really nice. But I'm not really the best person to ask."

JANE BOND: "Probably Saenger. I only played there once, but it brings back good memories."

TED RODDY: "This place outside Wimberley [Fischer Hall]. It's like an old barn, or one of those meeting halls. Libbi Bosworth had her wedding there."

TERI JOYCE, Teri & the Tagalongs: "I'd have to concur on [Fischer]. But how many square feet are required? Otherwise, I'd say Ginny's [Little Longhorn]."

ROY HEINRICH: "The Chaparral, my home for the last nine years. The most real honky-tonk I've ever been in. The best dance floor in Austin, and the least used."

D.B. HARRIS: "The Twin Sisters, between Dripping Springs and Blanco. I did a private dance out there one time, and it's definitely the most rustic and authentic. Not very fixed-up."

SUSANNA VAN TASSEL/DIANNE SCOTT: [Said in tandem] "Gruene Hall."