“By dusk, the excitement that had been growing for the entire day was full-blown. The sound of the practicing musicians could be heard all up and down Shoreline Street. Children gathered around the glowing, yellow windows on the ground floor of the hotel and peered inside. The ballroom floor was cleared of all tables and chairs, and the musicians had been installed on the platform at the front of the room. The band started with several numbers—“Buffalo Gals,” “The Gandy Dancers’ Ball,” and “Litt...le Joe the Wrangler” being the post popular. Horses and buckboards began arriving, and soon every hitching rail on Shoreline Street, and even up Star Street all the way to Mesquite Street, was full. Men and women streamed along the boardwalks toward the hotel, the women in colorful ginghams, the men in clean, blue denims and brightly decorated vests. Cal and Pearlie were in their room on the third floor of the hotel, getting ready to go downstairs to the dance. Actually, Cal was ready, and he was standing at the open window, looking down at those who were arriving.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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