Pablo Stories

Do you remember when Country was cool? Do you remember when Country Western dancing was hot? From the mid-eighties through the mid-nineties, Country culture trans- formed from a niche genre to a popular passion. City dwellers and suburbanites embraced the once rural art forms-the music, the dance, and the apparel.The Pablo Stories describe that Country Western dance craze with-Short stories, mostly about dancers at the Rusty Horn Saloon-Articles that focus on the world of dance festivals and competitions-Artifacts including photos, business cards, a dance festival program and a roster of Southern California honky tonks-Glossary of dance hall termsThe Pablo Stories identify and commemorate the Country Western Dance Era as a time when the historically rural Country culture melded into the social mainstream.