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August 2017

Michael Hearne's Big Barn Dance Music Festival The Big Barn Dance started out as informal Saturday night neighborhood two-steppin’ parties near Taos, New Mexico. Every couple of weeks all summer long during the 1990s, an authentic mountain country barn dance took off under the stars at Casa de Caballos Ranch in Des Montes, up the road from Taos. Michael’s band, South X Southwest, showed up with various friends and musical colleagues to pick, play and dance ’til the wee hours. Folks just kept coming, and the summer barn dances became a beloved tradition that music lovers and two-steppers looked forward to year after year. For a decade afterwards, the Big Barn Dance was produced at the Old Blinking Light Restaurant and KTAOS Solar Center on Route 150, where the generosity, hospitality, food and fun were the best to be had. We thank Mike and Vee, Nat and Connie, KTAOS, and all the staff and volunteers for many years of wonderful memories. The Barn Dance has also been held in the alpine beauty of Taos Ski Valley. http://bigbarndance.com/about/