In June 2006, Wink Tidwell gave up his 3-acre landscape and plant business in Nash, Texas, and followed a lifelong dream. At age 66, he hated to give up Boston Gardens, but the lure of square dancing, which he and his wife of 47 years have been doing most of their lives, was just too much. “We have always loved to dance,” Tidwell said. “We dance regularly with the Guys ‘N Dolls Square and Round Dance Club in Texarkana, and we travel all over the area dancing with other clubs.” His wife, Harriette, grew up square dancing. Her father, Harry Patterson, was an old-fas...

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