New dance coming to Canton Senior Citizens Center

Beginning Aug. 14, John Rugg hopes you dance – at least every second and fourth Friday evening.

The Country Drive Band will be hosting a dance every second and fourth Friday at the Canton Senior Citizens Center, 200 W. Groves St.

Rugg is the drummer for the band, which has been performing in the Van Zandt area for the last seven years.  Comprised of six area musicians with four of the members performing together at any one time, the band has a vast repertoire of dance music that is appealing to all ages to keep you boot scootin’ on the dance floor, Rugg said.  

The group is enjoying its third year of Thursday night dances in Mineola, he said, and the band is excited to add the Canton Senior Citizens Center dance as their newest local venue in their busy performance schedule.  

Several of the band members have a performance/stage history with headline artists such as Johnny Paycheck, George Jones, Alan Jackson, Mark Chesnutt and Loretta Lynn.  They also have been involved in studio backup, live television performance and worked in major dance clubs in Texas, Louisiana, Colorado, New Mexico and Oklahoma.  

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