A Look Back at the Legendary Swiss Alp Dancehall and the Family That Ran It
Stories I’ve Been Told
A Monthly Feature by ELAINE THOMAS
No reputable chronicle of Texas dancehalls would dare overlook Swiss Alp. Through the hard work of the Egon and Marian Tietjen family, the old wooden structure between Schulenburg and La Grange has earned its rightful place in state history.
“The mid-1960s through the early ‘80s were the big years for the Swiss Alp Dancehall. There…