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If you feel you must go,the I’dword liketo If you feel you must I’d like If you feel you must go, I’d like toto invite you to help us spread I’m often asked what my go, ultimate invite you to help us spread the word invite you to help us spread the word invite you to help us spread the word about South Texas to everyone you goal is, and to be honest, it’s to see about South Texas everyone you about Texas everyone you about South Texas toto everyone you meet along the way andto those you see all of ourSouth Winter Texans become meet along the way and those youto seedeck was packed at Louie’s Backyard during the 2024 Bayside Fiesta, set to the backdrop of the Laguna Madre. Photo by Anne Marie Martin meet along the way and those you see meet along the way and those you see The every day back home. Invite them Converted Texans; let’s keep this party every day back home. Invite them every day back home. Invite them to every day back home. Invite them toto join you next season! We would love going! If your kids and grandkids are joinyou you next season! Wemore would love next season! We would love join you next season! We would love scattered across the country, you the to join have them join us. The havethem them joinstay us.The Theand morethe the to join us. more totohave have them join us. The more the might decide to just put merrier! merrier! merrier! let merrier! them come and visit you here in This Texas.September, It’s my job to weplant will these host our This September, wewill will host our This September, host our This September, we will host our seeds, andnot every wewe have a new second, so year annual (thanks to the second, not soannual annual (thanks the second, so (thanks to second, not so annual (thanks totothe the crop of folks not just like you who decide by Eryn Reddell Wingert pandemic), Winter Texan Reunion pandemic), Winter Texan Reunion Reunion pandemic), Winter Texan pandemic), Winter Texan Reunion there’s no place like South Texas. 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