This exciting new youth contest draws direct inspiration from one of Texas’ most iconic symbols: the Come and Take It flag—originally sewn from a wedding dress in 1835 by Sara Seely DeWitt and her daughter Evaline, just days before the Battle of Gonzales. In tribute, the Gown to Glory event invites young participants to honor that legacy through creativity, storytelling, and design.
Rising out of Seguin, he built his reputation the old-fashioned way: reading rooms, blending genres on the fly, and mastering the art of keeping a crowd moving.
Rising out of Seguin, he built his reputation the old-fashioned way: reading rooms, blending genres on the fly, and mastering the art of keeping a crowd moving.
There is a version of Texas that lives entirely in the drawl of a chopped and screwed hook, and Paul Wall has spent two decades as one of its chief architects. The Houston rapper built his name inside Michael "5000" Watts' Swishahouse operation, talking his way from promotions work into the booth itself.
