A star party at Dark Texas Skies is a whole new dimension to what a star party should be. We attended a star party at the McDonald Observatory several years ago with several hundred of our closest friends and found their canned presentation very interesting even though much of the evening was wasted standing in line to look through one of their telescopes. By contrast, the DTS presentations are limited to only 16 seats and are more freeform allowing everyone to ask questions as much a conversation as a presentation. Everyone came away with an understanding of the heavens. The weather didn't look promising the evening we attended and refunds of the already reasonable fee were offered. However, many of the attendees chose to stay for an informal tour of the many professional telescopes on the site. Then, almost by magic and after many attendees had drifted away, the sky suddenly cleared and we were overwhelmed by the most beautiful stars I've seen in many years. Even better, Bill took the three of us remaining attendees for a remarkable celestial tour. He not only pointed out various constellations, but told stories ab out many of them - and of course, with only us three, there wasn't much of a wait for a close up view of the subject constellation through the huge telescope. I can't recommend Dark Texas skies highly enough. It is an experience not to be missed in an area where the sky really is dark and the Texas hospitality is abundant.