Dancehalls in Ascension Parish

Gold Place

Binky Glindmeyer: I danced there in the 1950s-60s ...

Melancon’s Hall

Newspaper item about a dance there, music by the Claiborne Williams Orchestra in The Donaldsonville Chief, January 26, 1918 http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034248/1918-01-26/ed-1/seq-3/ ...

Bantam Club

Binky Glindmeyer: I danced there in the 1950s-60s Jackie Pfeifer: “My grandparents, Floyd and Effie Borne, owned this in the 50’s and 60’s!  My dad, Wayne Bourne, was the bouncer.” ...

Unknown Dancehall

Man killed at dancehall: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064250/1901-07-06/ed-1/seq-3/ ...

Music Box

Mentioned in “Louisiana Fiddlers” by Ron Yule and Bill Burge: Country fiddler Bob Henderson opened the club after years of touring as a sideman playing music with Hank Thompson, Bob Wills, George Jones, and Lefty Frizell. : “In 1960 Bob left the road and opened the Music Box, a club in Gonzalez, Louisiana. Starting from scratch, he built a club and dancehall that became known throughout Louisiana, had multiple bandstands, and would ac- commodate as many as two thousand people. Playing whatever instrument was needed, whether it was fiddle, piano, drums, guitar, or any other coun- try instrument, he helped with the entertainment. Top-billed acts included Willie Nelson, Ace Cannon, George Jones, Conway Twitty, Charlie Rich, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Boots Randolph, Ernest Tubb, Mickey Gilley, and Loretta Lynn, to name a few. In 1982, in an effort to entertain the Òolder folks,Ó Bob started Sunday after- noon ÒSenior Citizen DancesÓ at the Music Box. These lasted until his death in 1996.” ...

Hebert’s Hall

Newspaper item about Easter dance being held there in The Donaldsonville Chief, March 31, 1917 http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034248/1917-03-31/ed-1/seq-3/ ...