La Salle de Tee-Gar Guidry
Status: Closed
Parish: Acadia
Location: Mermentau Cove
Marty Guidry: Tee-Gar Guidry opened his dance hall in Mermentau Cove, Louisiana before 1920. Nathan Abshire, the legendary Cajun accordionist, played his first performance there in 1921 at the age of eight. After launching his professional career at Tee-Gar Guidry’s dance hall, Nathan became the most recorded Cajun accordion player.
Bill Guidry
I really appreciate this site and those who invest in it. There was a photo/mural at the old Planaterium on Girard Dr of a dance hall. I saw a young man siting on a railing that looked exactly like my dad as a young man. I thought that could not be him at a dancehall (didn’t know one existed in Mermentau Cove) until I saw Tee Gar Guidry’s Dance Hall. Edgar Guidry was my dad’s grandfather and I heard my dad talk about Tee Gar. It’s quite possible that young man in that photo could be my dad if that mural is of that dancehall. I would love to get a photo or duplicate if it exists.
anders rosen
aldus roger played there