Suire’s Camp

Ray Abshire told me: Warren Storm’s dad- drummer played there- South of Erath. DL Menard- “I played there a good while. Sometimes people rent it for parties- no more dances there. But it is still there!” LouisianaDancehalls.com reader comment – Michael Juan Nunez: “‘Suires Camp’ and ‘Boni’s Club’ are one and the same. It’s a cinder block hall, in the woods south of Erath. I have been to numerous functions there.” ...

Tuxedo Club

D.L. Menard: only Big bands played there- all orchestras- no Cajun or string bands- I was young but I went in there once. Erath, found on list at Kaplan City Museum. ...

Unknown Dancehall

Newspaper item mentions Abbeville residents going to dance there, 1905: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064005/1905-09-23/ed-1/seq-1/ ...

Colonial Club

Listed in “Readers recall clubs where they danced to Louisiana Music” from The Daily Advertiser, December 29, 1998: “Readers of The Daily Advertiser were asked to submit names of’ the clubs where they danced to Louisiana music in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, with a brief recollection of what the club was like and who played there.” Swamp Pop ...

Abe Boudreaux’s Dance Hall

Possibly same as Abe’s Palace? Mentioned in “Louisiana Fiddlers” by Ron Yule and Bill Burge: Tonice LeFleur played there in J.B. and the Merrymakers in the 1930s ...

Abe’s Palace

100 S. 2nd Street: Included in Emily Ardoin’s 2014 thesis “Fais do-do to ‘Hippy Ti-Yo’: Dance Halls of South Louisiana”: “Abe’s Palace was a two story brick commercial building that originally was a department store on the first floor & dance hall on the 2nd. It featured primarily Cajun music and was opened in 1901. It closed in lJuly 1940 by fire marshal for lack of egress; city council denied a permit to open a new dance hall in its place in Aug 1940. It now serves as four apartments. The building is of brick construction, has a flat/pent roof, a straight parapet, and has a concrete foundation. The dance floor is constructed of wood strips.” ...

Blue Goose

Listed in “Readers recall clubs where they danced to Louisiana Music” from The Daily Advertiser, December 29, 1998: “Readers of The Daily Advertiser were asked to submit names of’ the clubs where they danced to Louisiana music in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, with a brief recollection of what the club was like and who played there.” ...

Charles Matte’s Dance Hall

Listed in “Readers recall clubs where they danced to Louisiana Music” from The Daily Advertiser, December 29, 1998: “Readers of The Daily Advertiser were asked to submit names of’ the clubs where they danced to Louisiana music in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, with a brief recollection of what the club was like and who played there.” ...