OncAle’s Dancehall

Rodney Daigle- modern music- young bands- younger crowd Ruth Autin: OncAle’s was in Chackbay, La. My sister and I went there in the late 50’s with my uncle and cousins who lived in Chackbay. It was a large dance with a waist high fence around the dance floor.. I do remember people bringing small children. My uncle now deceased played bass in a band that playrd at Oncale’s when he was in college at Nicholls. I was about 14 when my grandmother from Chackbay passed away and think that ened my trips to Oncale’s. About a year ago I did see the building and from the outside it looked the same. ...

Dancehall & Moving Pictures

Dancehall on south side on Main Street (then #228) between 1st & 2nd Streets- barber in front of hall on left if facing- across from General Store- info from 1922 Chataignier Sanborn Insurance Map ...

Joseph Young’s house dance

Newspaper item about two men being shot at house dance in St. Landry Clarion., February 10, 1906 http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064250/1906-02-10/ed-1/seq-2/ ...

Lovely Inn

Photo from the Johnnie Allan Collection at the Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette 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.” This was just before the bridge to Grand Isle. According to Joe Borg of Lafayette, “My father had a camp with a convenient board walk through the marsh to the back door of this place before its demise by a hurricane. This was a magical place for me as a child.” ...

Cheniere-au-Tigre Dancehall

Discussed in Zoe Sagrera Lynch’s book: My Memories of the Island: Remembering Life on Cheniere-au-Tigre, Louisiana, Claitor’s Publishing, 2010 Zoe Sagrera Lynch: “Liquor was not allowed in the dancehall. Many visitors hid their bottles of wine in the prickly pear bushes. They would sneak out to take a few sips, then return inside to dance. Bob Tasco sold his homemamde wine for $1.25 a gallon. Pete Petry says Daddy used to spike the eggnog or punch with a fifth of whiskey. People would swim across the Freshwater Bayou or walked across the marsh from Pecan Island to go to the dance. If they were too tired to go home and couldn’t afford a bed (25 cents), they slept on the dancehall floor.” ...

Brisco’s Bayou Club

Mentioned in Today’s Cajuns- 1980: Included in a list compiled by WYNK Cajun DJ “Tee Mick” Abed, sent to me in personal correspondence from David Marcantel Located on Bayou Plaquemine Brule- Reggie Matte played there ...