Siracusa’s

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.” ...

Grown Folks

Photo by John Sharp No known information ...

Moonlight Inn

From Louisianafolklife.org: “In the early 1950s, Herman White on guitar and his brother who had taken up fiddle began playing country music shows at theaters and schools. Gradually, the band grew to an eight-piece band known as the Louisiana Ramblers and played area clubs such as the Moonlight Inn at Marthaville.” ...

Meance Montet’s Dancehall

Newspaper item about stabbing at a dance there, from The Abbeville Progress., May 10, 1913 http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064057/1913-05-10/ed-1/seq-1/ ...

Silver Star Club

1939 Coronation Ball held there- Vermilion Parish Arcadia book (with pic) Abbeville, found on list at Kaplan City Museum- no known information ...

Gould’s Hall

Newspaper item about a “grand dance” in The Herald, New Orleans, August 18, 1921 http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064020/1921-08-18/ed-1/seq-2/ ...

Manson’s Hall

Newspaper item about dance to benefit the Lawton School library, 1912: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064020/1912-11-28/ed-1/seq-1/ ...

Frenchy’s Beer Garden

OWI/FSA color photo by Marion Post Wolcott Dayna Bowker Lee: “Kirkland’s Hall, aka, the Friendly Escape…was not too far south from Frenchie’s which, according to Mr. Roque whose uncle owned the place, was a bar, grocery, and gathering place but he’s not sure it was a dance hall (but possibly).”   ...