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Te Frere Bourque’s Country Club
Status: Closed
Parish: Lafayette
Location: Lafayette
Johnnie Allan- Souvenir Book- He played there 1952-53
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MERLIN ROBIN
I WAS A CHILD ABOUT 7 YEARS OLD. I RMEMBER MY GRANDFATHER FIGHTING ROOSTERS IN THE PIT BEHIND THE DANCE HALL. THEY WOULD FIGHT ROOSTERS ON MONDAY NIGHTS AND THEY WOULD FIGHT DOGS ON FRIDAY NIGHT. WALTER MOUTON WAS BARELY 14 YEARS OLD,HE PLAYED ACCORDION.HE WOULD PLAY ON SATURDAY NIGHTS.THIS WAS PROBABLY HIS FIRST DANCE JOB. MR, BOURGUE WAS A REALLY MAN.IN THOSE DAYS EVERYBODY KNEW ONE ANOTHER. SO YOU COULDN`T BE BAD AND DO BAD WITHOUT YOUR MOM AND DAD KNOWING. EVERYBODY WAS TOGETHER AND HAPPY
MERLIN ROBIN
I WAS A CHILD ABOUT 7 YEARS OLD. I RMEMBER MY GRANDFATHER FIGHTING ROOSTERS IN THE PIT BEHIND THE DANCE HALL. THEY WOULD FIGHT ROOSTERS ON MONDAY NIGHTS AND THEY WOULD FIGHT DOGS ON FRIDAY NIGHT. WALTER MOUTON WAS BARELY 14 YEARS OLD,HE PLAYED ACCORDION.HE WOULD PLAY ON SATURDAY NIGHTS.THIS WAS PROBABLY HIS FIRST DANCE JOB. MR, BOURGUE WAS A REALLY MAN.IN THOSE DAYS EVERYBODY KNEW ONE ANOTHER. SO YOU COULDN`T BE BAD AND DO BAD WITHOUT YOUR MOM AND DAD KNOWING. EVERYBODY WAS TOGETHER AND HAPPY