Newspaper mention about dance with music provided by the Claiborne Williams Orchestra, 1905: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034248/1905-06-03/ed-1/seq-4/ : 1912: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034248/1912-04-20/ed-1/seq-5/ ...
Dancehalls in Assumption Parish
Lil Copa
No known information ...
Pure Country
No known information ...
Shell Beach Club
No known information ...
Stevie G’s
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Lake View Inn
No known information ...
Chilly’s
827 Shell Beach Road: Also called The Old Lake?: Legendary Swamp Pop and Cajun club on pilings over Lake Verret in Pierre Part: ...
Rainbow Inn
LA Highway 70 South- (985) 252-8069- open Wed & Thurs night (Alex Cook)- Corner of N. Curtis Street & 70: Included in Emily Ardoin’s 2014 thesis “Fais do-do to ‘Hippy Ti-Yo’: Dance Halls of South Louisiana”: “The building has a frame construction, front gable/cap bonnet roof, and stepped parapet. The dance floor is wood strip and the building appears mostly unaltered from the original construction. The original building was a store and bar in the 1920s.” ...
Tip Top Hall
First dance of the season announced, April 6, 1918: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034248/1918-04-06/ed-1/seq-3/ : Newspaper item mentioning first dance there, 1921: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034248/1921-12-31/ed-1/seq-5/ ...
Cypress Club
On Hwy 20 between Gibson & Schreiver- house band: Me & the Vincents: Tommy Michot ...